Editing 2024

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* The [[2024 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Paris]], [[France]];
* Flooded bridge in [[Kłodzko]], [[Poland]], as part of the [[2024 European floods]], which left 337 people dead;
* [[blue screen of death|Blue screens]] caused by a [[2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages|worldwide faulty CrowdStrike software update]] at [[LaGuardia Airport]], [[New York City]];
* [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Iranian supreme leader]] [[Ali Khamenei]] leading the [[Funeral prayer (Islam)|funeral prayer]] for [[Ismail Haniyeh]], the political leader of [[Hamas]], who was [[Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh|assassinated]] in [[Tehran]] by an Israeli attack;
* [[Donald Trump]], winner of the [[2024 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]], pays respect to Corey Comperatore, who was killed in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an assassination attempt on Trump]];
* People cheering after the resignation of [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi prime minister]] [[Sheikh Hasina]], who had held power for 15 years, during the [[Non-cooperation movement (2024)|non-cooperation movement]];
* [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]]'s [[Crocus City Hall]] music venue after a [[Crocus City Hall attack|terrorist attack]] that killed 145 people and injured 551, the deadliest in [[Russia]] since 2004;
* People celebrate the [[Fall of the Assad regime|fall]] of the [[President of Syria|Syrian president]] [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s [[Ba'athist Syria|regime]] at the [[Umayyad Mosque]], [[Damascus]].
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The year saw the [[list of ongoing armed conflicts|continuation of major armed conflicts]], including the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]], the [[Sudanese civil war (2023–present)|Sudanese civil war]], and the [[Islamist insurgency in the Sahel]]. In November, heavy fighting resumed in the [[Syrian civil war]], leading to the toppling of [[Ba'athist Syria]], with [[Bashar al-Assad]] fleeing Syria in December. [[Gaza war|Israel's war on Gaza]] led to widespread [[Gaza war protests|protests]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at US colleges |url=https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-campus-protests-966eb531279f8e4381883fc5d79d5466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425001920/https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-campus-protests-966eb531279f8e4381883fc5d79d5466 |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-06 |title=Gaza protests: Oxford and Cambridge university students set up camps |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68965903 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604100935/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68965903 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-29 |title=French police remove pro-Palestinian students from the courtyard of Sorbonne university in Paris |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-sorbonne-student-protests-israel-palestinians-gaza-5ab07ab327e88e275c4bc48bb9a7acdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429150237/https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-sorbonne-student-protests-israel-palestinians-gaza-5ab07ab327e88e275c4bc48bb9a7acdf |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> and [[Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)|spillover]] conflicts into numerous other countries, most notably Lebanon, which was [[Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)|invaded]] by Israel in October. This followed an intensification of the [[Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–2024)|ongoing conflict]] between Israel and [[Hezbollah]]. In September, Israel escalated an offensive against the group, including an attack [[2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks|using explosives-laden communication devices]], and carrying out a [[2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike|bombing of its headquarters]] which resulted in the killing of the [[Secretary-General of Hezbollah|Secretary-General]], [[Hassan Nasrallah]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lidman |first=Melanie |last2=Mroue |first2=Bassem |last3=Hatoum |first3=Bassam |date=2024-09-23 |title=Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill more than 270 |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-e3ca9c83642056f962fdf76319e3b8de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924060908/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-e3ca9c83642056f962fdf76319e3b8de |archive-date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> [[Ismail Haniyeh]], the political leader of [[Hamas]], had also been [[Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh|assassinated]] in the Iranian capital [[Tehran]] in July, and his successor [[Yahya Sinwar]] was [[Killing of Yahya Sinwar|killed]] by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] in October. The year also saw a rise in activity by the [[Houthi movement]] which contributed to a [[Red Sea crisis|crisis]] in the [[Red Sea]] that impacted global shipping.

Approximately 80 countries, representing around 4 billion people, conducted [[2024 national electoral calendar|national elections]] throughout the course of the year,<ref name="Economist Election">{{Cite news|date=November 13, 2023|title=2024 is the biggest election year in history|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/interactive/the-world-ahead/2023/11/13/2024-is-the-biggest-election-year-in-history|access-date=January 4, 2024|url-access=registration|archive-date=January 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103220923/https://www.economist.com/interactive/the-world-ahead/2023/11/13/2024-is-the-biggest-election-year-in-history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2024 |title=The global elections Washington should be watching in 2024 |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/01/what-to-watch-global-elections-2024-00133027 |author=Eric Bazail-Eimil |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103150820/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/01/what-to-watch-global-elections-2024-00133027 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=December 26, 2023 |title=Transcript: What will work look like in 2024? |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e12bb7f9-b470-456b-825d-dcfd4a26432f |access-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101141538/https://www.ft.com/content/e12bb7f9-b470-456b-825d-dcfd4a26432f |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=January 3, 2024 |title=2024 Is The Biggest Election Year In History—Here Are The Countries Going To The Polls This Year |work=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/03/2024-is-the-biggest-election-year-in-history-here-are-the-countries-going-to-the-polls-this-year/?sh=6c16540b65f9 |author=Siladitya Ray |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104215403/https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/01/03/2024-is-the-biggest-election-year-in-history-here-are-the-countries-going-to-the-polls-this-year/?sh=6c16540b65f9 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/12/2024-elections-around-world/|title=2024 is a record year for elections. Here's what you need to know|work=World Economic Forum|date=15 December 2023|access-date=20 November 2024|archive-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126135132/https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/12/2024-elections-around-world/|url-status=live}}</ref> including eight out of the ten most populous countries ([[2024 Bangladeshi general election|Bangladesh]], [[2024 Brazilian municipal elections|Brazil]], [[2024 Pakistani general election|Pakistan]], [[2024 Russian presidential election|Russia]], [[2024 Indian general election|India]], [[2024 Mexican general election|Mexico]], [[2024 Indonesian general election|Indonesia]], and the [[2024 United States elections|United States]])<ref name="Economist Election" /> as well as [[2024 French legislative election|France]], the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom]], and [[2024 Japanese general election|Japan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69042935 |website=BBC News |title=Rishi Sunak announces 4 July general election |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608214915/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-69042935 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2024 European Parliament election|European Parliament]] also held elections.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 1, 2023 |title=In 2024, It's Election Year in 40 Countries |language=en |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-01/2024-is-election-year-in-40-countries-and-podcast-elon-inc-launches-next-week |access-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231075501/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-11-01/2024-is-election-year-in-40-countries-and-podcast-elon-inc-launches-next-week |url-status=live }}</ref> Among democracies, over 80% saw the incumbent party lose support compared to the last election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/538/democrats-incumbent-parties-lost-elections-world/story?id=115972068|title=Democrats aren't alone — incumbent parties have lost elections all around the world|website=ABC News|first1=Cooper|last1=Burton|date=November 18, 2024|access-date=November 20, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120015856/https://abcnews.go.com/538/democrats-incumbent-parties-lost-elections-world/story?id=115972068|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/383208/donald-trump-victory-kamala-harris-global-trend-incumbents|title=The global trend that pushed Donald Trump to victory|website=Vox|first1=Zack|last1=Beauchamp|date=November 6, 2024|quote=Incumbents everywhere are doing poorly. America just proved it's not exceptional.}}</ref> Many of these incumbent losses were historic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/global-elections-2024-incumbents-defeated-c80fbd4e667de86fe08aac025b333f95|title=The 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves|work=AP News|date=17 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120032340/https://apnews.com/article/global-elections-2024-incumbents-defeated-c80fbd4e667de86fe08aac025b333f95|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Burn-Murdoch |first=John |date=November 7, 2024 |title=Democrats join 2024's graveyard of incumbents |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e8ac09ea-c300-4249-af7d-109003afb893 |access-date=November 8, 2024 |work=Financial Times |archive-date=November 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107180858/https://www.ft.com/content/e8ac09ea-c300-4249-af7d-109003afb893 |url-status=live }}</ref> In countries like [[2024 Japanese general election|Japan]], [[2024 Botswana general election|Botswana]], and [[2024 South African general election|South Africa]], incumbent parties that had dominated domestic politics for decades lost their majorities and have either relinquished power or are holding on through coalitions with minor parties.<ref name="News24Botswana">{{Cite news |last=Ndebele |first=Lenin |date=31 October 2024 |title=Initial counting suggests Botswana may just get a new ruling party after 58 years |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/africa/news/initial-counting-suggests-botswana-may-just-get-a-new-ruling-party-after-58-years-20241031 |work=News24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/06/01/nx-s1-4987616/south-africa-election-results|title=In a historic election, South Africa's ANC loses majority for the first time|publisher=NPR|date=1 June 2024|access-date=1 June 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820155211/https://www.npr.org/2024/06/01/nx-s1-4987616/south-africa-election-results|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="losesmajority">{{cite news|title=Japan's ruling bloc loses lower house majority, a red flag for PM|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/10/17a98663e6d7-japanese-go-to-polls-as-new-pm-eyes-fresh-mandate-amid-money-scandal.html|work=Kyodo News|date=2024-10-28}}</ref> [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]] won the [[2024 Senegalese presidential election]], becoming the first opposition candidate to win in the first round since independence in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 2024 |title=Senegal top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye's election victory |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240329-%F0%9F%94%B4-senegal-top-court-confirms-bassirou-diomaye-faye-s-election-victory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329235923/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240329-%F0%9F%94%B4-senegal-top-court-confirms-bassirou-diomaye-faye-s-election-victory |archive-date=29 March 2024 |access-date=30 March 2024 |work=France 24 |language=en}}</ref> In [[2024 Sri Lankan presidential election|Sri Lanka]], voters delivered a [[2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|landslide victory]] to the [[National People's Power]], previously a [[minor party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeVotta |first=Neil |date=28 August 2024 |title=Sri Lanka's Potential Political Realignment |url=https://southasianvoices.org/pol-m-sl-n-sri-lankan-realignment-elections-08-28-2024/ |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=South Asian Voices |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919015249/https://southasianvoices.org/pol-m-sl-n-sri-lankan-realignment-elections-08-28-2024/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Republican [[Donald Trump]] won the [[2024 United States presidential election]], becoming the first [[president of the United States|U.S. president]] to be elected to a non-consecutive second term since [[Grover Cleveland]] won the [[1892 United States presidential election|1892 election]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hajela |first1=Deepti |title=Trump isn't first to be second: Grover Cleveland set precedent of non-consecutive presidential terms |url=https://apnews.com/article/grover-cleveland-president-nonconsecutive-terms-7ea2c92c72911462ccb1bc2e7352fa23 |publisher=[[AP News]] |access-date=November 6, 2024 |date=November 6, 2024 |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106112217/https://apnews.com/article/grover-cleveland-president-nonconsecutive-terms-7ea2c92c72911462ccb1bc2e7352fa23 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=November 6, 2024|title=Exit poll results 2024|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0|access-date=November 6, 2024|publisher=CNN|archive-date=November 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105154934/https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2024–2025 French political crisis|French]] and [[2024 German government crisis|German]] governments lost votes of no confidence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/2024-was-historic-year-global-elections-bad-one-power-rcna179086|title=2024 was a historic year in global elections - and a bad one for those in power|first1=Alexander|last1=Smith|website=NBC News|date=December 31, 2024|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref> In December 2024, South Korean president [[Yoon Suk Yeol]]'s attempt to [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis#Declaration of martial law|declare and impose martial law]] was thwarted by members of parliament, sparking a [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|political crisis]] that led to [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|his impeachment]] and the [[Impeachment of Han Duck-soo|impeachment of acting president Han Duck-soo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2024 |title=South Korean Political Crisis: Martial Law and Impeachment |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN12474 |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Congressional Research Service}}</ref>

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== Events ==
=== January ===
[[File:R6 noto earthquake wajima burned-out-asaichi-area 2024-02-17 10.jpg|thumb|Damage caused by the [[2024 Noto earthquake|7.5 magnitude earthquake]] and subsequent fires in the city of Wajima, Japan]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Egypt]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Iran]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] become [[BRICS]] members.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |date=August 24, 2023 |last=Sharma |first=Shweta |title=Brics countries agree major expansion as 6 countries invited to join |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/brics-2023-summit-new-members-saudi-uae-iran-b2398553.html |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825032330/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/brics-2023-summit-new-members-saudi-uae-iran-b2398553.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[Republic of Artsakh]] is formally dissolved following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|recapture]] of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] region by [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ebel|first1=Francesca|title=Defeated by force, Nagorno-Karabakh government declares it will dissolve|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/28/nagorno-karabakh-dissolved-azerbaijan-armenia/|access-date=28 September 2023|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
