Editing 2025 (section)

=== April ===
[[File:Exoplanet K2-18 b (Illustration).jpg|thumb|Possible biosignatures are discovered in the atmosphere of exoplanet [[K2-18b]] (artistic impression of planet)]]
[[File:Smoke billowing from Shahid Rajaee port explosion, 26 April 2025.jpg|thumb|Smoke billowing after the [[Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion]] on 26 April]]
[[File:Funerali Papa Francesco (54476283082) (cropped).jpg|thumb|The [[Death and funeral of Pope Francis|funeral of Pope Francis]] in [[Vatican City]] on 26 April]]
[[File:Madrid blackout – Preciados Street, April 2025.jpg|thumb|View from [[Madrid]]'s [[Calle de Preciados|Preciados Street]] towards [[Callao Square]] during the [[2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout]] on 28 April, with Preciados still dark while Callao has partial power restored]]
* [[April 1]] – [[Fram2]] launches aboard a [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9]] rocket, becoming the first [[Human spaceflight|crewed spaceflight]] to enter a [[polar orbit|polar]] [[retrograde orbit]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |first=Jonathan |last=McDowell |author-link=Jonathan McDowell|user=planet4589 |number=1906922678067560513|title=First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out , showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit|note=0.01° means it entered Retrograde orbit too}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=Josh Dinner |date=2025-04-01 |title=SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles |url=https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-private-fram2-astronauts-on-historic-spaceflight-over-earths-poles |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2025-04-01 |title=SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-fram2-private-astronaut-mission/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] – US President [[Donald Trump]] issues [[Tariffs in the second Trump administration|sweeping trade tariffs]] on many countries, including a 10% baseline tariff for all imports.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Five key takeaways from Trump's 'Liberation Day' reciprocal tariffs |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/4/3/five-key-takeaways-from-trumps-liberation-day-reciprocal-tariffs |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-03 |title=Trump tariffs list: The US global tariffs plan at a glance |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jxrnl9xe2o |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[April 3]] – [[Hungary]] withdraws from the [[International Criminal Court]] after [[Israeli Prime Minister]] and accused war criminal [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] lands in [[Budapest]] for a state visit, in defiance of the [[International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders|International Criminal Court's arrest warrant]] against him.<ref name="israel">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2025  |title=Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Netanyahu visit |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c807lm2003zo |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol]]: The [[Constitutional Court of Korea]] unanimously upholds Yoon's impeachment in an 8–0 vote, officially removing him from office.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service (KOCIS) |first=Korean Culture and Information |title=Court upholds impeachment motion against President Yoon : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea |url=https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/policies/view?articleId=269283 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=www.korea.net |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] – Colossal Biosciences showcases [[Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi|three grey wolves]] that are [[genetically modified]] to exhibit the characteristics of the [[dire wolf]].<ref name="RD">{{Cite magazine |last=Kluger |first=Jeffrey |date=2025-04-07 |title=The Return of the Dire Wolf |url=https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – During a concert performance by [[Rubby Pérez]] in [[Santo Domingo]], a [[Jet Set nightclub roof collapse|nightclub roof collapses]], killing at least 231 people, including Pérez, and injures more than 200 others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Sophie |date=2025-04-10 |title=More than 200 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/americas/dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-update-intl/index.html |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Casi cien fallecidos y gran conmoción por el desastre en la discoteca Jet Set |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/sucesos/2025/04/09/discoteca-jet-set-decenas-de-fallecidos-y-gran-conmocion-por-desastre/3066031 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Diario Libre |language=es}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] – [[2025 Gabonese presidential election]]: Incumbent transitional President [[Brice Oligui Nguema]] wins a full term. The election is the first since the [[2023 Gabonese coup d'état]], and was preceded by a [[2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news | date=2025-04-13 | title=Gabon coup leader wins election by huge margin | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp31kxg35dro | access-date=2025-04-14 | website = BBC | language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] – [[October 13]] – [[Expo 2025]] is held in [[Osaka]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-23 |title=Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host |language=en-US |work=Japan Forward |url=http://japan-forward.com/osaka-is-world-expo-2025-host/ |url-status=live |access-date=2018-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317040627/http://japan-forward.com/osaka-is-world-expo-2025-host/ |archive-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>
