Editing 2024 (section)

=== August ===
* [[August 1]] – [[2024 American–Russian prisoner exchange]]: 26 individuals are released from [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport]] in the largest prisoner exchange between the [[United States]] and [[Russia]] since the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/01/world/russia-prisoner-swap-us |title=Russia Releases Evan Gershkovich in Sweeping Prisoner Swap, Turkish Officials Say |date=August 1, 2024 |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton |last2=Mazzetti |first2=Mark |last3=Hubbard |first3=Ben |author-link1=Anton Troianovski |author-link2=Mark Mazzetti |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007203240/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/01/world/russia-prisoner-swap-us |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Tô Lâm in Hanoi - 2024 (P064238-935063).jpg|thumb|[[Tô Lâm]] succeeds [[Nguyễn Phú Trọng]] as [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam]] on August 3]]
* [[August 3]] – The [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam]] elects [[Tô Lâm]] as the new [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]], succeeding [[Nguyễn Phú Trọng]], who died on July 19.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/vietnam-president-lam-communist-party-chief-nguyen-phu-trong-4524261|title=Vietnam President To Lam takes top job as Communist Party chief|work=[[CNA (TV network)|CNA]]|date=2024-08-03}}</ref>
*[[August 5]] – [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] announces her resignation and flees to [[India]] following [[Student–People's uprising|nationwide protests]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Ruma |last2=Ganguly |first2=Sudipto |date=2024-08-05 |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, interim government to be formed |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=Reuters |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806033132/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[August 6]] – [[Yahya Sinwar]], Hamas' leader in the [[Gaza Strip]], is appointed as the chairman of Hamas' political bureau.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as new leader after Ismail Haniyeh's killing |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/hamas-names-yahya-sinwar-as-new-leader-after-ismail-haniyehs-killing |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806181830/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/hamas-names-yahya-sinwar-as-new-leader-after-ismail-haniyehs-killing |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[August 7]] – The [[Move Forward Party]] is dissolved and [[Pita Limjaroenrat]], alongside other senior politicians from the party, are banned from politics by the [[Constitutional Court of Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Head|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Head|date=7 August 2024|title=Thai court dissolves reformist party that won election|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkmdd4vevxo|website=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807142533/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkmdd4vevxo|archive-date=7 August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 8]] – Nobel laureate [[Muhammad Yunus]] assumes office as [[Chief Adviser (Bangladesh)|Chief Adviser]] of an [[Yunus interim government|interim government]] formed after Sheikh Hasina's resignation in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh's interim government|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government|date=8 August 2024|access-date=14 August 2024|website=Al Jazeera|archive-date=September 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923210026/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 9]] – [[Voepass Flight 2283]], an [[ATR 72]], crashes near [[Vinhedo]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |date=9 August 2024 |title=Avião com 61 pessoas a bordo cai em Vinhedo, no interior de SP; vídeo mostra queda |trans-title=Plane with 62 people on board crashes in Vinhedo, in the interior of SP; video shows the fall |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2024/08/09/acidente-aviao-vinhedo.ghtml |access-date=9 August 2024 |publisher=G1 |language=pt |archive-date=August 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809170752/https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2024/08/09/acidente-aviao-vinhedo.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[File:Paetongtarn Shinawatra October 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Paetongtarn Shinawatra]] succeeds [[Srettha Thavisin]] as [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] after the latter's dismissal by the [[Constitutional Court of Thailand]] on August 14]][[August 11]] – President [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] announces that the Ukrainian military is conducting a [[August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion|cross-border offensive]] inside Russia's western [[Kursk Oblast]]. Russia says that 76,000 people have been evacuated from the region.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 August 2024|title=Zelensky confirms troops fighting inside Russia as Ukraine hit in overnight attack|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cze5n6w06j3t|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=11 August 2024|archive-date=August 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811085940/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cze5n6w06j3t|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 14]]
**The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) declares [[2023–2025 mpox epidemic|mpox]] a [[public health emergency of international concern]] for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 August 2024|title=WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-declares-mpox-global-public-health-emergency-second-time-two-years-2024-08-14/|website=Reuters|access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
**The [[Constitutional Court of Thailand]] dismisses the [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]] [[Srettha Thavisin]] for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2024 |title=Thai court orders dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/14/thai-court-orders-dismissal-of-prime-minister-srettha-thavisin |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 August 2024 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814152443/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/14/thai-court-orders-dismissal-of-prime-minister-srettha-thavisin |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Paetongtarn Shinawatra]] succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand's youngest prime minister |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/16/paetongtarn-shinawatra-becomes-thailands-youngest-prime-minister.html |work=CNBC |date=16 August 2024 |language=en |access-date=16 August 2024 |archive-date=16 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816071413/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/16/paetongtarn-shinawatra-becomes-thailands-youngest-prime-minister.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[August 17]] – [[Indonesia]]'s 79th [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|Independence Day]] celebration is held in [[Nusantara (city)|Nusantara]]. The celebration is supposed to inaugurate Nusantara as the new [[capital of Indonesia]], but this does not occur due to delays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Indonesia's new capital isn't ready yet. The president is celebrating Independence Day there anyway |url=https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-widodo-new-capital-nusantara-43641d95d2d88caeda772c87dffc0f23 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=August 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240819212601/https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-widodo-new-capital-nusantara-43641d95d2d88caeda772c87dffc0f23 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – In [[Solingen]], [[Germany]], a Syrian immigrant [[2024 Solingen stabbing|stabs three people to death]], which leads to the intensification of the debate on migration in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/germany-knife-attack-solingen-islamic-state-1095235a9dadf6e1005e8adff52d05b4 |title=The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say |website=[[Associated Press]] |date=25 August 2024 |first1=Daniel |last1=Niemann |first2=David |last2=McHugh |access-date=October 15, 2024 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826003954/https://apnews.com/article/germany-knife-attack-solingen-islamic-state-1095235a9dadf6e1005e8adff52d05b4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – In [[Barsalogho]], [[Burkina Faso]], 600 civilians are victims of [[2024 Barsalogho attack|a massacre]] by Islamists associated with [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/africa/burkina-faso-massacre-600-dead-french-intel-intl/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |date=4 October 2024 |first1=Saskya |last1=Vandoorne |first2=Nick Paton |last2=Walsh |first3=Gianluca |last3=Mezzofiore |access-date=October 15, 2024 |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008181336/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/africa/burkina-faso-massacre-600-dead-french-intel-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[August 25]] – The [[Israel Defense Forces]] begin a series of [[August 2024 Lebanon strikes|preemptive strikes]] against targets in the south of [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web |date=26 August 2024 |title=UN urges calm after Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr40dz5524qo |website=BBC News |access-date=1 September 2024 |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901173431/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr40dz5524qo |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[August 28]] – [[September 8]] – The [[2024 Summer Paralympics]] are held in Paris, France.<ref name="Paris-2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024|title=Paris 2024 Paralympic Games|publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]]|access-date=2021-12-31|archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426092304/https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 31]] – [[2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash|A helicopter crashed]] in [[Kamchatka Krai]], Russia, killing all 22 occupants on board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CFIT Accident Mil Mi-8T RA-25656, Saturday 31 August 2024 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/419142 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=asn.flightsafety.org |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920135916/https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/419142 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Yagi make landfall on Hainan 2024.gif|Infrared satellite imagery of [[Typhoon Yagi]] making landfall over [[Hainan]] on September 6|thumb|240px]]