** A 7.5 [[Seismic magnitude scales#Mww|M<small>ww</small>]] [[2024 Noto earthquake|earthquake strikes]] the western coast of [[Japan]] ([[Noto Peninsula]]), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others.<ref name="CMO">{{cite report|title=Reiwa 6-nen Notohantō jishin ni yoru higai-tō no jōkyō ni tsuite (kiki kanri kansatsu-shitsu)|script-title=ja:令和６年能登半島地震による被害等の状況について(危機管理監室)|trans-title=Regarding the status of damage caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Crisis Management Office)|url=https://www.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/saigai/documents/higaihou_182_0107_1400.pdf|access-date=7 January 2025|lang=ja|publisher=Crisis Management Office, [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]|date=7 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="ANSS1">{{cite web |title=M 7.5 – 42&nbsp;km NE of Anamizu, Japan |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date=1 January 2024 |date=1 January 2024 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101074051/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive |url-status=live }}</ref> A further 5 are killed the next day when a [[Japan Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] aircraft carrying [[humanitarian aid]] was [[2024 Haneda Airport runway collision|involved in a collision]] with a [[Japan Airlines]] [[Airbus A350-900]] aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAL plane on fire at Haneda Airport after colliding with Japan Coast Guard plane |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240102_303/ |website=NHK WORLD |language=en |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103154820/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240102_303/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Ethiopia]] announces an [[2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding|agreement]] with [[Somaliland]] to use the port of [[Berbera]]. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's [[Somaliland Declaration of Independence|independence]], becoming the first country to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/landlocked-ethiopia-signs-pact-use-somalilands-red-sea-port-2024-01-01/|date=January 1, 2024|title=Landlocked Ethiopia signs Pact to Use Somaliland's Red Sea Port|website=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[2023 Marshallese general election]]: The [[Legislature of the Marshall Islands]] elects [[Hilda Heine]] as [[President of the Marshall Islands|President]] for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=Hilda Heine sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/505980/hilda-heine-sworn-in-as-president-of-the-marshall-islands |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104002558/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/505980/hilda-heine-sworn-in-as-president-of-the-marshall-islands |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[2024 Kerman bombings]]: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the [[assassination of Qasem Soleimani]] in [[Kerman]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Death toll in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts rises to 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106093100/https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |url-status=live }}</ref> The bombing was carried out using two [[briefcase bomb]]s placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dozens killed in blasts near Iran general's tomb |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/blasts-reported-as-iran-commemorates |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103152113/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/blasts-reported-as-iran-commemorates |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[2024 Bangladeshi general election]]: The [[Awami League]], led by incumbent [[Sheikh Hasina]], wins a 4th consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh Election Commission schedules parliamentary polls for Jan 7 |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/5ps4txfm44 |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116050840/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/5ps4txfm44 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-07 |title=Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins fourth term in controversial vote |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67889387 |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107212214/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67889387 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 8]]
** [[Said Abdullahi Deni]] is elected [[President of Puntland]] by the [[6th Parliament of Puntland|Puntland Parliament]] after three rounds in the [[2024 Puntland presidential election|2024 Punttland presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-08/oil-rich-somali-region-s-parliament-meets-to-elect-new-president Lawmakers Reelect President of Oil-Rich Somali Puntland Region]</ref>
** [[2024 Ecuadorian conflict]]: [[President of Ecuador|Ecuadorian President]] [[Daniel Noboa]] declares a [[state of emergency]] following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader [[José Adolfo Macías Villamar]] from prison. The [[Armed Forces of Ecuador|military]] was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime [[curfew]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=Ecuador declares state of emergency amid prison chaos |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-declares-state-emergency-amid-prison-chaos-2024-01-08/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – Two Polish MPs: former Interior Minister [[Mariusz Kaminski]] and his then-deputy [[Maciej Wasik]], are arrested by police inside the [[Presidential Palace, Warsaw|Presidential Palace]] in [[Warsaw]] following a legal dispute over their conviction and [[pardon]] for {{ill|Land affair|lt=abuse of power|pl|Afera gruntowa}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Poland's president vetoes law on free access to morning-after pill for ages 15 and above |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-tusk-duda-kaminski-wasik-arrest-b7d0e4643caffae3dc4689b399533abc |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Associated Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=2024-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227144952/https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-tusk-duda-kaminski-wasik-arrest-b7d0e4643caffae3dc4689b399533abc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Maciej Wąsik i Mariusz Kamiński zatrzymani. Trafili do aresztu śledczego |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art39675591-maciej-wasik-i-mariusz-kaminski-zatrzymani-trafili-do-aresztu-sledczego |publisher=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=4 March 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> On 23 January, President [[Andrzej Duda]] pardoned them for the second time, and the police released them from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=Poland's president pardons 2 imprisoned politicians from previous conservative government — again |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-opposition-imprisoned-exministers-president-5797bd393872d836d55462372249ea5d |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Associated Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=2024-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304181403/https://apnews.com/article/poland-opposition-imprisoned-exministers-president-5797bd393872d836d55462372249ea5d |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[2024 Papua New Guinean unrest|Riots]] break out throughout [[Papua New Guinea]] after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby's 'darkest day' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/506478/at-least-10-dead-after-looting-fires-on-port-moresby-s-darkest-day |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111190907/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/506478/at-least-10-dead-after-looting-fires-on-port-moresby-s-darkest-day |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Operation Prosperity Guardian]]: A U.S.-led coalition [[2024 missile strikes in Yemen|launches airstrikes]] at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' [[Red Sea crisis|attacks on ships in the Red Sea]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/11/us-strike-yemen-houthis-red-sea/ |title=U.S.-led coalition strikes Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112225133/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/11/us-strike-yemen-houthis-red-sea/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[2024 Taiwanese presidential election]]: [[Lai Ching-te]] of the ruling [[Democratic Progressive Party]] wins with 40% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-13 |title=Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as president |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/taiwan-ruling-partys-lai-ching-te-wins-presidential-election |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113122925/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/taiwan-ruling-partys-lai-ching-te-wins-presidential-election |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 14]]
** [[Margrethe II]] formally [[Abdication of Margrethe II|abdicates]] as [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen of Denmark]] on the 52nd anniversary of her accession, with her eldest son Frederik succeeding her as King [[Frederik X]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-31 |title=Queen Margrethe II: Danish monarch announces abdication live on TV |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395 |access-date=2023-12-31 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231173513/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2024 Comorian presidential election]]: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president [[Azali Assoumani]] wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Unrest grips Comoros as opposition rejects president's re-election |url=https://www.france24.com/en/afrique/20240117-unrest-grips-comoros-opposition-rejects-president-re-election |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=France 24 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117211240/https://www.france24.com/en/afrique/20240117-unrest-grips-comoros-opposition-rejects-president-re-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Comoros To Hold Presidential Vote On January 14 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/comoros-to-hold-presidential-vote-on-January-14-671cffbe |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Barrons |language=en-US |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020223730/https://www.barrons.com/news/comoros-to-hold-presidential-vote-on-January-14-671cffbe |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – Following a brief [[2023 Guatemalan general election#Political crisis|political crisis]] in the aftermath of the [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023 elections]], [[Bernardo Arévalo]] is [[Inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo|inaugurated]] as the 52nd [[President of Guatemala]].<ref name="AP News 2023">{{cite web |date=August 20, 2023 |title=Progressive Arévalo is 'virtual winner' of Guatemala election after corruption angered voters |url=https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-election-torres-arevalo-d5bffc895c90570aafa77a0b2056a640 |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=AP News |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930165640/https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-election-torres-arevalo-d5bffc895c90570aafa77a0b2056a640 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="delay">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-arevalo-inauguration-opposition-f968cd763fa6540a784ea9612fc33e38|title=Guatemalans angered as president-elect's inauguration delayed by wrangling in Congress|first=Sonia Pérez|last=D.|publisher=Associated Press|date=14 January 2024|access-date=14 January 2024|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114145151/https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-arevalo-inauguration-opposition-f968cd763fa6540a784ea9612fc33e38|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within [[Balochistan, Pakistan]], claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group [[Jaish ul-Adl]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67999465|title=Iran admits carrying out deadly strike on Pakistan territory|website=BBC|date=17 January 2024|access-date=8 May 2024|archive-date=January 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117180319/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67999465|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68014882|title=Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into Iran, killing nine people|website=BBC|date=18 January 2024|access-date=8 May 2024|archive-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118050442/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68014882|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – Japan becomes [[Moon landing#Uncrewed landings|the 5th country]] to achieve a soft landing on the [[Moon]], with its [[Smart Lander for Investigating Moon|SLIM]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan makes contact with 'Moon Sniper' on lunar surface |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-68019846 |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=19 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119143351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-68019846 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Japan's 'Moon Sniper' made successful 'pin-point' landing, says space agency|url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240125-japan-s-moon-sniper-makes-successful-pin-point-landing-says-space-agency |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=25 January 2024 |work=France 24}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash]]: A Russian [[Ilyushin Il-76]] military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's [[Korochansky District]], near the [[Russia–Ukraine border|Ukrainian border]], killing everyone on board.<ref>{{cite web |title=No survivors on plane Russia says was carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68079336 |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=24 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124102422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68079336 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 26]]
**[[Gaza war]]: The [[UN]]'s [[International Court of Justice]] rules that [[Israel]] must take all measures to prevent [[Palestinian genocide accusation#2023 Israel–Hamas war|genocidal acts in Gaza]], but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, top UN court says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68097640 |access-date=26 January 2024 |date=26 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126131421/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68097640 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[2024 Tuvaluan general election]]: [[Kausea Natano]], the incumbent [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]], loses reelection to [[Parliament of Tuvalu|Parliament]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Needham |first=Kirsty |date=27 January 2024 |title=Tuvalu's pro-Taiwan leader loses seat in national election |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalus-pro-taiwan-leader-loses-seat-national-election-2024-01-26/ |website=Reuters |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127023935/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalus-pro-taiwan-leader-loses-seat-national-election-2024-01-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A month later, [[Feleti Teo]] was elected prime minister.<ref name="R24-2-26">{{cite web |last=Needham |first=Kirsty |date=26 February 2024 |title=Taiwan ally Tuvalu names Feleti Teo as new prime minister |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=Reuters |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226011430/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Sultan of Johor]] [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim Iskandar]] ascends the throne as the 17th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/31/sultan-ibrahim-takes-oath-as-17th-yang-di-pertuan-agong|title=Sultan Ibrahim takes oath as 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong|website=The Star|date=31 January 2024|access-date=7 February 2024|archive-date=January 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131114436/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/31/sultan-ibrahim-takes-oath-as-17th-yang-di-pertuan-agong|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== February ===
[[File:Funeral de estado de Sebastián Piñera en el Congreso Nacional 25.jpg|thumb|[[Sebastián Piñera]], former [[President of Chile]], died in [[Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera|a helicopter crash]] on February 6]]
* [[February 2]] – The US launches [[February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria|airstrikes]] on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in response to a deadly [[Tower 22 drone attack|drone attack]] on a US military base.<ref>{{cite web |title=CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria |url=https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3665602/centcom-statement-on-us-strikes-in-iraq-and-syria/ |access-date=4 February 2024 |date=2 February 2024 |work=CENTCOM |archive-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202222050/https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3665602/centcom-statement-on-us-strikes-in-iraq-and-syria/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 4]]