* April 13 – [[2025 Ecuadorian general election]]: Incumbent president [[Daniel Noboa]] is re-elected for a full term.<ref name="advance1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ecuadors-conservative-incumbent-and-a-leftist-lawyer-advance-to-presidential-runoff/|title=Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff {{pipe}} WRIC ABC 8News}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – A motorized wooden boat capsizes after catching fire in the [[Congo River]] near the town of [[Mbandaka]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], killing at least 148 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-19 |title=At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo, media reports say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/least-148-people-die-boat-catches-fire-congo-media-reports-say-rcna201961 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2025-04-18 |title=Congo boat disaster death toll rises to 148, with more than 100 still missing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/18/congo-boat-disaster-death-toll-rises-to-148-with-more-than-100-still-missing |access-date=2025-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo |url=https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-148-people-die-after-boat-catches-fire-in-congo-13351462 |access-date=April 19, 2025 |website=Sky News}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – The [[atmosphere]] of [[K2-18b]], a candidate [[Ocean world|water world]] located 124 [[light-year]]s away, is found to contain large quantities of [[dimethyl sulfide]] and/or [[dimethyl disulfide]] – two compounds that, on [[Earth]], are only known to be produced by life.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39jj9vkr34o |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Scientists hail 'strongest evidence' so far for life beyond our solar system |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=The Guardian |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Czart |first1=Krzysztof |url=https://www.urania.edu.pl/wiadomosci/czy-na-planecie-k2-18-b-istnieje-zycie-biologiczne |title=Czy na planecie K2-18 b istnieje życie biologiczne? |website=Urania |access-date=18 April 2025 |language=pl |date=17 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Madhusudhan |first1=Nikku |last2=Constantinou |first2=Savvas |last3=Holmberg |first3=Måns |last4=Sarkar |first4=Subhajit |last5=A. A. Piette |first5=Anjali |last6=I. Moses |first6=Julianne |title=New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |date=17 April 2025 |volume=983 |issue=2 |pages=L40 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/adc1c8 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2504.12267 |bibcode=2025ApJ...983L..40M }}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Pope Francis]], head of the Catholic Church since 2013, [[Death and funeral of Pope Francis|dies]] at the age of 88. World leaders pay tribute. Many countries have declared [[National day of mourning|national mourning]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2025 |title=Pope Francis dies aged 88 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crknlnzlrzdt |access-date=21 April 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Żałoba po śmierci papieża. Te kraje oddadzą hołd Franciszkowi |url=https://www.tvp.info/86314814/zaloba-narodowa-po-smierci-papieza-franciszka-ktore-kraje-wprowadzazalobe-narodowa-lista |publisher=TVP |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl |date=23 April 2025}}</ref>
* [[April 22]] – Militants affiliated with [[The Resistance Front]] [[2025 Pahalgam attack|open fire]] on a group of tourists at the [[Baisaran Valley]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India, killing 26 and injuring at least 20.<ref name="jaz">{{Cite web |title=Gunmen kill at least 26 in Indian-administered Kashmir: Police |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/22/gunmen-open-fire-on-tourists-in-indian-administered-kashmir |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 26]]
