Editing 2020 (section)

===May===
*[[May 1]]
**COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of recovered COVID-19 patients reaches 1 million worldwide, according to data from [[Johns Hopkins University|The Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horn |first1=Austin |title=More Than 1 Million People Have Recovered From COVID-19 Worldwide |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/01/849065983/more-than-1-million-people-have-recovered-from-covid-19-worldwide |access-date=May 3, 2020 |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=May 1, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502135057/https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/01/849065983/more-than-1-million-people-have-recovered-from-covid-19-worldwide |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Guanare prison riot]]: A riot and attempted escape attempt leaves 47 dead and 75 injured in the ''Centro Penitenciario de los Llanos'' in [[Guanare]], [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web|date=May 3, 2020|title=Familias de reos muertos en penal de Guanare acusan a autoridades de masacre|url=https://efectococuyo.com/sucesos/familias-de-reos-muertos-en-penal-de-guanare-acusan-a-autoridades-de-masacre/|website=[[Efecto Cocuyo]]|access-date=June 29, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629162941/https://efectococuyo.com/sucesos/familias-de-reos-muertos-en-penal-de-guanare-acusan-a-autoridades-de-masacre/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 2]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] publishes a report stating that Russia's indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria constitutes a war crime.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/russia-committed-war-crimes-in-syria-finds-un-report|title = Russia committed war crimes in Syria, finds UN report|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = March 2, 2020|access-date = September 9, 2021|archive-date = October 26, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231026062307/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/russia-committed-war-crimes-in-syria-finds-un-report|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=25638&LangID=E|title=OHCHR &#124; UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Unprecedented levels of displacement and dire conditions for civilians in the Syrian Arab Republic|website=www.ohchr.org|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909005955/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=25638&LangID=E|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/russia-and-syria-step-up-airstrikes-against-civilians-in-idlib|title=Russia and Syria step up airstrikes against civilians in Idlib|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=July 22, 2019|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731063108/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/russia-and-syria-step-up-airstrikes-against-civilians-in-idlib|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 3]]&ndash;[[May 4|4]] &ndash; Venezuelan dissidents and a North American-based private military company, [[Silvercorp USA]], unsuccessfully attempt to [[Operation Gideon (2020)|infiltrate Venezuela]] and forcibly remove President [[Nicolás Maduro]] from office.<ref>{{cite news|title=From a Miami condo to the Venezuelan coast, how a plan to 'capture' Maduro went rogue|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/from-a-miami-condo-to-the-venezuelan-coast-how-a-plan-to-capture-maduro-went-rogue/2020/05/06/046222bc-8e4a-11ea-9322-a29e75effc93_story.html|last1=Faiola|first1=Anthony|last2=DeYoung|first2=Karen|last3=Herrero|first3=Ana Vanessa|date=May 6, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511013639/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/from-a-miami-condo-to-the-venezuelan-coast-how-a-plan-to-capture-maduro-went-rogue/2020/05/06/046222bc-8e4a-11ea-9322-a29e75effc93_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 4]] &ndash; A team of [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Kenya]]n scientists announce the discovery of Microsporidia MB, a [[Parasite|parasitic]] microbe in the [[Microsporidia]] fungi group that blocks [[mosquito]]s from carrying [[malaria]], potentially paving the way for the control of malaria.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Herren|first1=Jeremy K.|last2=Mbaisi|first2=Lilian|last3=Mararo|first3=Enock|last4=Makhulu|first4=Edward E.|last5=Mobegi|first5=Victor A.|last6=Butungi|first6=Hellen|last7=Mancini|first7=Maria Vittoria|last8=Oundo|first8=Joseph W.|last9=Teal|first9=Evan T.|last10=Pinaud|first10=Silvain|last11=Lawniczak|first11=Mara K. N.|date=May 4, 2020|title=A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes|journal=Nature Communications|volume=11|issue=1|page=2187|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-16121-y|pmid=32366903|pmc=7198529|bibcode=2020NatCo..11.2187H|issn=2041-1723}}</ref>
*[[May 5]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|The U.K. death toll from COVID-19]] becomes the highest in Europe at 32,313 after exceeding the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|death toll of 29,029 in Italy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-above-32000-to-highest-in-europe |title=UK coronavirus death toll rises above 32,000 to highest in Europe |work=The Guardian |date=May 5, 2020 |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518205457/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-above-32000-to-highest-in-europe |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 6]]