** [[President of Namibia]] [[Hage Geingob]] dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by his vice-president [[Nangolo Mbumba]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petersen |first=Shelleygan |date=2024-02-04 |title=President Hage Geingob is dead |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/president-hage-geingob-is-dead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204053823/https://www.namibian.com.na/president-hage-geingob-is-dead/ |archive-date=4 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-02-04 |title=Hage Geingob, Namibia's president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/hage-geingob-namibias-president-dies-aged-82-after-cancer-treatment |access-date=2024-02-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |agency=Agence France-Presse |archive-date=February 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204071548/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/04/hage-geingob-namibias-president-dies-aged-82-after-cancer-treatment |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2024 Salvadoran general election]]: Incumbent President [[Nayib Bukele]] wins the election with over 80% of the vote, becoming the first president to be reelected in [[El Salvador]] since [[1944 Salvadoran presidential election|1944]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-05 |title=El Salvador's Bukele is already claiming a big election win, but a troubled count delays results |url=https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-president-reelection-ef04e20d901908099f4f787b841aca89 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206034455/https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-president-reelection-ef04e20d901908099f4f787b841aca89 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=After Nayib Bukele's crushing, unconstitutional victory, what next? |url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/02/05/after-nayib-bukeles-crushing-unconstitutional-victory-what-next |access-date=2024-02-05 |newspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
*[[February 6]] – Former [[President of Chile]] [[Sebastián Piñera]] [[Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera|dies in a helicopter crash]] at the age of 74.<ref>{{Cite web |work=BBC |title=Sebastián Piñera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash|first1=Patrick|last1=Jackson|first2=Vanessa|last2=Buschschlüter |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68223520 |date=6 February 2024 |access-date=7 February 2024 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207003816/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68223520 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[February 7]] – [[2024 Azerbaijani presidential election]]: Amid an opposition boycott, President [[Ilham Aliyev]] is reelected to a 5th term.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Azerbaijan's president is likely to win election after a blitz offensive reclaimed Karabakh region |url=https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-election-ilham-aliyev-39a3b0811de492afdcc96e2f17b6f797 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207153207/https://apnews.com/article/azerbaijan-election-ilham-aliyev-39a3b0811de492afdcc96e2f17b6f797 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:Alexander Stubb - 2024 (73516) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Alexander Stubb]] is elected in the closest [[2024 Finnish presidential election|presidential election]] in Finnish history on February 11.]][[February 8]] – [[2024 Pakistani general election]]: [[Independent politician|Independent]] politicians, most of whom are members of the [[PTI intra-party elections case|banned]] political party [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]], win a plurality of seats in the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Imran Khan loyalists win shock victory in Pakistan election |url=https://www.ft.com/content/35a6dd5b-2924-40ad-a650-004ec6379e00 |access-date=2024-02-09 |newspaper=Financial Times |date=February 9, 2024 |archive-date=February 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209213207/https://www.ft.com/content/35a6dd5b-2924-40ad-a650-004ec6379e00 |url-status=live |last1=Parkin |first1=Benjamin |last2=Bokhari |first2=Farhan }}</ref>
* [[February 11]] – [[2024 Finnish presidential election]]: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, [[Alexander Stubb]] is elected [[President of Finland|president]] in the second round.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Luoma |first1=Elviira |last2=Sevgili |first2=Canan |date=2024-01-25 |title=What you need to know about the 2024 Finnish presidential election |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-you-need-know-about-2024-finnish-presidential-election-2024-01-25/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127115646/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-you-need-know-about-2024-finnish-presidential-election-2024-01-25/ |archive-date=2024-01-27 |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[2024 Indonesian general election]]: [[Prabowo Subianto]] wins the [[2024 Indonesian presidential election|presidential election]], and the [[Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle|Democratic Party of Struggle]] wins the most votes in the legislative election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indonesia Decides: 2024 Elections |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/election-2024 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045413/https://www.thejakartapost.com/election-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – [[Alexei Navalny]], a Russian [[Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia|opposition]] leader, [[Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny|dies]] under mysterious circumstances at the age of 47.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kirby |first=Paul |date=16 February 2024 |title=Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68315943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216113533/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68315943 |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What we know about Alexei Navalny's death in Arctic Prison |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/alexei-navalnys-death-what-do-we-know-2024-02-18/ |access-date=December 27, 2024 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] – American company [[Intuitive Machines]]' [[Intuitive Machines Nova-C|Nova-C lander]] becomes the first commercial vehicle to [[Moon landing|land on the Moon]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Maanvi |last2=Belam |first2=Martin |last3=Singh (now) |first3=Maanvi |last4=Belam (earlier) |first4=Martin |date=2024-02-22 |title=Odysseus spacecraft successfully lands on the moon – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2024/feb/22/nasa-odysseus-moon-landing-intuitive-machines |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722192144/https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2024/feb/22/nasa-odysseus-moon-landing-intuitive-machines |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – [[2024 Haitian jailbreak]]: A state of emergency is declared by the Haitian government after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of [[Prime Minister of Haiti|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Henry]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanon |first1=Evans |last2=Luxama |first2=Pierre-Richard |title=Haiti declares a curfew as it tries to restore order after weekend jailbreak, explosion of violence |url=https://apnews.com/article/haiti-prison-break-2788f145b0d26efc2aa199e923724e0f |access-date=4 March 2024 |work=Associated Press |date=3 March 2024 |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303233812/https://apnews.com/article/haiti-prison-break-2788f145b0d26efc2aa199e923724e0f |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 29]] – [[Gaza war]]: Soldiers of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] [[Flour massacre|open fire on a crowd of civilians]] in [[Gaza City]], killing more than 100 people, as the [[Casualties of the Gaza war|Palestinian casualties]] of the war exceed 30,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=More than 100 killed as Israeli troops open fire on Gazans crowded around aid convoy |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-aid-convoy-gaza-city-dead-idf-opened-fire-rcna141195 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229215024/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-aid-convoy-gaza-city-dead-idf-opened-fire-rcna141195 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== March ===
[[File:Владимир Путин (08-03-2024) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Vladimir Putin]] was re-elected in the [[2024 Russian presidential election]], held from March 15 to 17.]]
* [[March 7]] – As the final [[Nordic country]] to join the alliance, [[Sweden]] officially joins [[NATO]], becoming its 32nd member after [[Finland]] a year earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweden officially joins NATO |url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |work=NATO |archive-date=March 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331212531/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sweden finally joins Nato after nearly two-year wait |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/sweden-joins-nato-after-ratification-hungary-drops-opposition |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609045522/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/sweden-joins-nato-after-ratification-hungary-drops-opposition |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[2024 Portuguese legislative election]]: The [[Democratic Alliance (Portugal, 2024)|Democratic Alliance]] wins a plurality of seats and forms a minority government amid losses by the incumbent [[Socialist Party (Portugal)|Socialist Party]] and major gains by the right-wing [[Chega (political party)|Chega]] party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-10 |title=Portugal election sees above-average turnout in very tight contest |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/portugual-election-above-average-participation/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310154709/https://www.politico.eu/article/portugual-election-above-average-participation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vock |first=Ido |date=21 March 2024 |title=Luís Montenegro: Centre-right leader invited to form minority government |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68622683 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321051720/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68622683 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=21 March 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – Haitian acting [[Prime Minister of Haiti|Prime Minister]] [[Ariel Henry]] announces his pending resignation from both offices amid an ongoing [[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|crisis]] marked by [[Gang war in Haiti|gang warfare]] in the country.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-12 |title=Haiti's prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68541349 |access-date=2024-03-13 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313111145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68541349 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – The [[Artificial Intelligence Act]], the world's first comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for [[artificial intelligence]], is passed by the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World's first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=14 March 2024 |work=CNBC |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313120308/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – The [[United Nations]] estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the [[Gaza war]] were women and children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-14 |title=UN says women and children account for at least 56% of Gaza war deaths |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240514-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-white-house-sees-no-genocide-in-gaza-condemns-aid-convoy-attacks |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828094117/https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240514-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-white-house-sees-no-genocide-in-gaza-condemns-aid-convoy-attacks |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 15]]–[[March 17|17]] – [[2024 Russian presidential election]]: Incumbent [[Vladimir Putin]] is reelected for a fifth term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-presidential-vote-starts-final-day-with-accusations-kyiv-sabotage-2024-03-17/|access-date=18 March 2024|date=18 March 2024|work=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] – [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province|Islamic State]]-affiliated gunmen [[Crocus City Hall attack|attack concertgoers]] at [[Crocus City Hall]] in [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]], Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2024 |title=Death toll from concert hall attack in Russia's Moscow region rises to 144 |website=AA |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330062453/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[2024 Senegalese presidential election]]: [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]] is elected [[President of Senegal|president]] after [[PASTEF|his party]] and its former candidate [[Ousmane Sonko]] were disqualified.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-25 |title=Senegal's little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president |url=https://apnews.com/article/senegal-election-polls-1a9ab8ceab4ecde9b9cce412717dce31 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327003841/https://apnews.com/article/senegal-election-polls-1a9ab8ceab4ecde9b9cce412717dce31 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – The [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] passes [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728|a resolution]] calling for an "immediate ceasefire" in the [[Gaza war]] and demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all [[Gaza war hostage crisis|hostages]].<ref>{{cite web |title=UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68658415 |access-date=25 March 2024 |date=25 March 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325151053/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68658415 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – A [[MV Dali|container ship]] collides with the [[Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore)|Francis Scott Key Bridge]] in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, United States, causing [[Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse|a total collapse of the bridge]] and the deaths of six people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=Here's what you should know about the Key Bridge collapse |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-28-24/index.html |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328105627/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-03-28-24/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><!--Please, the tag should not be removed until a conclusion is reached in the open discussion on the Talk Page of the article.-->
* [[March 31]] 
** [[Bulgaria]] and [[Romania]] become members of the [[Schengen Area]] through sea and air routes.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 March 2024|title=Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen area|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1722|access-date=30 March 2024|website=European Commission|archive-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330150353/https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1722|url-status=live}}</ref>
**  [[2024 Turkish local elections]]: [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] wins 37.8% of the vote, marking its first victory in a popular vote since 1977 and the first nationwide defeat for the [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebrahim |first=Scott McLean, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Nadeen |date=2024-04-01 |title=Turkey's Erdogan dealt major election blow as opposition party wins big cities |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/turkey-local-election-blow-erdogan-opposition-mime-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807103050/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/turkey-local-election-blow-erdogan-opposition-mime-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:39726 Khamenei prayer dead.jpg|thumb|Sixteen people were killed in [[Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus|an Israeli attack in Damascus]] on April 1]]

=== April ===
* [[April 1]] – Israel [[Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus|attacks the Iranian embassy in Damascus]], killing 16 people.<ref name="cghs2">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2024 |title=Woman and her son among 16 people killed in Israeli raid on building attached to Iranian embassy |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/330101/ |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=[[Syrian Observatory For Human Rights]] |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403193442/https://www.syriahr.com/en/330101/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 3]] – [[2024 Hualien earthquake|A powerful earthquake]] with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of [[Taiwan]], with small tsunamis reaching heights of {{convert|20|–|30|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} hitting [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Taiwan 7.7 magnitude earthquake sparks tsunami warning in Japan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/taiwan-earthquake-magnitude-tsunami-warning-japan-okinawa |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403005317/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/taiwan-earthquake-magnitude-tsunami-warning-japan-okinawa |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[2024 Kuwaiti general election]]: Opposition candidates maintain a majority in the [[National Assembly (Kuwait)|National Assembly]].<ref name="ajresult">{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/5/few-changes-after-kuwait-holds-first-parliamentary-election-under-new-emir | title=Few changes after Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new emir | work=Al Jazeera | date=5 April 2024 | access-date=April 12, 2024 | archive-date=April 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411170642/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/5/few-changes-after-kuwait-holds-first-parliamentary-election-under-new-emir | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – Ecuadorian police [[2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador|raid the Mexican embassy]] in [[Quito]] in order to arrest [[Vice President of Ecuador|former vice-president]] [[Jorge Glas]], who had been granted political asylum by Mexico. This action violates the [[Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations]], and [[Mexico]] and [[Nicaragua]] break off diplomatic relations with [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vélez |first=Roger |title=México rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Ecuador, tras irrupción policial en Embajada México rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Ecuador |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/mexico-policia-ecuador-roberto-canseco-embajada/ |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Primicias |date=6 April 2024 |language=es |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406045205/https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/mexico-policia-ecuador-roberto-canseco-embajada/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:2024 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ202404080102).jpg|thumb| The [[solar eclipse of April 8, 2024]] is visible across North America.]]
