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* Protests in [[Aktobe]] during a period of [[2022 Kazakh unrest|unrest]] in [[Kazakhstan]];
* The [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral procession]] of [[Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen of the United Kingdom]];
* [[Mahsa Amini protests|Protestors]] on [[Keshavarz Boulevard]] against the [[government of Iran|Iranian government]] associated with the [[death of Mahsa Amini]];
* The [[2022 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Beijing]], [[China]];
* The [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[Qatar]] and is won by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]];
* The state funeral of former [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese prime minister]] [[Shinzo Abe]] following his [[Assassination of Shinzo Abe|assassination]];
* The [[Antonov An-225 Mriya]], the [[List of large aircraft|largest aircraft ever built]], destroyed in the [[Battle of Antonov Airport]] during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]];
* The [[List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century|most powerful volcanic eruption of the 21st century]] occurs when [[Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai]] [[volcano]] [[2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami|erupts]].
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The year began with another wave in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|Omicron]] spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the [[SARS-CoV-2]] virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw the removal of most COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders in the vast majority of countries, while the global rollout of [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s continued. The global economic recovery from the pandemic continued, though many countries experienced an ongoing [[2021–2023 inflation surge|inflation surge]]; in response, many central banks raised their interest rates to landmark levels.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-12 |title=Investors prepare for slowing global interest rate rises |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/dbc66b48-8b2f-481e-91fc-e818297f0913 |access-date=2022-12-13 |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213230118/https://www.ft.com/content/dbc66b48-8b2f-481e-91fc-e818297f0913 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[world population]] reached eight billion people in 2022. The year also witnessed numerous natural disasters, including two devastating [[Atlantic hurricane]]s ([[Hurricane Fiona|Fiona]] and [[Hurricane Ian|Ian]]), and [[2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami|the most powerful volcano eruption of the century so far]]. The later part of the year also saw the first public release of [[ChatGPT]] by [[OpenAI]] starting an [[AI boom|arms race in artificial intelligence]] which increased in intensity into 2023, as well as the [[collapse of FTX|collapse]] of the cryptocurrency exchange [[FTX]].

2022 was also dominated by wars and armed conflicts. While escalations into the [[internal conflict in Myanmar]] and the [[Tigray War]] dominated the heightening of tensions within their regions and each caused over 10,000 deaths, 2022 was most notable for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the largest armed conflict in Europe since [[World War II]]. The invasion caused the [[2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis|displacement]] of 15.7&nbsp;million [[Ukrainians]] (8&nbsp;million [[internally displaced person]]s and 7.7&nbsp;million [[refugee]]s), and led to [[International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War|international condemnations and sanctions]] and [[Nuclear threats during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|nuclear threats]], the [[Corporate responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine|withdrawal of hundreds of companies]] from [[Russia]], and the [[2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus#Sports|exclusion of Russia from major sporting events]].

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