**Astronomers announce the discovery of the first [[black hole]] located in [[HR 6819|a star system visible to the naked eye]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth - Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eye|url=https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2007/|last=information@eso.org|website=eso.org|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506232455/https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2007/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: New evidence indicates that an [[Algeria]]n-born [[French citizen|French]] fishmonger, who had not traveled to [[China]] and did not have contact with any [[China|Chinese nationals]], was treated for [[pneumonia]] from an unknown source on December 27, 2019, now identified as [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Submission |first1=Internal |title=Emergence of early COVID-19 case in France may hold new clues to pandemic's spread |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/06/world/early-covid-19-france/ |website=The Japan Times |access-date=May 6, 2020 |date=May 6, 2020 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511125046/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/06/world/early-covid-19-france/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Aurangabad railway accident]] occurred in India. 17 migrants were sleeping on the trains when a freight train collided and killed 16 people and injured 1.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-08 |title=Aurangabad train accident: 16 migrant workers run over, probe ordered |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-lockdown-maharashtra-aurangabad-migrant-workers-killed-train-6399556/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017012422/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-lockdown-maharashtra-aurangabad-migrant-workers-killed-train-6399556/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 9]] &ndash; Several [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese]] and [[Indian Armed Forces|Indian soldiers]] are injured in a [[2020–2022 China–India skirmishes|cross-border clash]] at the [[Nathu La]] crossing. About 150 troops participated in the face-off, which involved fistfights and stone-throwing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian and Chinese soldiers injured in cross-border fistfight, says Delhi|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/indian-and-chinese-soldiers-injured-in-cross-border-fistfight-says-delhi|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=May 11, 2020|website=The Guardian|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102141346/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/11/indian-and-chinese-soldiers-injured-in-cross-border-fistfight-says-delhi|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 10]] 
**The [[Islamic Republic of Iran Navy|Iranian Navy]] frigate ''[[Iranian frigate Jamaran|Jamaran]]'' [[Konarak vessel incident|accidentally strikes]] the Iranian support vessel ''[[Iranian support vessel Konarak|Konarak]]'' with a missile, killing nineteen sailors. This is the first [[List of friendly fire incidents|friendly fire incident]] since February 2019, when an Indian [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopter was mistakenly shot down by [[Indian Air Force|Indian air defense]] forces.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 11, 2020|title=Iranian sailors killed in 'friendly fire' incident|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52612511|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512193252/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52612511|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Air Force probe finds friendly fire caused February 27 Budgam chopper crash, 5 officers in dock|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-air-force-budgam-chopper-crash-friendly-fire-officers-guilty-1590764-2019-08-23|date=August 23, 2019|first1=Manjeet Singh|last1=Negi|website=India Today|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509213820/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/indian-air-force-budgam-chopper-crash-friendly-fire-officers-guilty-1590764-2019-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: [[Wuhan]] reports its first coronavirus cases in more than a month. An 89-year-old man is confirmed positive, but his wife and several members of the community are recorded as asymptomatic cases.