[[File:Simon Harris at the Special European Council - 2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Simon Harris]] becomes Ireland's youngest [[Taoiseach]] on April 9 after [[Leo Varadkar]] resigned ]]
* [[April 6]] – [[Peter Pellegrini]] is elected [[President of Slovakia]] in the second round of the [[2024 Slovak presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovak presidency goes to government candidate |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovak-presidential-election-second-round/ |date=6 April 2024 |website=Politico |access-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818233128/https://www.politico.eu/article/slovak-presidential-election-second-round/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|A total solar eclipse]] is visible across North America.<ref>{{citation |title=Where & When |url=https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/ |date=2024-04-06 |publisher=NASA |language=en |access-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408053255/https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 9]] – After [[Leo Varadkar]] resigned, [[Fine Gael]] leader [[Simon Harris]] becomes Ireland's youngest [[Taoiseach]] after a [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]] vote of 88–69 and being appointed by [[President of Ireland|President]] [[Michael D. Higgins]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0409/1442464-harris-politics/|title=Simon Harris formally appointed Taoiseach after Dáil vote|publisher=RTÉ News|date=9 April 2024|access-date=April 11, 2024|archive-date=April 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409130013/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0409/1442464-harris-politics/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – [[2024 South Korean legislative election]]: The [[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|Democratic Party]] and [[Democratic Alliance of Korea|Democratic Alliance]] wins 176 seats, while the [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power]] and [[People Future Party|People Future]], to which [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Yoon Suk Yeol]] belongs, wins only 108 seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-koreas-2024-general-election-results-and-implications/|title=South Korea's 2024 General Election: Results and Implications|publisher=CSIS|date=10 April 2024|access-date=April 13, 2024|archive-date=April 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413000539/https://www.csis.org/analysis/south-koreas-2024-general-election-results-and-implications|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] – [[Iran]] [[April 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel|launches retaliatory strikes against]] [[Israel]] after an [[Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus]] earlier in the month.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=2024-04-13 |title=Iran launches wave of drone attacks at Israel: report |url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/world-news/iran-launches-wave-of-drone-attacks-at-israel-report/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=New York Post |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818233029/https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/world-news/iran-launches-wave-of-drone-attacks-at-israel-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – [[2024 Persian Gulf floods]]: At least 32 people are killed when heavy rainfall strikes the [[Middle East]], causing flash flooding. This caused many disruptions for [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates Airlines]] at [[Dubai International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dubai airport chaos as UAE and Oman reel from deadly storms|date=16 April 2024|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68831408|access-date=April 20, 2024|archive-date=April 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417001907/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68831408|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 17]]
** [[2024 Solomon Islands general election]]: Incumbent Prime Minister [[Manasseh Sogavare]]'s [[Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party|OUR Party]] wins a plurality of seats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Solomon Islands pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare fails to secure majority |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24/solomon-islands-pro-china-pm-manasseh-sogavare-fails-to-secure-majority |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424070504/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24/solomon-islands-pro-china-pm-manasseh-sogavare-fails-to-secure-majority |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2024 Croatian parliamentary election]]: Incumbent Prime Minister [[Andrej Plenković]]'s [[Croatian Democratic Union]] coalition wins a plurality of seats.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Henley |first1=Jon |date=2024-04-18 |title=Political uncertainty in Croatia as ruling party wins most seats but no majority |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/croatia-election-results-hdz-democratic-union-pm-andrej-plenkovic-without-majority-sdp-homeland-movement |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422190025/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/18/croatia-election-results-hdz-democratic-union-pm-andrej-plenkovic-without-majority-sdp-homeland-movement |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – Israel conducts [[April 2024 Israeli strikes on Iran|airstrikes against Iran]], in response to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel earlier on April 13.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alkhshali |first1=Hamdi |title=Isfahan, Iran: Explosions Hear, Reports Say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/middleeast/isfahan-iran-explosion-intl-hnk |access-date=19 April 2024 |agency=CNN |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419021802/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/middleeast/isfahan-iran-explosion-intl-hnk |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 25]] – Following the resignation of Haiti's acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the [[Transitional Presidential Council]] takes power as the new [[List of heads of state of Haiti|head of state of Haiti]].<ref name="sworn in">{{cite news |last=Robenson |first=Geffrard |date=2024-04-25 |title=Les membres du Conseil présidentiel de transition ont prêté serment, tôt jeudi 25 avril 2024, au Palais national |url=https://lenouvelliste.com/article/247858/les-membres-du-conseil-presidentiel-de-transition-ont-prete-serment-tot-jeudi-25-avril-2024-au-palais-national |newspaper=Le Nouvelliste |language=fr |access-date=April 27, 2024 |archive-date=April 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426122820/https://lenouvelliste.com/article/247858/les-membres-du-conseil-presidentiel-de-transition-ont-prete-serment-tot-jeudi-25-avril-2024-au-palais-national |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 29]]
** [[2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods|Floods]] in the Brazilian state of [[Rio Grande do Sul]] cause dozens of deaths and leave thousands homeless.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-01 |title=Brazil floods: Residents stranded on rooftops in Rio Grande do Sul |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68935249 |access-date=2024-05-09 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509013527/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68935249 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** 50 people are killed, and 84 are reported missing, when a [[2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood|railway embankment fails]] near [[Mai Mahiu]], [[Kenya]], adding to the devastation caused by [[2024 Kenya-Tanzania floods|wider floods in Kenya and Tanzania]] which have caused the deaths of 488 people and the displacement of 503,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-29 |title=Kenya flooding: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68896456 |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429100348/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68896456 |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Ceremonia de transmisión de mando de Panama (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[José Raúl Mulino]] wins the [[2024 Panamanian general election]] on May 5]]
* [[April 30]] – The [[G7]] countries agree to phase out unabated [[coal power]] by 2030–2035.<ref>{{cite news |title=STATEMENT: G7 Leaders Agree to Shut Down Coal Plants |url=https://www.wri.org/news/statement-g7-leaders-agree-shut-down-coal-plants |date=30 April 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |work=World Resources Institute |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508145930/https://www.wri.org/news/statement-g7-leaders-agree-shut-down-coal-plants |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== May ===
* [[May 5]] – [[2024 Panamanian general election]]: [[José Raúl Mulino]] is elected [[President of Panama|president]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Panama's Mulino wins presidency with support from convicted former leader|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panamanians-vote-crowded-field-presidential-contenders-2024-05-05/|work=Reuters|date=May 5, 2024|author1=Valentine Hilaire |author2=Elida Moreno|access-date=6 May 2024|archive-date=6 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506023850/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panamanians-vote-crowded-field-presidential-contenders-2024-05-05/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] – [[2024 Chadian presidential election]]: [[Mahamat Déby]] wins election to a full term as president, succeeding his father [[Idriss Déby]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Présidentielle au Tchad: premières réactions au lendemain de la victoire annoncée de Mahamat Idriss Déby |url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/pr%C3%A9sidentielle-au-tchad-premi%C3%A8res-r%C3%A9actions-063040754.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510080527/https://fr.news.yahoo.com/pr%C3%A9sidentielle-au-tchad-premi%C3%A8res-r%C3%A9actions-063040754.html |archive-date=10 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Yahoo News |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* [[May 7]]–[[May 11|11]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024]] is held in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-07 |title=Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2024 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/malmo-will-host-68th-eurovision-song-contest-may-2024 |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=Eurovision.tv |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707133201/https://eurovision.tv/story/malmo-will-host-68th-eurovision-song-contest-may-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> Swiss contestant [[Nemo (rapper)|Nemo]] wins with the song "[[The Code (Nemo song)|The Code]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-11 |title=Eurovision: Switzerland wins 2024 song contest |url=https://www.dw.com/en/eurovision-switzerland-wins-2024-song-contest/a-69054565 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=[[Deutsche Welle|DW]] |archive-date=September 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905021036/https://www.dw.com/en/eurovision-switzerland-wins-2024-song-contest/a-69054565 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – In [[North Macedonia]]n elections, the [[Right-wing populism|right-wing]] party [[VMRO-DPMNE]] wins in a landslide in the [[2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election|parliamentary elections]], while its presidential candidate [[Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova]] is elected as the first female president of the country in the second round of the [[2024 North Macedonian presidential election|presidential election]].<ref name="apwoman">{{Cite web |date=9 May 2024 |title=North Macedonia elects first woman president as center-left incumbents suffer historic losses |url=https://apnews.com/article/north-macedonia-election-corruption-european-union-bulgaria-ac12182171ed7d46f160feeb469c7aa4 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509011558/https://apnews.com/article/north-macedonia-election-corruption-european-union-bulgaria-ac12182171ed7d46f160feeb469c7aa4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2024 |title=Претседателски и парламентарни избори 2024 – 8 May 2024 |url=https://rezultati.sec.mk/mk/parl/r |website=Државна Изборна Комисија |language=mk}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] 
** The [[United Nations General Assembly]] passes [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/23|a resolution]] to grant the [[State of Palestine]] the right to be seated among [[Member states of the United Nations|member states]] in alphabetical order. This will go into effect at the next session of the UN General Assembly on 10 September 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-10 |title=UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit Palestine as member |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68983650 |access-date=2024-05-10 |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510184728/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68983650 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[File:Aurora Australis From Melbourne.jpg|thumb|[[May 2024 solar storms|A series of solar storms]] impact the Earth, creating aurorae seen at more southerly and northerly latitudes than normal. Aurorae seen on May 12 from southern [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]]][[May 2024 solar storms|A series of solar storms]] and intense [[solar flare]]s impact the Earth, rated G5 by [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]], creating [[aurora]]e at more southerly and northerly latitudes than usual. This was the first G5 storm since 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Katrina |last2=Jones |first2=Judson |date=10 May 2024 |title=Solar Storm Intensifies, Filling Skies With Northern Lights - Officials warned of potential blackouts or interference with navigation and communication systems this weekend, as well as auroras as far south as Southern California or Texas. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/science/solar-storm-earth.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240511063252/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/science/solar-storm-earth.html |archive-date=11 May 2024 |access-date=11 May 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>[[File:Luis Abinader (25-04-2024).jpg|thumb|[[Luis Abinader]] won the [[2024 Dominican Republic general election]] on May 19]]
* [[May 15]] 
** [[Lee Hsien Loong]], [[Prime Minister of Singapore]] since 2004, is succeeded by former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Lawrence Wong]] as prime minister, ahead of the [[2025 Singaporean general election|next general election]] to be held by 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kok |first=Xinghui |date=15 May 2024 |title=Singapore to inaugurate new PM as Lee makes way after 20 years in charge |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-inaugurate-new-pm-lee-makes-way-after-20-years-charge-2024-05-15/ |access-date=16 May 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
** [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]] [[Robert Fico]] is [[Attempted assassination of Robert Fico|shot]] and hospitalized while meeting with supporters at an event in [[Handlová]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title=Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shot in head and chest, reports say |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Politico |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515171305/https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot-head-chest/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Raisi's helicopter leaving Khudafarin (cropped).jpg|thumb| Iranian President [[Ebrahim Raisi]] and Iranian Foreign Minister [[Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]] are killed, along with seven other passengers and crew, in a [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|helicopter crash]] near the [[Azerbaijan–Iran border]] on May 19.]]
* [[May 19]] 
** [[2024 Dominican Republic general election]]: Incumbent [[Luis Abinader]] is reelected for a second term as [[President of the Dominican Republic|president]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Abinader logra un contundente triunfo en las elecciones de República Dominicana y será presidente 4 años más|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c899gzw3pero|date=May 20, 2024|access-date=May 21, 2024|publisher=BBC|language=es|archive-date=May 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521015833/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c899gzw3pero|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Iranian President [[Ebrahim Raisi]] and Iranian Foreign Minister [[Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]] are killed, along with seven other passengers and crew, in a [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|helicopter crash]] near the [[Azerbaijan–Iran border]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash - state TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=BBC News |language=en |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611022712/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** A [[2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt|coup d'état attempt]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] reportedly led by [[Christian Malanga]] leads to unrest in [[Kinshasa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Three reported killed as DR Congo military averts 'attempted coup' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/19/three-reported-killed-as-dr-congo-military-averts-attempted-coup |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519131303/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/19/three-reported-killed-as-dr-congo-military-averts-attempted-coup |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Government soldiers]] quickly intervene, arresting the coup leaders and reportedly restoring calm.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-19 |title=Shooting in Kinshasa is a failed coup d'état, says Congolese army |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/05/19/shooting-in-kinshasa-is-a-failed-coup-d-etat-says-congolese-army_6671940_124.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=en |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520044053/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/05/19/shooting-in-kinshasa-is-a-failed-coup-d-etat-says-congolese-army_6671940_124.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-19 |title='Several nationalities' including American and British involved in DRC coup attempt, say officials |url=https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7618509.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Voice of America |language=en |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520044048/https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7618509.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – The chief prosecutor of the [[International Criminal Court]] seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Hamas]] leader in Gaza [[Yahya Sinwar]] over alleged war crimes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggpe3qj6wo |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520113528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggpe3qj6wo |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Gitanas Nausėda 2023.jpg|thumb|Incumbent president [[Gitanas Nausėda]] wins a landslide victory on May 26 in the [[2024 Lithuanian presidential election|2024 Lithuanian Presidential Election]] for a second term in office.]]
* [[May 24]]
**The [[UN]]'s highest court, the [[International Court of Justice|ICJ]], rules that Israel must halt [[Rafah offensive|its military offensive]] in [[Rafah]], southern Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-24 |title=UN's top court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69055989 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524141516/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69055989 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**A major [[2024 Enga landslide|landslide in Papua New Guinea]] kills 160–2,000+ people, with many more buried.<ref>{{cite news|title=Death toll in Papua New Guinea climbs to 2,000|url=https://thestreetjournal.org/death-toll-in-papua-new-guinea-climbs-to-2000/|newspaper=The Street Journal|date=27 May 2024|access-date=27 May 2024|archive-date=May 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527144220/https://thestreetjournal.org/death-toll-in-papua-new-guinea-climbs-to-2000/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dziedzic |first=Stephen |date=2024-05-31 |title='The earth is moving': PNG PM explains why he can't send excavators to site of landslide disaster |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-31/first-look-at-the-png-landslide-site/103920178 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601132827/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-31/first-look-at-the-png-landslide-site/103920178 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[2024 Lithuanian presidential election]]: Incumbent president [[Gitanas Nausėda]] wins a landslide victory for a second term in office.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lithuanian Nauseda calls victory in presidential election|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuanians-vote-presidential-election-overshadowed-by-russia-2024-05-26/|access-date=27 May 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] – [[Spain]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Norway]] recognize the [[State of Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl77drw22qjo|title=Spain, Norway and Ireland recognise Palestinian state|work=BBC|date=28 May 2024|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[May 29]]
** [[2024 South African general election]]: The [[African National Congress|ANC]] party fails to win a majority of the vote for the first time in South Africa's democratic history.<ref>{{Cite news|date=31 May 2024|title=ANC facing worst result since end of apartheid|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjll8nr6962o|work=BBC|access-date=May 31, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530005713/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjll8nr6962o|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harper |first=Paddy |title=Historic losses for ANC open new era in South African politics |url=https://www.africanews.com/2021/11/06/historic-losses-for-anc-open-new-era-in-south-african-politics/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |work=Africanews |language=en |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801181438/https://www.africanews.com/2021/11/06/historic-losses-for-anc-open-new-era-in-south-african-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2024 Malagasy parliamentary election]]: [[President of Madagascar|President]] [[Andry Rajoelina]]'s party, [[Young Malagasies Determined|Tanora Malagasy Vonona]], loses their majority at the [[National Assembly (Madagascar)|National Assembly]], winning only 80 seats out of 163.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madagascar ruling party loses parliament majority|url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/12/madagascar-ruling-party-loses-parliament-majority/|access-date=2024-12-05|website=Africanews|date=June 12, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[May 30]] – Former [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Donald Trump]] is found guilty on 34 counts in his [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|hush money trial]], the first time any American president had been found guilty of a crime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Trump found guilty in historic New York hush money case |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-verdict-hush-money-trial-rcna152492 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=NBC News |date=30 May 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629091334/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-verdict-hush-money-trial-rcna152492 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What Trump's guilty verdict means for the 2024 election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnll59r891xo |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=www.bbc.com |date=May 30, 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720050748/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnll59r891xo |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Halla Tómasdóttir at Arctic Circle 2024 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Halla Tómasdóttir]] wins the [[2024 Icelandic presidential election]] on June 1.]]

