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===February=== * [[February 1]] ** A [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Myanmar]] removes [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] from power and restores [[Tatmadaw|military]] rule leading to [[2021 Myanmar protests|widespread demonstrations across the country]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1088822|title=Myanmar: 'Significant action' needed by Security Council to prevent 'bloodbath'|publisher=United Nations News|date=31 March 2021|website=news.un.org|access-date=April 25, 2021|archive-date=April 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402160847/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1088822|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="un-children">{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1088952|title=Stop 'widespread violence' against children in Myanmar, UN officials urge|publisher=United Nations News|date=2 April 2021|website=news.un.org|access-date=April 25, 2021|archive-date=April 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407220919/https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/04/1088952|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Military takes control of Myanmar; Suu Kyi reported detained |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reports-military-coup-myanmar-suu-kyi-detained-75602314 |website=ABC |access-date=1 February 2021 |date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303001114/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reports-military-coup-myanmar-suu-kyi-detained-75602314 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** [[Kosovo]] officially establishes diplomatic ties with Israel and announces plans to [[Status of Jerusalem#Location of foreign embassies|open an embassy]] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-formally-establishes-ties-with-israel-to-open-embassy-in-jerusalem/31079492.html|title=Kosovo Formally Establishes Ties With Israel, To Open Embassy In Jerusalem|date=1 February 2021|access-date=3 February 2021|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010034055/https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-formally-establishes-ties-with-israel-to-open-embassy-in-jerusalem/31079492.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ** COVID-19 pandemic: The number of [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinations]] administered worldwide exceeds 100 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Covid-19 Vaccinations Surpass 100 Million Doses Worldwide |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/ |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |access-date=1 February 2021 |date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204110150/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More than 100 million people vaccinated globally |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194498-covid19-world/ |website=RTÉ |access-date=2 February 2021 |date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081208/https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0202/1194498-covid19-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ** To celebrate [[Black History Month]], [[The Weeknd]] had [[Postmates]] deliver 150 meals to [[AdventHealth Carrollwood]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/florida/carrollwood/weeknd-makes-special-delivery-carrollwood-health-workers|title=The Weeknd Makes Special Delivery To Carrollwood Health Workers|last=White|first=D'Ann|date=February 1, 2021|website=[[Patch.com]]|access-date=January 10, 2025}}</ref> * [[February 4]] – US President Joe Biden announces that the United States will cease providing weapons to [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] (UAE) for [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|use]] in the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Doucet|first=Lyse|date=February 4, 2021|title=Yemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55941588|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204183135/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55941588|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 9]] ** COVID-19 pandemic: A joint [[World Health Organization|WHO]]–[[COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China|China]] investigation into the source of the outbreak concludes. Investigators deem a [[Wuhan]] laboratory leak to be "extremely unlikely", with a "natural reservoir" in [[bat]]s being a more likely origin.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 February 2021|title=Covid: WHO says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from lab in China|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55996728|work=BBC News|access-date=9 February 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215152316/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-55996728|url-status=live}}</ref> ** The UAE's uncrewed ''[[Emirates Mars Mission|Hope]]'' spacecraft becomes the first [[Arab world|Arabian]] mission successfully to enter orbit around [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite news|date=9 February 2021|title=Emirates Mars Mission: Hope spacecraft enters orbit|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55998848|work=BBC News|access-date=9 February 2021|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419041251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55998848|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 13]]–[[February 17]] – A [[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm|major winter storm]] kills at least 136 people and causes over 9.9 million power outages in the [[United States|U.S]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 February 2021|title=58 people died in last week's frigid weather. Some of them were just trying to stay warm.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/18/winter-storm-deaths/|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219102248/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/18/winter-storm-deaths/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 18]] **Malaysian court orders [[Rosmah Mansor]], the wife of former Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]] to enter defence on all three graft charges.<ref>{{cite web|title=High Court orders Rosmah to enter defence on all three graft charges|website=Astro Awani|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/high-court-orders-rosmah-to-enter-defence-on-all-three-graft-charges-283487|date=18 February 2021|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821050408/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/widget_iframe.f88235f49a156f8b4cab34c7bc1a0acc.html?origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.astroawani.com|url-status=live}}</ref> **[[NASA]]'s [[Mars 2020]] mission (containing the ''[[Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance]]'' rover and ''[[Mars Helicopter Ingenuity|Ingenuity]]'' helicopter drone) lands on [[Mars]] at [[Jezero (crater)|Jezero Crater]], after seven months of travel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover|url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/|access-date=18 February 2021|website=mars.nasa.gov|date=December 5, 2017 |archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604025605/https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 19]] – The United States officially rejoins the [[Paris Agreement]], 107 days after leaving.<ref>{{cite news|date=19 February 2021|title=US makes official return to Paris climate pact|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/19/us-official-return-paris-climate-pact|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219091824/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/19/us-official-return-paris-climate-pact|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 20]] – [[2020–21 H5N8 outbreak]]: 7 people test positive for [[Influenza A virus subtype H5N8|H5N8]] bird flu at a poultry farm in southern Russia, becoming the first known human cases.<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 February 2021|title=Russia reports first human cases of H5N8 bird flu|url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/02/russia-first-human-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu/|access-date=20 February 2021|website=BNO News|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310083205/https://bnonews.com/index.php/2021/02/russia-first-human-cases-of-h5n8-bird-flu/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 22]] – [[Luca Attanasio]], the [[Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo]], is [[Killing of Luca Attanasio|murdered]] near [[Goma]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-22|title=Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo attack|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56151600|access-date=2021-08-06|website=BBC News|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224230606/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56151600|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 24]] – COVID-19 pandemic: the [[COVAX]] vaccine-sharing initiative delivers its first vaccines, delivering 600,000 doses for healthcare workers in [[Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 February 2021|title=Covid: WHO scheme Covax delivers first vaccines|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56180161|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224094414/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56180161|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[February 25]] – The [[Armenia]]n [[Armed Forces of Armenia|military]] calls for [[Prime Minister of Armenia|prime minister]] [[Nikol Pashinyan]] to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of [[2021 Armenian political crisis|attempting a coup d'état]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Child|first=David|date=25 February 2021|title=Protests rock Armenia as PM slams 'coup' attempt: Live updates|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/armenia-pm-accuses-top-military-of-coup-attempt-live-updates|website=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225133620/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/armenia-pm-accuses-top-military-of-coup-attempt-live-updates|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 February 2021|title=Armenia PM Nikol Pashinyan accuses army of attempted coup|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56194421|website=[[BBC]]|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301020507/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56194421|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[February 28]] – [[2021 Salvadoran legislative election]]: The [[Nuevas Ideas]] party wins 56 out of 84 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRIBUNAL SUPREMO ELECTORAL ELECCIONES 2021 DIPUTADOS Y DIPUTADAS PARA ASAMBLEA LEGISLATIVA |url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/elecciones/2021/escrutinio-final/reporte/02-Asamblea-Legislativa-conformacion-departamental.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=tse.gob.sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320014305/https://www.tse.gob.sv/documentos/elecciones/2021/escrutinio-final/reporte/02-Asamblea-Legislativa-conformacion-departamental.pdf |archive-date=March 20, 2021 }}</ref>
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