Editing 2021 (section)

===July===
* [[July 3]] – Over 130 [[wildfire]]s, fuelled by [[lightning]] strikes, burn through [[Western Canada]] following a record-breaking [[2021 Western North America heat wave|heatwave in North America]] that results in over 600 deaths.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-03|title=Canada heatwave: Lightning triggers wildfires in British Columbia|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703853|access-date=2021-07-03|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703080127/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703853|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Sarah |date=2021-07-03 |title=Canada heatwave: Lightning strikes trigger British Columbia wildfires |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/canada-heatwave-lightning-strikes-british-columbia-wildfires-b943934.html |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=www.standard.co.uk |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926082721/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/canada-heatwave-lightning-strikes-british-columbia-wildfires-b943934.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Langton|first=Kaisha|date=2021-07-03|title=Canada fires: 125 wildfires rage across Canada – evacuation orders as 450 hectares ablaze|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1457780/Canada-wildfires-map-today-spread-of-wildfire-british-columbia-fires-latest-EVG|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Express.co.uk|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703234209/https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1457780/Canada-wildfires-map-today-spread-of-wildfire-british-columbia-fires-latest-EVG|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Warburton |first=Moira |date=2021-07-02 |editor-last=Thomas |editor-first=Denny |editor2-last=Gregorio |editor2-first=David |title=Western Canada lightning strikes up tenfold, stoking fires |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/western-canada-lightning-strikes-up-tenfold-stoking-fires-2021-07-02/ |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=Reuters |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081220/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/western-canada-lightning-strikes-up-tenfold-stoking-fires-2021-07-02/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 5]] – More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers flee to neighbouring [[Tajikistan]] after [[2021 Taliban offensive|clashing]] with Taliban militants.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-05|title=Afghanistan: Soldiers flee to Tajikistan after militant clashes|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57720103|access-date=2021-07-05|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081219/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57720103|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[Assassination of Jovenel Moïse]]: Haitian President [[Jovenel Moïse]] is shot to death by unidentified gunmen at 1:00 am local time in his home. First Lady [[Martine Moïse]] is injured and hospitalized.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-07|title=Haiti President Jovenel Moïse killed in attack at home|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57750358|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707120342/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57750358|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 8]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The number of deaths from COVID-19 surpasses 4 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=The world's known Covid death toll passes four million.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/world/covid-death-toll-four-million.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/world/covid-death-toll-four-million.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 8, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[July 10]]–[[August 1]] – The [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] is held in, and [[2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final|is won]] by, the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Concacaf announces host cities and stadiums for 2021 Gold Cup|work=Gold Cup |date=22 April 2021|url=https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/article/concacaf-announces-host-cities-and-stadiums-for-2021-gold-cup/|publisher=CONCACAF|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029143858/https://www.concacaf.com/gold-cup/article/concacaf-announces-host-cities-and-stadiums-for-2021-gold-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/01/gold-cup-final-usa-mexico-miles-robinson-goal|title=Miles Robinson's last-gasp header lifts USA over Mexico in Gold Cup final|date=2 August 2021|work=Guardian|access-date=3 August 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115050714/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/01/gold-cup-final-usa-mexico-miles-robinson-goal|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]
** Thousands of [[Cubans]], most of them young, attend a rare [[2021 Cuban protests|anti-government protest]] in [[San Antonio de los Baños]] to protest the increased food and medicine shortages brought on by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba|date=11 July 2021|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210711-thousands-join-rare-anti-government-protests-in-cuba|publisher=France 24|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711210718/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210711-thousands-join-rare-anti-government-protests-in-cuba|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hundreds of Protesters Take To Miami Streets As Mayor Asks For U.S. Led Intervention in Cuba|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/hundreds-of-protesters-take-to-miami-streets-as-mayor-asks-for-u-s-led-intervention-in-cuba/2492603/|publisher=NBC6|date=11 July 2021|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712000603/https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/hundreds-of-protesters-take-to-miami-streets-as-mayor-asks-for-u-s-led-intervention-in-cuba/2492603/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Moldova]] holds [[2021 Moldovan parliamentary election|a parliamentary election]], with the [[Party of Action and Solidarity]] (PAS) obtaining a majority of seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-pro-eu-election-center-right-pas-parliament/|title=Moldova on pro-EU course after elections|first=Matei|last=Rosca|newspaper=[[Politico]]|date=12 July 2021|access-date=October 6, 2021|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719190805/https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-pro-eu-election-center-right-pas-parliament/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Bulgaria holds [[July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election|a parliamentary election]], with the party [[There Is Such a People]] (ITN) leading.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-11|title=Voters apathetic in Bulgaria's early parliamentary election|work=San Antionio Express-News|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Bulgarians-elect-new-parliament-amid-corruption-16306749.php|access-date=2021-07-15|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715102955/https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Bulgarians-elect-new-parliament-amid-corruption-16306749.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] – [[2021 European floods]]: Heavy rain causes flooding in the border region of Germany and Belgium, resulting in 229 deaths, including 184 in Germany, 42 in Belgium with 1 person still missing there,<ref name="bbf">{{Cite news|date=2021-07-16|title=Germany floods: At least 80 people die, houndreds are unaccounted for|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858829|access-date=2021-07-16|archive-date=July 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716183733/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858829|url-status=live}}</ref> and 2 in Romania.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-24928707-bilantul-inundatiilor-din-romania-bode-2-persoane-murit-iar-81-persoane-fost-evacuate-fost-afectate-80-localitati-din-20-judete.htm |title=Bilanțul inundațiilor din România. Bode: Două persoane au murit, iar alte 81 au fost evacuate / Au fost afectate 80 de localități din 20 de județe |work=HotNews.ro |last=O. |first=N. |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702073910/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-24928707-bilantul-inundatiilor-din-romania-bode-2-persoane-murit-iar-81-persoane-fost-evacuate-fost-afectate-80-localitati-din-20-judete.