=== June ===
* [[June 1]]
** The [[2024 Indian general election]], which began on April 19, concludes.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 April 2024 |title=India heads to the polls in world's biggest election |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/india/india-general-election-polls-open-intl-hnk/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823013922/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/india/india-general-election-polls-open-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] party loses its outright majority, but its electoral alliance, the [[National Democratic Alliance]], retains its majority.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-election-results-narendra-modi-rcna154839|title=India hands PM Modi a surprise setback, with his majority in doubt in the world's largest election|first1=Mithil|last1=Aggarwai|first2=Janis Mackey|last2=Frayer|publisher=NBC News|date=June 4, 2024|access-date=June 4, 2024|archive-date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604151033/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-election-results-narendra-modi-rcna154839|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2024 Icelandic presidential election]] is held, with [[Halla Tómasdóttir]] elected president of Iceland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adam |first=Darren |date=2024-06-01 |title=Presidential Election 2024: Katrín concedes to Halla T - RÚV.is |url=https://www.ruv.is/english/414491 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=RÚV}}</ref>
* [[June 1]]–[[June 29|29]] – The [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]] is co-hosted by the [[Cricket West Indies|West Indies]] and the [[United States]], and [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup final|is won]] by [[India national cricket team|India]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=29 June 2024 |title=India seal T20 World Cup glory after epic duel against South Africa |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/t20cricketworldcup/news/live-india-and-south-africa-face-off-in-t20-world-cup-final |website=International Cricket Council |date=29 June 2024 |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629191653/https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/t20cricketworldcup/news/live-india-and-south-africa-face-off-in-t20-world-cup-final |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 2]] – The [[2024 Mexican general election]] is held, with [[Claudia Sheinbaum]] elected as president of Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History, as First Woman Elected to Lead Mexico |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/mexico-election.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623132851/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/02/world/americas/mexico-election.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 5]] – [[Starliner Crewed Flight Test]] launches atop an [[Atlas V]] rocket to the [[ISS]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/2024/05/06/nasas-boeing-crew-flight-test-atlas-v-fueling-underway/ |title=NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test: Atlas V Fueling Underway – NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test |date=6 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507014451/https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/2024/05/06/nasas-boeing-crew-flight-test-atlas-v-fueling-underway/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-starliner-cft |title=Atlas V Starliner CFT |access-date=5 June 2024 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606000306/https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-starliner-cft |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 6]]–[[June 9|9]] – The [[2024 European Parliament election]] is held. The [[European People's Party Group|EPP]], of incumbent [[President of the European Commission|Commission President]] [[Ursula von der Leyen]], retains its status as the largest group in [[European Parliament|parliament]] amid notable gains by [[Far-right politics|far-right]] political groups.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz |url=https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-right-migration-climate-polls-vote-0fbfcb7bd987008e802d70f759fa870b |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721134857/https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-right-migration-climate-polls-vote-0fbfcb7bd987008e802d70f759fa870b |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Karen |date=2024-06-09 |title=Far right makes strong gains in EU elections as liberals and Greens lose seats, projections show |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/09/eu-elections-2024-european-parliament-results-.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 9]]
** [[2024 San Marino general election]]: The [[Democracy and Freedom (San Marino)|Democracy and Freedom alliance]], headed by the [[Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party|PDCS]], wins a plurality in the [[Grand and General Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-10|title=A San Marino c'è ancora la Dc e vince le elezioni con il 34%|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/06/10/news/san_marino_risultati_elezioni_democrazia_cristiana-423206554/|access-date=2024-07-02|website=la Repubblica|language=it-IT|archive-date=July 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703173848/https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/06/10/news/san_marino_risultati_elezioni_democrazia_cristiana-423206554/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2024 Belgian federal election]]: The [[New Flemish Alliance]] remains the largest party in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] while [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]], the party of outgoing Prime Minister [[Alexander De Croo]], loses seats.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blenkinsop |first=Philip |date=9 June 2024 |title=Flemish nationalists to retain lead in Belgian parliament, far right gains |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/flemish-nationalists-set-retain-lead-belgian-parliament-2024-06-09/ |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
** [[June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election]]: [[Boyko Borisov]]'s coalition [[GERB–SDS]] wins a plurality of seats but fails to form a stable government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Centre right bags victory in Bulgaria national and EU elections |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/10/centre-right-bags-victory-in-bulgaria-national-and-eu-elections |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008031436/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/06/10/centre-right-bags-victory-in-bulgaria-national-and-eu-elections |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[File:2010-10-23 11-13-59 Malawi - Chileka.jpg|thumb|[[2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash|A plane crash]] on June 10 near [[Chikangawa]], Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi [[Saulos Chilima]]]][[June 10]] – [[2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash|A plane crash]] near [[Chikangawa]], Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi [[Saulos Chilima]].<ref name=apfound>{{Cite web |last1=Gondwe |first1=Gregory |author-link=Gregory Gondwe |last2=Imray |first2=Gerald |name-list-style=and |date=11 June 2024 |title=Malawi's vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after their plane's wreckage is found |url=https://apnews.com/article/malawi-missing-plane-vice-president-chilima-c071c832931d7cfeae92f9bb1c199075 |access-date=11 June 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611093715/https://apnews.com/article/malawi-missing-plane-vice-president-chilima-c071c832931d7cfeae92f9bb1c199075 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] – The United Nations' first inquiry into the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel|October 7 attacks]] and resulting conflict finds that both Israel and Hamas committed [[War crimes in the Gaza war|war crimes]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-12|title=Israel and Hamas trade jabs over Gaza ceasefire proposal|url=https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-06-12-24-intl/index.html|access-date=2024-06-12|website=CNN|language=en-GB|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919133432/https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-06-12-24-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-12|title=Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since 7 October, says UN body|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/israel-hamas-gaza-un-ceasefire-plan|access-date=2024-06-12|website=The Guardian|language=en-GB|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612150506/http://theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/israel-hamas-gaza-un-ceasefire-plan|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] – [[2024 South African general election]]: The [[African National Congress|ANC]] and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] being re-elected [[President of South Africa]].<ref name="ancda">{{cite news |last1=Chothia |first1=Farouk |last2=Kupemba |first2=Danai Kesta |last3=Plett-Usher |first3=Barbra |date=14 June 2024 |title=ANC and DA agree on South Africa unity government |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8007w4vqveo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614112052/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8007w4vqveo |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="ramaphosare-elected">{{cite news |date=14 June 2024 |title=South Africa's National Assembly re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa as president |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africas-national-assembly-re-elects-cyril-ramaphosa-president-2024-06-14/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] – [[July 14]] – [[UEFA Euro 2024]] is held in [[Germany]], and [[UEFA Euro 2024 final|is won]] by [[Spain national football team|Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morse |first=Ben |date=2024-07-14 |title=Spain wins Euro 2024, defeating England 2-1 in a dramatic final to claim record fourth European Championship |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/sport/spain-england-euro-2024-final-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714220109/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/sport/spain-england-euro-2024-final-spt-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – [[July 14]] – The [[2024 Copa América]] is held in the [[United States]], and [[2024 Copa América final|is won]] by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Burrows |first=Ben |title=Argentina beats Colombia to win record-breaking Copa America title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5637691/2024/07/15/argentina-colombia-result-copa-america-final/ |access-date=July 15, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715042432/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5637691/2024/07/15/argentina-colombia-result-copa-america-final/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 23]]
**On the [[Grand Duke's Official Birthday]], [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] announces that his son and heir [[Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume]] will assume royal duties beginning in October, in preparation for Henri's eventual [[abdication]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/grand-duke-paves-way-for-abdication-with-surprise-announcement/14509987.html|title=Grand Duke paves way for abdication with surprise announcement|date=23 June 2024|first=Yannick|last=Hansen|website=[[Luxemburger Wort|Luxembourg Times]]}}</ref>
**[[File:RUEDA DE PRENSA CONJUNTA ENTRE CANCILLER RICARDO PATIÑO Y JULIAN ASSANGE (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Julian Assange]] was freed from prison on June 24]][[2024 Hajj disaster]]: More than 1,300 people are reported to have died due to extreme heat during the annual [[Hajj]] pilgrimage in [[Mecca]], Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-23|title=At least 1,301 people died during Hajj - Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8000dgk9gzo|access-date=2024-06-23|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|archive-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120003849/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8000dgk9gzo|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[2024 Dagestan attacks]]: Two coordinated attacks occur in the cities of [[Makhachkala]] and [[Derbent]] in the [[Republic of Dagestan]] in southern Russia, injuring 46 and killing 28 people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Death toll rises to 20 after gunmen attack Russia's Dagestan|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-dagestan-mourns-priest-police-killed-attack-by-gunmen-2024-06-24/|date=24 June 2024|access-date=24 June 2024|website=Reuters|language=en}}</ref>
*[[June 24]] – [[WikiLeaks]] founder [[Julian Assange]] leaves the [[United Kingdom]] after being [[Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange|freed from prison]] in a plea deal with the United States. He returns to his native Australia two days later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-06-25|title=Julian Assange leaves UK after being freed in US plea deal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69145409|access-date=2024-06-25|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|archive-date=June 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625063459/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-69145409|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[June 26]] – A failed [[2024 Bolivian coup attempt|coup d'état attempt]] in [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]] is led by the former General Commander [[Juan José Zúñiga]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pozzebon |first=Tara John, Abel Alvarado, Stefano |date=2024-06-26 |title=Attempted coup in Bolivia fails after president calls on country to mobilize in defense of democracy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/americas/bolivia-coup-attempt-claims-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626212756/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/americas/bolivia-coup-attempt-claims-intl-latam/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – [[2024 Mongolian parliamentary election]]: The [[Mongolian People's Party]] wins a reduced majority of seats in the [[State Great Khural]] amid gains by the [[Democratic Party (Mongolia)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moritsugu|first=Ken|date=2024-07-01|title=Mongolia may return to coalition government after official results confirm setback for ruling party|url=https://apnews.com/article/mongolia-election-coalition-government-b42d1ada84dbbbf52595a015bed35041|access-date=2024-07-02|website=AP News|language=en|archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702112730/https://apnews.com/article/mongolia-election-coalition-government-b42d1ada84dbbbf52595a015bed35041|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 29]]
**[[2024 Mauritanian presidential election]]: Incumbent president [[Mohamed Ould Ghazouani]] wins re-election to a second term.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mauritanian president comfortably wins re-election|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9e9r7k8jdlo|access-date=2024-07-02|website=BBC News|date=July 2024 |archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702112326/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9e9r7k8jdlo|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[2024 Borno State bombings]]: 30 people are killed and 100 are injured when three separate bomb blasts occur in the town of [[Gwoza]] in [[Borno State]], Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marama |first=Ndahi |date=30 June 2024 |title=30 feared dead, 100 injured in Borno as female suicide bombers hit wedding, funeral |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/30-feared-dead-100-injured-in-borno-as-female-suicide-bombers-hit-wedding-funeral/ |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=Vanguard News |archive-date=July 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704071211/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/30-feared-dead-100-injured-in-borno-as-female-suicide-bombers-hit-wedding-funeral/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Former President Donald Trump's Speech at the Republican National Convention (53887722108) (1).jpg|thumb|[[Donald Trump]]'s ear was injured in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an assassination attempt]] on July 13.]]