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pickrell |first1=Ryan |title=Wuhan reported its first new coronavirus case in more than a month |url=https://www.businessinsider.sg/wuhan-reports-first-new-coronavirus-case-in-over-a-month-2020-5?r=US&IR=T |access-date=May 11, 2020 |publisher=[[Business Insider]] US |date=May 10, 2020 |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526014359/https://www.businessinsider.sg/wuhan-reports-first-new-coronavirus-case-in-over-a-month-2020-5?r=US&IR=T }}</ref>
*[[May 11]] &ndash; The [[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] publishes the result of [[Radiocarbon dating|radiocarbon]] and [[DNA analysis]] from the [[fossil]]s that has been found in the [[Bacho Kiro cave]], [[Bulgaria]]. The result, showing that the fossils belong to ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' instead of [[Neanderthal]], indicates that modern humans may have arrived in [[Europe]] thousands of years earlier than previously thought.<ref>{{cite web|last=Welle (dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Bulgarian fossils suggest Homo sapiens arrived in Europe earlier than previously thought {{!}} DW {{!}} 12.05.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/bulgarian-fossils-suggest-homo-sapiens-arrived-in-europe-earlier-than-previously-thought/a-53399586|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=DW.COM|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603015742/https://www.dw.com/en/bulgarian-fossils-suggest-homo-sapiens-arrived-in-europe-earlier-than-previously-thought/a-53399586|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 12]] &ndash; Gunmen [[May 2020 Afghanistan attacks#12 May 2020 attacks|storm]] a [[maternity hospital]] and kill 24 people, including two newborn babies, in [[Dashte Barchi]], a majority-[[Shia Islam|Shia]] neighborhood of [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]. In a separate incident in [[Kuz Kunar District|Kuz Kunar]], 32 people are killed at a funeral by a [[suicide bomber]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Babies among 24 killed as gunmen attack maternity ward in Kabul |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/afghanistan-gunmen-storm-kabul-hospital-200512071439807.html |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918174818/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/afghanistan-gunmen-storm-kabul-hospital-200512071439807.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 14]]
**COVID-19 pandemic:
***The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 300,000.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Picheta|first1=Rob|date=May 14, 2020|title=Coronavirus global death toll passes 300,000 as countries wait in lockdown|agency=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/14/world/coronavirus-global-death-toll-300000-intl/index.html|access-date=May 15, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515010444/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/14/world/coronavirus-global-death-toll-300000-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
***The [[United Nations|UN]] warns of a global [[mental health]] crisis caused by isolation, fear, uncertainty and economic turmoil.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 14, 2020|title=U.N. warns of global mental health crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mentalhealth/u-n-warns-of-global-mental-health-crisis-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22Q0AO|access-date=May 14, 2020|website=Reuters|archive-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514035557/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mentalhealth/u-n-warns-of-global-mental-health-crisis-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-idUSKBN22Q0AO|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[NATO]] [[Secretary General of NATO|Secretary General]] [[Jens Stoltenberg]] says the [[military alliance]] is "ready to support" the [[United Nations|UN]]-recognized [[Government of National Accord]] while [[Greece]], a member state of NATO, strongly criticizes Stoltenberg's remarks, saying his recognition of the "[[Muslim Brotherhood]] government" does not reflect the positions of the military alliance.<ref>{{cite web|title=NATO is ready to support GNA in Libya, the bloc's Chief says {{!}} The Libya Observer|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/nato-ready-support-gna-libya-blocs-chief-says|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=libyaobserver.ly|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603015754/https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/nato-ready-support-gna-libya-blocs-chief-says|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Besser|first=Robert|title=Greece Sharply Rebukes NATO Secretary-General's Support of Muslim Brotherhood in Libya {{!}} GreekReporter.com|newspaper=Greekreporter.com|date=May 15, 2020|url=https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/05/15/greece-sharply-rebukes-nato-secretary-generals-support-of-muslim-brotherhood-in-libya/|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527043315/https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/05/15/greece-sharply-rebukes-nato-secretary-generals-support-of-muslim-brotherhood-in-libya/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 15]] &ndash; Researchers announce a 2.5&nbsp;cm [[millipede]] [[fossil]] belonging to the ''[[Kampecaris]]'' genus, discovered on the island of [[Kerrera]] in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Inner Hebrides]], is the world's oldest-known land animal, which lived 425 million years ago in the [[Silurian]] period.