** The [[Death and funeral of Pope Francis|funeral of Pope Francis]] is attended by delegations from 164 different countries of the world, including 82 leaders, and 250 000 members of the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=W pogrzebie papieża wzięło udział setki tysięcy wiernych. Zobacz nagranie |date=April 26, 2025 |url=https://tvn24.pl/swiat/pogrzeb-papieza-franciszka-setki-tysiecy-wiernych-na-placu-swietego-piotra-zobacz-nagranie-st8432400 |publisher=TVN |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Makarewicz |first1=Błażej |title=Tak wyglądał pogrzeb papieża Franciszka w Watykanie. Zobacz galerię zdjęć |date=April 26, 2025 |url=https://wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/swiat/tak-wygladal-pogrzeb-papieza-franciszka-w-watykanie-zobacz-galerie-zdjec |publisher=Radio Zet |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wojciech |first1=Rogacin |title=Ponad 160 delegacji na pogrzebie Papieża Franciszka |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/pl/papiez/news/2025-04/ponad-160-oficjalnych-delegacji-na-pogrzebie-papieza-franciszka.html |publisher=Vatican News |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>
** An [[Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion|explosion]] in the [[Port of Shahid Rajaee]], [[Bandar Abbas]], Iran, kills at least 70 people and injures more than 1200.<ref>{{cite web |title=Potężna eksplozja w strategicznym porcie. Wielu zabitych, setki rannych |date=April 27, 2025 |url=https://tvn24.pl/swiat/iran-potezna-eksplozja-w-strategicznym-porcie-handlowym-wielu-zabitych-setki-rannych-st8432743 |publisher=TVN24 |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Orłowski |first1=Marcin |title=Potężna eksplozja w irańskim porcie. Rośnie liczba ofiar, ponad 800 rannych |date=April 27, 2025 |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-potezna-eksplozja-w-iranskim-porcie-rosnie-liczba-ofiar-pona,nId,21397948 |publisher=Interia |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stępien |first1=Marta |title=Wielka eksplozja w irańskim porcie. Wiadomo, jak doszło do wybuchu |date=April 27, 2025 |url=https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-wielka-eksplozja-w-iranskim-porcie-wiadomo-jak-doszlo-do-wyb,nId,21398001 |publisher=Interia |access-date=27 April 2025 |language=pl}}</ref>
** At least 11 people are killed and at least 20 others are injured in [[2025 Vancouver car attack|a vehicle-ramming attack]] at the annual [[Lapu Lapu Day]] festival in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tanno |first=Lucas Lilieholm, Ross Adkin, Sophie |date=2025-04-27 |title=Suspect charged with murder over Vancouver Filipino festival car ramming, police say victims were aged five to 65 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/americas/canada-car-ramming-filipino-festival-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Austen |first1=Ian |last2=Isai |first2=Vjosa |last3=Watkins |first3=Ali |last4=Young |first4=Jin Yu |date=2025-04-27 |title=At Least 11 People Killed After Car Plows Into Vancouver Filipino Festival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/asia/vancouver-festival-vehicle-ramming-deaths.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[April 28]]
** A widespread [[2025 European power outage|power outage]] affects [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] for hours. [[Andorra]] is affected for few seconds while southern [[France]] is lightly affected.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brezar |first=Aleksandar |date=28 April 2025 |title=Breaking news. Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by massive power outage |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-hit-by-massive-power-outage |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Euronews}}</ref>
** [[2025 Canadian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], led by [[Mark Carney]], wins reelection for a fourth time, forming a minority government.<ref name="C16">{{cite web |date=May 3, 2007 |title=An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act |url=https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/39-1/bill/C-16/third-reading/page-27?col=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626012317/https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/39-1/bill/C-16/third-reading/page-27?col=2 |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=June 25, 2024 |publisher=LegisINFO |format=}}</ref>
** [[2025 Trinidad and Tobago general election]]: The [[United National Congress|UNC]] wins a majority government, defeating the incumbent [[People's National Movement|PNM]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-03-25 |title=Trinidad and Tobago to hold early elections in late April |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trinidad-tobago-hold-general-elections-april-28-2025-03-18/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website = Reuters |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 30]]
**The [[2025 Caymanian general election|2025 Caymanian Islands general election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 Cayman Islands General Election |url=https://caymanresident.com/election |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Cayman Resident |language=en}}</ref>
**The [[Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement]] is signed, providing an economic incentive for the US to continue to invest in Ukraine's defence and reconstruction, in exchange for access to the war-torn country's energy and mineral resources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US and Ukraine sign long-awaited natural resources deal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ypw7pn9q3o |date=30 April 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=BBC News|language=en-US}}</ref>