=== July ===
*[[July 1]] – [[Hurricane Beryl]] becomes the earliest [[Category 5 hurricane]] on record after devastating the island of [[Carriacou]], [[Grenada]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 1, 2024|last=Cappucci|first=Matthew|title=Caribbean island of Carriacou 'flattened' after Hurricane Beryl makes landfall|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/07/01/hurricane-beryl-impacts-landfall-path/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 1, 2024|archive-date=July 1, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240701172306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/07/01/hurricane-beryl-impacts-landfall-path/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 4]] – [[2024 United Kingdom general election]]: [[Keir Starmer|Sir Keir Starmer]] leads the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] to a landslide victory, returning the party to government for the first time in 14 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-05 |title=Keir Starmer: Labour leader to become UK prime minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crge8g9qxj3o |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=July 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705211937/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crge8g9qxj3o |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 5]] – [[2024 Iranian presidential election]]: [[Masoud Pezeshkian]] is elected [[president of Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cassini |first1=Farnaz |last2=Vinograd |first2=Cassandra |date=5 July 2024 |title=Reformist Candidate Wins Iran's Presidential Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/world/middleeast/iran-election-reformist-wins.html |access-date=5 July 2024 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706034614/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/world/middleeast/iran-election-reformist-wins.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 7]] – [[2024 French legislative election]]: The left-wing [[New Popular Front]] wins the most seats in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], upsetting a first-round victory by the far-right [[National Rally]], but fails to achieve a majority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-09 |title=Emmanuel Macron prononce la dissolution de l'Assemblée nationale |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/emmanuel-macron-prononce-la-dissolution-de-l-assemblee-nationale-20240609 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr |archive-date=June 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609192150/https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/emmanuel-macron-prononce-la-dissolution-de-l-assemblee-nationale-20240609 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 9]]–[[July 11|11]] – The [[2024 Washington summit|33rd NATO summit]] is held in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NATO leaders gather for 75th anniversary summit. Here's what to know |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/9/nato-leaders-gather-for-75th-anniversary-summit-heres-what-to-know |date=2024-07-09 |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008123242/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/9/nato-leaders-gather-for-75th-anniversary-summit-heres-what-to-know |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 13]] – While campaigning for the [[2024 United States presidential election]], former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] is shot in the right ear in [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania|an assassination attempt at a rally]] he held near [[Butler, Pennsylvania|Butler]], [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election 2024 live updates: Trump says he is 'fine' in statement after being escorted off stage during rally |url=https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713222136/https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[2024 Rwandan general election]]: Incumbent [[Paul Kagame]] is reelected for a fourth term.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Sweta |title=Paul Kagame set to win flawed Rwanda election with 99% of vote |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rwanda-election-results-paul-kagame-b2580446.html |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=16 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[File:7.Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement_2024.jpg|thumb|The [[Student–People's uprising]] breaks out in [[Bangladesh]]]][[July 19]]
** [[2024 CrowdStrike incident|Global IT outages]] impact a variety of businesses and organisations across the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mass IT outage affects airlines, media and banks|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2g5lvwkl2o|access-date=2024-07-19|website=BBC News|date=July 19, 2024 |language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719073211/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2g5lvwkl2o|url-status=live}}</ref>
** 75 people are killed during the [[2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement]]. The [[Premiership of Sheikh Hasina|government of Bangladesh]] imposes a curfew.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mahmud |first1=Faisal |last2=Khaliq |first2=Riyaz ul |date=19 July 2024 |title=Curfew imposed, military deployed as death toll in student protests climbs to 75 in Bangladesh |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/curfew-imposed-military-deployed-as-death-toll-in-student-protests-climbs-to-75-in-bangladesh/3280318 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=[[Anadolu Agency]] |archive-date=26 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726091217/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/curfew-imposed-military-deployed-as-death-toll-in-student-protests-climbs-to-75-in-bangladesh/3280318 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 21]] – Incumbent [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Joe Biden]] [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|ends his candidacy]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=2024-07-21 |title=Live Updates: Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election |access-date=2024-07-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721180115/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 22]] – [[2024 Gofa landslides|Landslides]] kill 257 people and bury two villages in [[Geze Gofa]], [[Gofa Zuria]], [[Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Death toll from Ethiopia landslide hits 257, could reach 500: UN|url=https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/death-toll-from-ethiopia-landslide-hits-257-could-reach-500-un/news-story/7da28aedab9a820da409b94eda3746ae|publisher=[[news.com.au]]|date=25 July 2024|access-date=31 July 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805223942/https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/death-toll-from-ethiopia-landslide-hits-257-could-reach-500-un/news-story/7da28aedab9a820da409b94eda3746ae|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – [[China]] [[2024 Beijing Declaration|brokers a unity agreement]] between rival [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] factions [[Fatah]] and [[Hamas]] to form a single government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Hamas and Fatah agree to form a government. What does it mean and who are these Palestinian groups? |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-fatah-hamas-beijing-declaration-d3cc29dd3748c77aeeda9294be6522d5 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725202526/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-fatah-hamas-beijing-declaration-d3cc29dd3748c77aeeda9294be6522d5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – [[August 11]] – The [[2024 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Paris]], France.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wharton|first1=David|title=Los Angeles makes deal to host 2028 Summer Olympics|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2017|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922160657/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-2028-olympics-deal-20170731-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The controversial [[2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-07-28|title=Olympic chiefs 'sorry' opening ceremony caused offence|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cw4yqvegkexo|access-date=2024-09-03|website=BBC Sport|language=en|archive-date=August 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817095806/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cw4yqvegkexo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-07-31|title=Viewers Shocked as Dancer Suffers X-Rated Wardrobe Malfunction at the Olympics Opening Ceremony|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/viewers-shocked-as-dancer-suffers-x-rated-wardrobe-malfunction-at-the-olympics-opening-ceremony/ar-BB1qWowo?ocid=BingNewsVerp|access-date=2024-09-03|website=[[MSN]]|language=en}}</ref> and the boxing match of [[Luca Hámori]] and [[Imane Khelif]] spark international debate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-08-03|title=Olympics scandal over boxers with Y chromosomes: new fight today|url=https://unn.ua/en/news/olympics-scandal-over-boxers-with-y-chromosomes-new-fight-today|access-date=2024-09-03|website=UNN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-08-03|title=Gender Controversy Rages As Khelif Beats Hungary's Hamori To Win Olympic Boxing Medal|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/olympics-khelif-boxing-controversy-hungary-bulgaria/33062801.html|access-date=2024-09-03|website=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|RFE/RL]]|language=en|archive-date=August 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817095806/https://www.rferl.org/a/olympics-khelif-boxing-controversy-hungary-bulgaria/33062801.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:Machado y González protestando contra el fraude presidencial en Venezuela de 2024.jpg|thumb|[[María Corina Machado]] and [[Edmundo González]] along with his wife, addressing supporters in Caracas following the [[2024 Venezuelan political crisis|2024 presidential election results]]]][[July 28]] – [[2024 Venezuelan presidential election]]: Incumbent President [[Nicolás Maduro]] declares victory against opposition candidate [[Edmundo González Urrutia]] amid alleged irregularities, causing numerous South American states to refuse to acknowledge the results or suspend diplomatic relations with the Maduro government and [[2024 Venezuelan protests|sparking nationwide protests]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Leaders React to Venezuela's Election Results |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/latin-american-leaders-react-venezuela-election-results-2024-07-29/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>
*[[July 30]] 
**At least 334 people are killed, over 200 injured, and 281 missing following [[2024 Wayanad landslides|landslides]] in [[Wayanad district]], Kerala, India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayanad landslides: 133 dead, 481 saved, at least 98 still missing |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/07/30/wayand-landslide-kerala-rain-live.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Onmanorama |quote=Death toll climbs to 334; reports say 281 people missing |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730073647/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/07/30/wayand-landslide-kerala-rain-live.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayanad landslides: 240 still missing as rescue op enters third day, death tolll rises to 276 |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/08/01/wayanad-landslide-death-toll-missing-mundakkai-chooralmala-live.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Onmanorama |archive-date=August 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804083621/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/08/01/wayanad-landslide-death-toll-missing-mundakkai-chooralmala-live.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Israel carries out [[Assassination of Fuad Shukr|an airstrike]] in the [[Dahieh]] suburb of [[Beirut]], killing [[Hezbollah]] commander [[Fuad Shukr]], who it accused of ordering the [[Majdal Shams attack]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel confirms it has carried out a 'targeted' strike |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cpv3107lv5et |access-date=30 July 2024 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=Blast reported in Lebanon's capital Beirut |url=https://aje.io/7tvo9m?update=3081955 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
**[[2024 United Kingdom riots]]: Far-right riots break out throughout the United Kingdom in response to a [[2024 Southport stabbing|mass stabbing in Southport, England]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Picheta |first=Rob |date=2024-08-05 |title=Violent, far-right riots overran some UK cities this weekend. What happened, and what comes next? |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/uk/uk-far-right-protests-explainer-gbr-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806000942/https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/uk/uk-far-right-protests-explainer-gbr-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-04 |title=Far-right riots erupt in U.K. in the wake of child murders |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/far-right-riots-erupt-uk-wake-child-murders-rcna165046 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805231616/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/far-right-riots-erupt-uk-wake-child-murders-rcna165046 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 31]] 
**[[Ismail Haniyeh]], the political leader of [[Hamas]], [[Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh|is assassinated]] at his residence in [[Tehran]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/30/world/israel-gaza-war-lebanon-hezbollah |title=Iran Says Haniyeh, a Top Hamas Leader, Was Killed |date=31 July 2024 |last1=Fassihi |first1=Farnaz |last2=Bergman |first2=Ronen |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=31 July 2024 |archive-date=July 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730115237/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/30/world/israel-gaza-war-lebanon-hezbollah |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Moussa Dadis Camara]], the former military ruler of [[Guinea]], is found guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] in [[2009 Guinean protests|the massacres that occurred in 2009]] and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2024 |title=Afrique Procès du massacre de 2009 en Guinée: Moussa Dadis Camara condamné à 20 ans de prison pour crimes contre l'humanité |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240731-proc%C3%A8s-du-massacre-de-2009-en-guin%C3%A9e-moussa-dadis-camara-d%C3%A9clar%C3%A9-coupable-de-crimes-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9 |access-date=31 July 2024 |website=Radio France International |language=fr |archive-date=August 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801022030/https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20240731-proc%C3%A8s-du-massacre-de-2009-en-guin%C3%A9e-moussa-dadis-camara-d%C3%A9clar%C3%A9-coupable-de-crimes-contre-l-humanit%C3%A9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:2024 Russian prisoner exchange, prisoners en route back to the United StatesGT6hPjcWwAABuWv (cropped).jpg|thumb|Twenty-six individuals are released on August 1 from [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport]] in the largest [[2024 Ankara prisoner exchange|prisoner exchange]] between the [[United States]] and [[Russia]] since the [[Cold War]].]]