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 15, 2020|title=Myriapod divergence times differ between molecular clock and fossil evidence: U/Pb zircon ages of the earliest fossil millipede-bearing sediments and their significance|work=Historical Biology, An International Journal of Paleobiology|doi=10.1080/08912963.2020.1762593|last1=Brookfield |first1=M. E. |last2=Catlos |first2=E. J. |last3=Suarez |first3=S. E. |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=2014–2018 }}</ref>
*[[May 16]] &ndash; [[Félicien Kabuga]], a [[Rwanda]]n businessman responsible for supporting the [[Rwandan genocide]], is arrested in [[Asnières-sur-Seine]], [[France]], after 26 years as a fugitive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mechanism fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested today|url=https://www.irmct.org/en/news/20-05-17-mechanism-fugitive-f%C3%A9licien-kabuga-arrested-today|date=May 16, 2020|website=United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals|access-date=May 17, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517094025/https://www.irmct.org/en/news/20-05-17-mechanism-fugitive-f%C3%A9licien-kabuga-arrested-today}}</ref>
*[[May 18]]
**The [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] announces that [[2020 East Africa floods|nearly 1 million people are affected and at least 24 people have died]] in [[flash flood]]s that have hit [[Beledweyne]] and [[Jowhar]], [[Somalia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Guled|first=Abdi|date=May 18, 2020|title=Nearly 1 million people affected by Somalia floods: UN|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/nearly-1-million-people-affected-by-somalia-floods-un-1.4943847|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=CTVNews|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603012409/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/nearly-1-million-people-affected-by-somalia-floods-un-1.4943847|url-status=live}}</ref>
**In a historic move, the [[World Health Organization]] holds its annual [[World Health Assembly]] using [[Video-conferencing|video conferencing]] instead of in-person meetings.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Unprecedented World Health Assembly Convenes Online As Pandemic Rages|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/17/857206256/unprecedented-world-health-assembly-convenes-online-as-pandemic-rages|access-date=June 3, 2020|newspaper=NPR|date=May 17, 2020|last1=Beaubien|first1=Jason|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024535/https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/05/17/857206256/unprecedented-world-health-assembly-convenes-online-as-pandemic-rages|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 19]] &ndash; [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] [[President of the State of Palestine|President]] [[Mahmoud Abbas]] announces the termination of all agreements, including security ones, with [[Israel]] and the [[United States]] in response to Israel's plans to [[Annexation of the Jordan Valley|annex the Jordan Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|title=President Abbas declares end to agreements with Israel, US; turns over responsibility on occupied lands to Israel|url=http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=SbnBNCa117154132029aSbnBNC|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=english.wafa.ps|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024533/http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=SbnBNCa117154132029aSbnBNC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 21]]
**[[Cyclone Amphan]] makes landfall in [[East India|eastern India]] and [[Bangladesh]], killing over 100 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 4 million others. It causes over US$13 billion in damage, making it the costliest cyclone ever recorded in the [[North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone|North Indian Ocean]], shattering the record previously held by [[Cyclone Nargis|Nargis]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 20, 2020|title=Cyclone Amphan wreaks deadly havoc|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52734259|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122132750/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52734259|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The [[United States|U.S.]] announces it will withdraw from the [[Treaty on Open Skies|Open Skies Treaty]] within six months, alleging continuous violations by [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 21, 2020|title=US to withdraw from 'Open Skies' arms control deal|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52760420|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603134816/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52760420|url-status=live}}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 5 million worldwide, with 106,000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day figure so far.