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The year saw the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war, and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel. In November, heavy fighting resumed in the Syrian civil war, leading to the toppling of Ba'athist Syria, with Bashar al-Assad fleeing Syria in December. Israel's war on Gaza led to widespread protests<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and spillover conflicts into numerous other countries, most notably Lebanon, which was invaded by Israel in October. This followed an intensification of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. In September, Israel escalated an offensive against the group, including an attack using explosives-laden communication devices, and carrying out a bombing of its headquarters which resulted in the killing of the Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, had also been assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran in July, and his successor Yahya Sinwar was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in October. The year also saw a rise in activity by the Houthi movement which contributed to a crisis in the Red Sea that impacted global shipping.

Approximately 80 countries, representing around 4 billion people, conducted national elections throughout the course of the year,<ref name="Economist Election">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":5">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including eight out of the ten most populous countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and the United States)<ref name="Economist Election" /> as well as France, the United Kingdom, and Japan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The European Parliament also held elections.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Among democracies, over 80% saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many of these incumbent losses were historic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In countries like Japan, Botswana, and South Africa, incumbent parties that had dominated domestic politics for decades lost their majorities and have either relinquished power or are holding on through coalitions with minor parties.<ref name="News24Botswana">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="losesmajority">Template:Cite news</ref> Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the 2024 Senegalese presidential election, becoming the first opposition candidate to win in the first round since independence in 1960.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Sri Lanka, voters delivered a landslide victory to the National People's Power, previously a minor party.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Republican Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election, becoming the first U.S. president to be elected to a non-consecutive second term since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The French and German governments lost votes of no confidence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December 2024, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt to declare and impose martial law was thwarted by members of parliament, sparking a political crisis that led to his impeachment and the impeachment of acting president Han Duck-soo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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JanuaryEdit

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Damage caused by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent fires in the city of Wajima, Japan

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  • January 11Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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MarchEdit

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  • March 14 – The United Nations estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Gaza war were women and children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • 2024 Turkish local elections: CHP wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the AKP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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AprilEdit

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MayEdit

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Incumbent president Gitanas Nausėda wins a landslide victory on May 26 in the 2024 Lithuanian Presidential Election for a second term in office.

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  • June 12 – The United Nations' first inquiry into the October 7 attacks and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Infrared satellite imagery of Typhoon Yagi making landfall over Hainan on September 6

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  • September 26Hurricane Helene, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Maria in 2017, makes landfall in Florida as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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NovemberEdit

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    • French-Algerian dissident writer Boualem Sansal is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • Mazan rapes trial: The Judicial Court in Avignon, France, finds Dominique Pelicot guilty of the aggravated rape of his ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot and imposes the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 50 other defendants in the case are also convicted of crimes ranging from attempted rape to aggravated rape, and receive prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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    • The Parker Solar Probe breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the Sun by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Nobel PrizesEdit

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  • LiteratureHan Kang, for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • PeaceNihon Hidankyo, for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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