=== 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]]

=== September ===
*[[September 2]] – The [[Supreme Federal Court|Brazilian Supreme Court]] upholds a decision to [[Blocking of Twitter in Brazil|block]] the social media platform [[Twitter|X]] (also known as Twitter) over what the Brazilian government determined to be rampant [[disinformation]] and [[Elon Musk]]'s failure to name a legal representative to the country.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-09-02 |title=Brazil Supreme Court Upholds Judge's Decision to Block X |url=https://time.com/7016848/brazil-supreme-court-blocks-x-nationwide/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |magazine=Time |agency=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909041446/https://time.com/7016848/brazil-supreme-court-blocks-x-nationwide/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[2024 Algerian presidential election]]: Incumbent [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]] is reelected for a second term.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-09-08|title=Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected president with 94.7 percent vote|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/8/algerias-abdelmadjid-tebboune-re-elected-president-with-94-7-percent-vote|access-date=2024-09-09|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008185545/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/8/algerias-abdelmadjid-tebboune-re-elected-president-with-94-7-percent-vote|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:ECDM 20240912 ST Central Eastern Europe.pdf|Weather in Central Europe on 12 September, right before [[2024 Central European floods|floods]]|thumb|240px]]
*[[September 12]] 
** Heavy rainfall in [[Central Europe]] triggers the [[2024 Central European floods|worst flooding in the region]] since [[2010 Central European floods|2010]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shiltagh |first1=Maggie |title=European Floods Threaten Insurers With Worst Losses in Decades |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/09/21/european-floods-threaten-insurers-with-worst-losses-in-decades/ |website=bloomberg |access-date=8 December 2024 |date=21 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Powódź w Polsce. Woda w centrum Kłodzka ma nawet 1,5 metra głębokości |url=https://www.rp.pl/kleski-zywiolowe/art41130451-powodz-w-polsce-woda-w-centrum-klodzka-ma-nawet-1-5-metra-glebokosci |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}</ref>
** The first commercial [[spacewalk]] is conducted by entrepreneur [[Jared Isaacman]] as part of the [[Polaris Dawn]] mission, which also includes the highest altitude orbit by a human crew since the [[Apollo program]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2024-09-12|title='Earth sure looks like a perfect world': Watch live as first non-professional astronauts walk in space |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crkmgvzl70yt#player|access-date=2024-09-12|website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref>
*[[September 15]] – [[Ryan Wesley Routh]] is accused of [[Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida|attempting to assassinate]] [[Donald Trump]] in [[Florida]]. Ryan is later captured and arrested, and a trial date has been set for 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-09-15-24/index.html|title=September 15, 2024: Apparent Trump assassination attempt|work=CNN|date=15 September 2024|access-date=12 November 2024|archive-date=November 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117191227/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-harris-election-09-15-24/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 17]]–[[September 18|18]] – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after [[pager]]s and [[walkie-talkie]]s used by [[Hezbollah]] militants and medics [[2024 Lebanon pager explosions|explode in two massive cyberattacks]]. [[Israel]] is the presumed perpetrator.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel war on Gaza live: Nine killed, 2,750 hurt in Hezbollah pager blasts|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-38-killed-as-israel-risks-becoming-pariah?update=3184753|access-date=2024-09-17|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|archive-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917232741/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-38-killed-as-israel-risks-becoming-pariah?update=3184753|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[September 20]] – Israel [[Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil|assassinates]] Hezbollah leader [[Ibrahim Aqil]] and ten other senior leaders in [[Beirut]] following an intensification of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the wake of the pager explosions that occurred earlier in the week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ravid |first=Barak |title=Israel says it killed top Hezbollah military commander in Beirut strike |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/09/20/israel-strikes-hezbollah-military-commanders-beirut |website=Axios |date=September 20, 2024 |access-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920180510/https://www.axios.com/2024/09/20/israel-strikes-hezbollah-military-commanders-beirut |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[September 21]] – [[2024 Sri Lankan presidential election]]: [[Anura Kumara Dissanayake]] is elected [[President of Sri Lanka]], with a second round of vote counting held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.bbc.com |date=September 22, 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=September 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922170442/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Hurricane Helene Landfall on KTLH radar loop 2024-09-27.gif|thumb|[[Hurricane Helene]] made landfall in the United States on September 26|240px]]
*[[September 23]] – The deadliest day of the [[Hezbollah–Israel conflict]] since 2006 occurs, with 569 people killed and 1,835 wounded by [[September 2024 Lebanon strikes|Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thousands flee homes as Lebanon says more than 550 people killed in Israeli strikes since Monday |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t |date=2024-09-24 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923234408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y32qew9z2t |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[September 26]] – [[Hurricane Helene]], the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since [[Hurricane Maria]] in 2017, makes landfall in [[Florida]] as a category four hurricane. It has a death toll of 236 and leaves more than 685 missing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/g-s1-25406/helene-death-toll-damage |website=[[NPR]] |date=30 September 2024 |title=Helene death toll rises to 120 as millions remain without power |first1=Emma |last1=Bowman |first2=Miguel |last2=Macias |first3=Jaclyn |last3=Diaz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930130151/https://www.npr.org/2024/09/30/g-s1-25406/helene-death-toll-damage |archive-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] – The [[Israeli Air Force]] [[Assassination of Hassan Nasrallah|bombs]] the central headquarters of [[Hezbollah]] in Beirut, killing several people, including [[Hezbollah]] leader [[Hassan Nasrallah]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Several explosions in Beirut as Israel says it attacked Hezbollah HQ |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/27/several-explosions-in-beirut-as-israel-says-it-attacked-hezbollah-hq |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927195724/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/27/several-explosions-in-beirut-as-israel-says-it-attacked-hezbollah-hq |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israeli military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in overnight strike on Beirut |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c981g8mrl8lt |date=2024-09-28 |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=BBC News |language=en |archive-date=September 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928115150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c981g8mrl8lt |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[2024 Austrian legislative election]]: Far-right [[Freedom Party of Austria|Freedom Party]] secures a historical victory, but does not reach a majority in the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]]. The results are deemed the first far-right win since [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |author1-last= |author1-first= |date=2024-09-30 |title=Austria's Freedom Party secures first national election win for far-right since World War II |newspaper=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |department= |language=en |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/austria-far-right-first-election-win-since-second-world-war/104412948 |access-date=October 10, 2024 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001023702/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/austria-far-right-first-election-win-since-second-world-war/104412948 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1-last= Kirby |author1-first= Paul |author2-last= Bell |author2-first= Bethany |date= 2024-09-30 |title= Far right in Austria 'opens new era' with election victory |website= www.bbc.com |language= en |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rdygy5888o |access-date= October 27, 2024 |archive-date= October 3, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241003070157/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rdygy5888o |url-status= live }}</ref>
*[[September 30]] – The UK becomes the first [[G7]] country to [[Coal phase-out|phase out]] [[Coal-fired power station|coal power]] for electric generation, after 142 years of using the energy source.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK to finish with coal power after 142 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o |date=2024-09-30 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=BBC News |language=en |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930122727/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power |url=https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseout-UK/ |date=2024-09-27 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Carbon Brief |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:יירוטים בגליל התחתון במסגרת ההתקפה האיראנית על ישראל (cropped).jpg|thumb|Iran [[October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel|attacks Israel with ballistic missiles]] as a response to Israel's offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on October 1]]

=== October ===
*[[October 1]]
**The [[Israel Defense Forces]] [[2024 Israeli ground operation in Lebanon|invade]] southern [[Lebanon]], escalating its [[Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)|conflict against Hezbollah]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel Launches Invasion Into Southern Lebanon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah |website=The New York Times |date=October 2024 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001073744/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah |url-status=live }}</ref>
**The Japanese parliament elects [[Shigeru Ishiba]] as the new [[prime minister of Japan]], with members from the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] forming the majority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shigeru Ishiba: Japan's incoming PM calls snap October election |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvd784n1meo |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=www.bbc.com |date=September 30, 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930082526/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvd784n1meo |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's newly elected prime minister, forms Cabinet with emphasis on defense |url=https://apnews.com/article/japan-cabinet-kishida-ishiba-fa7f80b614a8bf298852b6766dbf6403 |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001133944/https://apnews.com/article/japan-cabinet-kishida-ishiba-fa7f80b614a8bf298852b6766dbf6403 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following his appointment, he reveals his cabinet and calls for a snap election on October 27, securing a national mandate.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Geddie |first1=John |last2=Kelly |first2=Tim |last3=Murakami |first3=Sakura |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Japan's new PM Ishiba pledges reform, deeper ties with friendly nations |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-new-pm-ishiba-set-be-formally-anointed-unveil-cabinet-2024-10-01/ |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001082247/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-new-pm-ishiba-set-be-formally-anointed-unveil-cabinet-2024-10-01/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Iran [[October 2024 Iranian strikes against Israel|attacks Israel with ballistic missiles]] as a response to Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and Ismail Haniyeh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Israel says Iran has fired missiles at Israel and it warned residents to shelter in place |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001105316/https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 3]]–[[October 20|20]] – The [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] is held in the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup final|is won]] by [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History made in Dubai: New Zealand win their first Women's T20 World Cup title|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/history-made-in-dubai-new-zealand-win-their-first-women-s-t20-world-cup-title|access-date=2024-10-21|work=[[International Cricket Council]]|date=October 20, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[October 6]]
** The [[2024 Kazakh nuclear power referendum]] is held and approved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2024/10/nuclear-power-referendum-passes-in-kazakhstan/|title=Nuclear Power Referendum Passes in Kazakhstan|publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=7 October 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009021009/https://thediplomat.com/2024/10/nuclear-power-referendum-passes-in-kazakhstan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2024 Tunisian presidential election]]: Incumbent [[Kais Saied]] is reelected for a second term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/7/tunisias-saied-wins-presidential-election-electoral-commission-says|title=Tunisia's Saied wins presidential election, electoral commission says|language=en|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2024-10-07|access-date=2024-10-08|archive-date=November 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123012816/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/7/tunisias-saied-wins-presidential-election-electoral-commission-says|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[File:Yahya Sinwar portrait 3x4.jpg|thumb|[[Yahya Sinwar]], leader of [[Hamas]], [[Killing of Yahya Sinwar|was killed]] on October 16]][[October 7]] – [[Hurricane Milton]] becomes the fourth most intense hurricane in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic Basin]], and the most intense storm in the [[Gulf of Mexico]] tying with [[Hurricane Rita]] in [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season|2005]]. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pasch |first1=Richard |date=October 7, 2024 |title=Hurricane Milton Discussion Number 12 |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al14/al142024.discus.012.shtml? |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=National Hurricane Center |publication-place=Miami, Florida |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009200356/https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al14/al142024.discus.012.shtml? |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 9]] – [[2024 Mozambican general election]]: [[Daniel Chapo]] is elected [[President of Mozambique|president]] while the ruling [[FRELIMO]] party retains a majority in the [[Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)|Assembly of the Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mozambique-ruling-partys-candidate-wins-presidential-election-results-show-2024-10-24/|title=Mozambique's ruling party retains power in contested election|language=en|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=2024-10-25|access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – The long-period comet [[C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)]], described as the "comet of the century", makes its closest approach to Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/11/comet-a3-last-seen-in-neanderthal-times-could-be-sighted-from-uk-this-weekend |title=Comet last seen in Neanderthal times could be sighted from UK this weekend |work=The Guardian|date=11 October 2024|access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] – [[SpaceX]] achieves the [[Starship flight test 5|first successful return and capture]] of a Super Heavy booster from [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]], the biggest and most powerful rocket ever to fly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xe7exjy1go|title=Elon Musk's Starship booster captured in world first|work=BBC News|date=13 October 2024|access-date=13 October 2024|archive-date=October 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013182204/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xe7exjy1go|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-launch-5-10-13-24/index.html|title=SpaceX launches Starship test flight 5|work=CNN|date=13 October 2024|access-date=13 October 2024|archive-date=October 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241016221952/https://edition.cnn.com/science/live-news/spacex-starship-launch-5-10-13-24/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[October 14]] – The ''[[Europa Clipper]]'' spacecraft is launched to investigate [[Europa (moon)|Europa]], an icy moon of [[Jupiter]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2024 |title=NASA's Europa Clipper launches aboard SpaceX rocket, bound for Jupiter's icy ocean moon |url=https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-10-14/nasa-jupiter-probe-launches-aboard-spacex-rocket |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=October 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241023220852/https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-10-14/nasa-jupiter-probe-launches-aboard-spacex-rocket |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[October 16]] – [[Yahya Sinwar]], leader of Hamas, [[Killing of Yahya Sinwar|is killed]] in a gunfight with Israeli forces in [[Rafah]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2024 |title=Arab media reports: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza - report |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-825018 |website=The Jerusalem Post &#124; JPost.com |access-date=October 17, 2024 |archive-date=October 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241017172525/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-825018 |url-status=live }}</ref>   
* [[October 20]] 
** The [[2024 Moldovan European Union membership constitutional referendum]] is held and narrowly approved.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early results show 50% of Moldovans vote 'yes' at referendum on EU aspiration |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/early-results-show-50-moldovans-vote-yes-referendum-eu-aspirations-2024-10-21/ |website=Reuters}}</ref>
** [[Prabowo Subianto]] and [[Gibran Rakabuming Raka]] are inaugurated as the [[President of Indonesia|president]] and [[Vice President of Indonesia|vice president]] of [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2024 |title=Prabowo-Gibran dilantik menjadi presiden dan wapres Indonesia |url=https://www.bbc.com/indonesia/articles/c70z2q77p2wo |website=BBC Indonesia |language=id-ID}}</ref>
* [[File:Duma Boko 2025.png|thumb|[[Duma Boko]] won the [[2024 Botswana general election]] on October 30]][[October 21]] – The [[National Assembly of Vietnam]] elects [[Lương Cường]] as the new [[president of Vietnam]]. He replaced [[Tô Lâm]], who was formally promoted to the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam|general secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Communist Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2024-10-22 |title=Vietnam appoints fourth president in nearly two years after months of political turmoil |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/21/asia/vietnam-new-president-luong-cuong-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] – The first case of the [[2024 Kwango province disease outbreak]] is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2024 |title=Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths |url=https://apnews.com/article/congo-unknown-disease-kwango-11c96d7073ae4a0bc8ef9b2575f8d226# |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[2024 Georgian parliamentary election]]: Amid suspicions of [[Russian interference in European politics|interference]], ruling pro-Russian party [[Georgian Dream]] wins a majority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/2024/10/ruling-party-claims-victory-georgias-disputed-election-western-condemnation-no-longer|title=As the ruling party claims victory in Georgia's disputed election, Western condemnation is no longer enough|work=Chatham House|date=30 October 2024|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] 
** [[2024 Japanese general election]]: The governing [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] loses its parliamentary majority for the first time since 2009, but still wins the most seats. The [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]] wins its best result in party history.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241026-japan-votes-with-new-pm-on-shaky-ground |title=Japan's ruling party fails to win majority in snap election |work=[[France 24]] |date=October 27, 2024 |access-date=October 27, 2024}}</ref>
** [[October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election]]: Boyko Borsiov's coalition [[GERB-SDS]] successfully forms a government after 6 snap elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/27/bulgarians-vote-in-another-election-but-end-to-political-deadlock-unlikely|title=Bulgarians vote in another election, but end to political deadlock unlikely|work=Al Jazeera|date=27 October 2024|access-date=27 October 2024|archive-date=November 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119061706/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/27/bulgarians-vote-in-another-election-but-end-to-political-deadlock-unlikely|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election]]: The leftist opposition [[Social Democratic Party of Lithuania]] wins a majority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/lithuania-opposition-social-democrats-win-election/a-70611400|title=Lithuania: Opposition Social Democrats win election|work=DW|date=28 October 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|archive-date=November 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128222800/https://www.dw.com/en/lithuania-opposition-social-democrats-win-election/a-70611400|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 30]]
**[[2024 Botswana general election]]: The ruling [[Botswana Democratic Party|BDP]] party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.<ref name="News24Botswana"/> [[Duma Boko]] of the [[Umbrella for Democratic Change|UDC]] party is elected [[President of Botswana]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-31 |title=Early Botswana Vote Tallies Point to Shock Loss For Ruling Party |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-31/botswana-election-early-tallies-point-to-shock-loss-for-ruling-party |access-date=2024-11-01 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref>
**[[2024 Spanish floods]]: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99ry7x925eo|title=Spain battles deadliest flood disaster in decades as death toll rises to 95|work=BBC News|date=30 October 2024|access-date=30 October 2024|archive-date=November 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112211954/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99ry7x925eo|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t|title=Locals describe 'nightmare' scenes after more than 100 killed in Spain floods|work=BBC News|date=31 October 2024|access-date=31 October 2024|archive-date=October 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241031190203/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg|thumb|Donald Trump won the [[2024 United States presidential election]] on November 5]]

=== November ===
* [[November 3]] – [[2024 Moldovan presidential election]]: Incumbent [[Maia Sandu]] is re-elected for a second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/04/pro-eu-incumbent-maia-sandu-re-elected-to-second-term-as-president-of-moldova|title=Pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandu re-elected to second term as president of Moldova|work=Euronews|date=4 November 2024|access-date=5 November 2024|archive-date=November 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105003220/https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/04/pro-eu-incumbent-maia-sandu-re-elected-to-second-term-as-president-of-moldova|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 5]]
** [[2024 United States presidential election]]: [[Donald Trump]], with his running mate [[JD Vance]], is elected for a second non-consecutive term, the first candidate to do so since [[Grover Cleveland]] in [[1892 United States presidential election|1892]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Trump wins the US Presidency|publisher=AP News|date=2024-11-06|url=https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024|access-date=2024-11-06|archive-date=November 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108182720/https://apnews.com/live/trump-harris-election-updates-11-5-2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and only the second in American history.