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 5m as EU health chief warns of second wave |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/may/21/coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-near-5m-as-eu-health-chief-warns-of-second-wave?page=with:block-5ec5d5648f0886ce4f5d7791#block-5ec5d5648f0886ce4f5d7791 |work=The Guardian |access-date=May 21, 2020 |date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521120124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/may/21/coronavirus-live-news-global-cases-near-5m-as-eu-health-chief-warns-of-second-wave?page=with:block-5ec5d5648f0886ce4f5d7791#block-5ec5d5648f0886ce4f5d7791 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 22]]
**[[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303|Flight PK8303]], a [[Pakistan International Airlines]] passenger aircraft, crashes in a residential area near [[Karachi]], in Pakistan, killing 97 of the 99 total people on board and injuring dozens on the ground.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashes in Karachi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52766904 |work=BBC News |access-date=May 22, 2020 |date=May 22, 2020 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522104233/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52766904 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil|Brazil]] overtakes [[COVID-19 pandemic in Russia|Russia]] to become the country with the second highest number of COVID-19 cases, with over 330,000 reported. [[Jair Bolsonaro|President Jair Bolsonaro]] continues to dismiss the threat of the virus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brazil now has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world after US |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/22/americas/brazil-coronavirus-cases/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=May 23, 2020 |date=May 23, 2020 |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523010629/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/22/americas/brazil-coronavirus-cases/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; COVID-19 pandemic: [[COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China|China]] reports no new cases for the first time since the pandemic began, according to the [[National Health Commission]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 23, 2020|title=China reports no new coronavirus cases for first time since pandemic began|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN22Z047|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024546/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-idUSKBN22Z047|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 24]]
**Mining corporation [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]] admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old [[Juukan Gorge]] [[cave]]s in the [[Pilbara]] area of [[Western Australia]]. The firm later issues an apology to the two [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal peoples]] who are the [[traditional owners]] of the site.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 31, 2020|title=Mining firm sorry for destroying Aboriginal caves|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52869502|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603105124/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-52869502|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[President of Egypt|Egyptian President]] [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] pardons 3,157 prisoners to celebrate [[Eid al-Fitr]] and, two days later, [[President of Zambia]] [[Edgar Lungu]] pardons nearly 3,000 inmates to commemorate [[Africa Day|Africa Freedom Day]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Egypt pardons former policeman jailed for murder of pop singer Tamim|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pardons-former-policeman-jailed-murder-pop-singer-tamim|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=Middle East Eye|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024538/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-pardons-former-policeman-jailed-murder-pop-singer-tamim|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 26, 2020|title=Zambian president pardons gay couple jailed for 15 years|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zambia-lgbt-idUSKBN2321ZZ|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603024532/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zambia-lgbt-idUSKBN2321ZZ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 25]]
**The [[2020 Surinamese general election]] is held to elect all 51 members of the [[National Assembly (Suriname)|National Assembly of Suriname]].<ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 2020 |title=Suriname opposition parties near power following election |url=https://apnews.com/article/95b3118f0b8fb12f8c75de677f101360 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321151249/https://apnews.com/article/95b3118f0b8fb12f8c75de677f101360 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Euroleague Basketball]], announced that it cancelled the 2019-20 [[EuroLeague|Turkish Airlines EuroLeague]] and [[EuroCup Basketball|7DAYS EuroCup]] seasons due to COVID-19 pandemic.