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The event is attributed to a slowed [[jetstream]] caused by [[climate change]].<ref name="bbf" />
* [[July 13]] – After the [[Supreme Court of Nepal|Supreme Court]] declares his incumbency unconstitutional, [[KP Sharma Oli|KP Oli]] is succeeded by [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] as [[List of prime ministers of Nepal|43rd]] [[Prime Minister of Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=देउवा प्रधानमन्त्री नियुक्त, सपथको तयारी|url=https://www.setopati.com/politics/243073/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Setopati|language=Nepali|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027220534/https://www.setopati.com/politics/243073/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 18]] – [[Pegasus Project (investigation)|An international investigation]] reveals that [[spyware]] sold by Israel's [[NSO Group]] to different governments is being used to target heads of state, along with thousands of activists, journalists and dissidents around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments 'targets activists'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57881364|website=BBC News|date=July 19, 2021|access-date=July 19, 2021|archive-date=August 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803030111/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57881364|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus|website=The Guardian|date=July 18, 2021|access-date=July 19, 2021|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719172826/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 19]]
** [[Blue Origin]] successfully conducts [[Blue Origin NS-16|its first human test flight]], with a reusable [[New Shepard]] rocket delivering four crew members into space including its founder [[Jeff Bezos]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57849364|website=BBC News|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724042207/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57849364|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Replay – New Shepard First Human Flight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMHhXzpwupU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tMHhXzpwupU| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|website=YouTube|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** Leftist schoolteacher [[Pedro Castillo]] is confirmed as [[President of Peru]] over a month after the [[2021 Peruvian general election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/americas/peru-election-pedro-castillo.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/americas/peru-election-pedro-castillo.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title=Pedro Castillo, Leftist Political Outsider, Wins Peru Presidency|first1=Mitra|last1=Taj|first2=Julie|last2=Turkewitz|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 July 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** Day of [[Hajj]]: Women are permitted to attend without a male guardian (''mehrem'') provided they go in a trustworthy group.<ref>{{cite news|author=AFP|title=In Mecca, Women Take Part in Hajj as 'Guardian' Rule Dropped|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/middle-east_mecca-women-take-part-hajj-guardian-rule-dropped/6208472.html|publisher=[[VOA]]|date=2021-07-20|access-date=2021-07-20|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720180212/https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/mecca-women-take-part-hajj-guardian-rule-dropped|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 23]]–[[August 8]] – The [[2020 Summer Olympics]] were held in [[Tokyo]], Japan. They were originally scheduled for 24 July–9 August 2020, but were postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/52091224 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=31 March 2020 |date=30 March 2020 |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430002520/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/52091224 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The Court of Appeal of Samoa deemed the swearing-in of [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]] and her government as constitutional, ending [[2021 Samoan constitutional crisis|a three-month constitutional crisis]].<ref name=SOResolved>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/87898 |title=F.A.S.T. declared new Government as appeal upheld |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Lanuola Tusani Tupufia – Ah Tong |date=23 July 2021 |access-date=23 July 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723043811/https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/87898 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – [[Tunisia]]n president [[Kais Saied]] formally [[2021 Tunisian political crisis|takes power]] in the country, suspending the [[Assembly of the Representatives of the People|parliament]] and sacking the [[Hichem Mechichi|prime minister]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tunisia's PM sacked after violent Covid protests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57958555 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=27 July 2021 |date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708231047/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57958555 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 28]] – The first direct observation of [[light]] from behind a [[black hole]] is reported, confirming Einstein's theory of [[general relativity]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Astronomers detect light behind black hole for first time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/28/astronomers-detect-light-behind-black-hole-for-first-time |date=28 July 2021 |work=The Guardian |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021190922/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/28/astronomers-detect-light-behind-black-hole-for-first-time |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stanford astrophysicists report first detection of light from behind a black hole |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2021/07/28/first-detection-light-behind-black-hole/ |date=28 July 2021 |work=Stanford |access-date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729091559/https://news.stanford.edu/2021/07/28/first-detection-light-behind-black-hole/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 29]]
** [[Roscosmos]]' ''[[Nauka (ISS module)|Nauka]]'' laboratory docks with the [[International Space Station]] following a protracted seventeen-year development and launch on 21 July. Hours after docking, a malfunction of its thrusters causes a temporary loss of control of the station, spinning it up to 45 degrees from its normal [[Spacecraft attitude control|orbital attitude]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-30|title=Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58021394|access-date=2021-08-01|archive-date=October 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005203706/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58021394|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The oil tanker ''[[July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident|Mercer Street]]'' is attacked off the coast of [[Oman]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK and US blame Iran for oil tanker attack which killed Briton|url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-us-blame-iran-for-oil-tanker-attack-which-killed-briton-12370157|access-date=2021-08-01|website=Sky News|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926081219/https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-us-blame-iran-for-oil-tanker-attack-which-killed-briton-12370157|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Iran blamed as two killed in strike on Israeli-managed ship|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israeli-ship-attacked-in-gulf-of-oman-report-675389|access-date=2021-08-01|website=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730073559/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/israeli-ship-attacked-in-gulf-of-oman-report-675389|url-status=live}}</ref>