* [[May 26]]
**[[George Floyd protests|Protests]] caused by the [[murder of George Floyd]] break out across [[List of George Floyd protests in the United States|hundreds of cities in the U.S.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/29/george-floyd-killing-protests-minneapolis-minnesota-us-twitter-donald-trump-latest-news-live|title=George Floyd protests: man killed in Detroit as demonstrations rage across US – as it happened|date=May 30, 2020|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619024228/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/may/29/george-floyd-killing-protests-minneapolis-minnesota-us-twitter-donald-trump-latest-news-live|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[List of George Floyd protests outside the United States|around the world]].<ref>{{cite news |title=From Murals To Tweets: The Global South Shows Solidarity With George Floyd Protests |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/06/871010812/from-murals-to-tweets-the-global-south-shows-solidarity-with-george-floyd-protes |newspaper=NPR |date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2020 |last1=Sarmiento |first1=Isabella Gomez |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608223852/https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/06/871010812/from-murals-to-tweets-the-global-south-shows-solidarity-with-george-floyd-protes |url-status=live }}</ref> These are followed by further protests and rallies on June 6 against racism and police brutality [[List of George Floyd protests outside the United States|around the world]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 7, 2020|title=As George Floyd is mourned, the world stops to say 'enough'|work=Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/as-george-floyd-is-mourned-the-world-stops-to-say-enough-20200607-p5507f.html|access-date=June 7, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607084915/https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/as-george-floyd-is-mourned-the-world-stops-to-say-enough-20200607-p5507f.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Costa Rica]] becomes the first [[Central America]]n country to legalise [[Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica|same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Costa Rica latest country to legalize same-sex marriage|url=https://www.wral.com/costa-rica-latest-country-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/19114023/|date=May 26, 2020|website=WRAL.com|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604200859/https://www.wral.com/costa-rica-latest-country-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/19114023/}}</ref>
** [[LATAM Airlines Group|LATAM Airlines]], the largest air carrier in [[Latin America]], files for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 26, 2020|title=Latam Air Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Stymied by Lockdowns|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/latam-airlines-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-stymied-by-lockdowns|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=Bloomberg.com|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906181752/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/latam-airlines-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-stymied-by-lockdowns|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 27]]
**The [[National People's Congress|Chinese National People's Congress]] votes in favour of [[National People's Congress Decision on Hong Kong national security legislation|national security legislation]] that criminalizes "[[Hong Kong independence|secession]]", "[[subversion]]", "[[terrorism]]" and foreign interference in [[Hong Kong]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong security bill backed by China's parliament |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52829176 |work=BBC News |access-date=May 28, 2020 |date=May 28, 2020 |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528072233/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52829176 |url-status=live }}</ref> the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|Hong Kong democracy movement]], including banning activist groups and curtailing [[civil liberties]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/world/asia/china-hong-kong-crackdown.html|author=Keith Bradsher|date=May 28, 2020|title=China Approves Plan to Rein In Hong Kong, Defying Worldwide Outcry|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=July 18, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721030540/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/world/asia/china-hong-kong-crackdown.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The U.S. government responds by declaring [[Hong Kong]] is "no longer autonomous" under the [[United States-Hong Kong Policy Act]].<ref>Nick Wadhams and Ben Bartenstein. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-27/pompeo-finds-hong-kong-is-no-longer-autonomous-from-china U.S. Says Hong Kong's Autonomy Is Gone, Sowing China Trade Doubt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720190139/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-27/pompeo-finds-hong-kong-is-no-longer-autonomous-from-china |date=July 20, 2020 }}, Bloomberg (May 27, 2020).</ref>
**COVID-19 pandemic: The U.S. death toll passes 100,000 &ndash; more [[Americans]] than were killed in the [[Vietnam War]] and [[Korean War]] combined, and approaching that of the [[World War I|First World War]], where 116,000 Americans died in combat.<ref>{{cite web|title=US passes 100,000 coronavirus deaths as states relax lockdown measures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/us-coronavirus-deaths-toll-1000000|website=The Guardian|date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221142847/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/us-coronavirus-deaths-toll-1000000|url-status=live}}</ref> The total number of cases continues to rise, although the rate is slowing.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S coronavirus deaths top 100,000 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-deaths-top-100000/ar-BB14FYKn |website=msn.com |access-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221142851/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-deaths-top-100000/ar-BB14FYKn |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[May 30]] &ndash; The [[Crew Dragon Demo-2|first crewed flight]] of the [[SpaceX Dragon 2]] (initially scheduled for May 27 but delayed due to weather) is launched from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], the first crewed spacecraft to take off from U.S. soil since the retirement of the [[Space Shuttle]] in [[STS-135|2011]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocket Report: Demo-2 launch this spring, concerns about Firefly's backer|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/rocket-report-demo-2-launch-this-spring-concerns-about-fireflys-backer/2/|date=February 14, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227123840/https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/rocket-report-demo-2-launch-this-spring-concerns-about-fireflys-backer/2/|archive-date=February 27, 2020|access-date=March 11, 2020}}</ref>