** [[2024 Palauan general election]]: Incumbent [[Surangel Whipps Jr.]] is reelected for a second term as [[President of Palau|president]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=Taiwan congratulates Palau President Whipps on reelection |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202411070028 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Focus Taiwan |language=en |archive-date=November 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108225558/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202411070028 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Chancellor of Germany|German Chancellor]] [[Olaf Scholz]] dismisses [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] leader [[Christian Lindner]] from his position as [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|finance minister]], leading to two other FDP ministers resigning and the [[2024 German government crisis|collapse of the governing coalition]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Vock |first1=Ido |last2=McGuinness |first2=Damien |date=7 November 2024 |title=German coalition collapses after Scholz fires key minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v3r046pzzo |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=BBC |archive-date=November 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110202127/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v3r046pzzo |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 9]] – [[2024 Quetta railway station bombing|A suicide bombing]] at the [[Quetta railway station]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan]] kills at least 26 people. The bombing was orchestrated by the [[Balochistan Liberation Army|Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)]], and is the first time that the organization had attacked the center of [[Quetta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akhter |first=Saadullah |date=November 9, 2024 |title='Bloodbath': Railway station bombing in Quetta, Pakistan leaves 26 dead |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/bloodbath-railway-station-bombing-in-quetta-pakistan-leaves-26-dead |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111173837/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/bloodbath-railway-station-bombing-in-quetta-pakistan-leaves-26-dead |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[2024 Mauritian general election]]: The electoral alliance [[Alliance Lepep|Lepep]] of incumbent Prime Minister [[Pravind Jugnauth]] is defeated by [[Alliance du Changement|that]] of opposition leader and former Prime Minister [[Navin Ramgoolam]], with the latter taking all but two seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/mauritius-election-results-opposition-victory-landslide-af70d3a8810f7992cef4d1d75bbef769|title=Mauritius opposition wins country's election by a landslide|work=AP News|date=12 November 2024|access-date=12 November 2024}}</ref>[[File:Саммит лидеров COP29 12 ноября 2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP29]] is held in [[Baku]], Azerbaijan from November 11–22]]
* [[November 11]]–[[November 22|22]] – [[2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference|COP29]] is held in [[Baku]], Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cop29.az/en/media-hub/news/cop29-opens-in-baku-with-breakthrough-on-global-carbon-markets|title=COP29 Opens in Baku with Breakthrough on Global Carbon Markets|work=COP29|date=11 November 2024|access-date=12 November 2024|archive-date=November 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112220236/https://cop29.az/en/media-hub/news/cop29-opens-in-baku-with-breakthrough-on-global-carbon-markets|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] – [[Justin Welby]] announces his resignation as [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] following the publication of a report critical of his handling of the abuse of children within the [[Church of England]] by [[John Smyth (barrister)|John Smyth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5l7116g1o|title=Why did an abuse scandal lead to the archbishop's resignation?|work=BBC|date=12 November 2024|access-date=12 November 2024|archive-date=November 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112144151/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y5l7116g1o|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 13]] – [[2024 Somaliland presidential election]]: Opposition candidate [[Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi]] of the [[Waddani]] party is elected [[President of Somaliland|president]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/opposition-leader-victorious-in-self-declared-somaliland-elections-/7870537.html|title=Opposition leader victorious in self-declared Somaliland elections|work=VOA|date=20 November 2024|access-date=25 November 2024|archive-date=November 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121045358/https://www.voanews.com/a/opposition-leader-victorious-in-self-declared-somaliland-elections-/7870537.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 14]] – [[2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election]]: [[President of Sri Lanka|President]] [[Anura Kumara Dissanayake]]'s [[National People's Power]] coalition wins a [[supermajority]] in the [[17th Parliament of Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lankan-presidents-coalition-set-victory-snap-election-2024-11-15/|title=Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election|work=Reuters|date=15 November 2024|access-date=15 November 2024|archive-date=November 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121164559/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lankan-presidents-coalition-set-victory-snap-election-2024-11-15/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* November 15 – The [[spotted hyena]] (''Crocuta crocuta)'' Is [[Lazarus taxon|rediscovered]] in the [[Gabal Elba|Elba Protected Area]] of Southeast Egypt, 5,000 years after the species was believed to have been [[Local extinction|extirpated]] from the region.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nagy |first1=Abdullah |last2=El-Kholy |first2=Said |last3=Soultan |first3=Alaaeldin |last4=Attum |first4=Omar |date=2025-01-01 |title=First record of the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta in Egypt during the past 5,000 years |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2024-0031/html |journal=Mammalia |language=en |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=99–102 |doi=10.1515/mammalia-2024-0031 |issn=1864-1547|url-access=subscription }}</ref>[[File:Boualem Sansal (cropped).jpg|thumb|French-Algerian writer [[Boualem Sansal]] is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in Algiers on November 16.]]
* [[November 16]]
** The [[2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum]] is held and approved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwrjyrxpdjo|title=Gabon approves law allowing junta leader to contest elections|work=BBC News|date=19 November 2024|access-date=25 November 2024|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124141848/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwrjyrxpdjo|url-status=live}}</ref>
** French-Algerian dissident writer [[Boualem Sansal]] is put in custody by Algerian authorities after his landing in [[Algiers]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 November 2024|title=French Intellectuals Decry a Dissident Writer's Arrest in Algeria|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/world/europe/algeria-boualem-sansal-arrest.html|access-date=30 December 2024|website=The New York Times|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – [[2024 Senegalese parliamentary election]]: [[President of Senegal|President]] [[Bassirou Diomaye Faye]]'s party [[PASTEF]] wins an absolute majority at the [[National Assembly (Senegal)|National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wj4dwvj1po|title=Senegal's radical government claims 'large victory' in legislative polls|work=BBC News|date=18 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024|archive-date=November 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119014522/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wj4dwvj1po|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] 
** The [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) issues arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], former Israeli Defense Minister [[Yoav Gallant]], and [[Hamas]] military leader [[Mohammed Deif]] on accusations of war crimes committed during the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-israel|title=ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes|work=The Guardian|date=21 November 2024|access-date=21 November 2024|archive-date=November 21, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241121134627/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/21/icc-issues-arrest-warrant-for-benjamin-netanyahu-israel|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Terrorists in [[Peshawar]], Pakistan, [[2024 Kurram attack|ambush]] a group of vehicles carrying [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslims]], killing 46 and injuring 20.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=Gunmen fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 42 |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-gunmen-opened-fire-convoy-vehicles-northwest-42c8fb3cf1f720de49efebd306d76fa1 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121104747/https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-gunmen-opened-fire-convoy-vehicles-northwest-42c8fb3cf1f720de49efebd306d76fa1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Researchers using the [[Very Large Telescope]] announce the first-ever "close-up" image of a [[star]] outside the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], [[WOH G64]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lea|first=Robert|date=2024-11-21|title=Star imaged in detail outside the Milky Way for the 1st time (image, video)|url=https://www.space.com/star-outside-milky-way-wohg64|access-date=2024-11-22|website=Space.com|language=en|archive-date=November 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122125319/https://www.space.com/star-outside-milky-way-wohg64|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah(cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah]] is [[2024 Namibian general election|elected]] as the first female [[president of Namibia]] on November 27.]]
* [[November 24]] – [[2024 Uruguayan general election]]: Leftist opposition candidate [[Yamandú Orsi]] is elected [[President of Uruguay|president]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/7178949/uruguay-election-runoff-results-delgado-concedes-leftist-president-yamandu-orsi/|title=Uruguay Elects Leftist Yamandú Orsi President, as Conservative Continuity Candidate Concedes|magazine=Time|date=25 November 2024|access-date=25 November 2024|archive-date=November 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125075243/https://time.com/7178949/uruguay-election-runoff-results-delgado-concedes-leftist-president-yamandu-orsi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] – Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] announces that a [[2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement|ceasefire deal]] has been agreed to end fighting with [[Hezbollah]] in Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnvjl42g9m1t|title=Netanyahu says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal agreed|work=BBC News|date=26 November 2024|access-date=26 November 2024|archive-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126192357/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnvjl42g9m1t|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 27]] – [[2024 Namibian general election]]: [[Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah]] of the [[SWAPO]] party is elected as the first female [[president of Namibia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Namibia elects first female president in disputed poll|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yx0r14jrmo|access-date=2024-12-04|website=BBC News|date=December 4, 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] – [[2024 Irish general election]]: Centre-right party [[Fianna Fáil]] remains the largest party in [[Dáil Éireann]], increasing its number of seats to 48.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/ireland-election-fianna-fail-fine-gael-coalition-a51f5a4b8b7a102b974c650c740352d5|title=With election decided, Ireland faces weeks of talks to form a government|work=AP News|date=2 December 2024|access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[November 30]]
** [[2024 Icelandic parliamentary election]]: Opposition party [[Social Democratic Alliance]] wins 15 seats in the [[Althing]], with the incumbent [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-opposition-social-democrats-win-election/a-70931905|title=Iceland: Opposition Social Democrats win election|work=DW|date=1 December 2024|access-date=2 December 2024|archive-date=1 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201154036/https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-opposition-social-democrats-win-election/a-70931905|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Syrian civil war]]: [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|Opposition forces]] [[Northwestern Syria offensive (2024)|seize]] [[Battle of Aleppo (2024)|control]] of most of [[Aleppo]], Syria, prompting the first Russian airstrikes on the city since 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy5l50y76k3t|title=Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2024|access-date=30 November 2024|archive-date=November 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130173912/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy5l50y76k3t|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== December ===
* [[December 1]] – [[2024 Romanian parliamentary election]]: The incumbent [[National Coalition for Romania]] wins a plurality of votes, with far-right parties making substantial gains.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 2024 |title=Romania's pro-Western parties win parliamentary election as far-right makes gains |url=https://apnews.com/article/romania-elections-far-right-parliament-europe-russia-08a89b2ea35ee2dca14a8a17235f8993 |access-date=2 December 2024 |website=Associated Press |language=en}}</ref>[[File:20241214 ROK NA Speaker Woo Won Shik signing the resolution to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol 02.jpg|thumb|[[Speaker of the National Assembly (South Korea)|Speaker of the National Assembly]] [[Woo Won-shik]] signing the article of [[impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol]] following the [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|South Korean martial law crisis]] on December 3]]
*[[December 3]] – [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Yoon Suk Yeol]] declares [[2024 South Korean martial law crisis|martial law]] during a late-night address broadcast live on [[YTN|YTN television]], accusing the country's main opposition [[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|Democratic Party]] of sympathizing with [[North Korea]] and engaging in anti-state activities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol declares emergency martial law - live updates |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn38321180et |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[December 4]]
**[[2024 French political crisis]]: [[Michel Barnier]] becomes the first [[prime minister of France]] to lose a [[Motion of no confidence|motion of no-confidence]] since [[Georges Pompidou]] in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news |title=En direct : 331 députés votent la censure du gouvernement de Michel Barnier, le premier ministre va remettre sa démission à Emmanuel Macron |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2024/12/04/en-direct-motions-de-censure-du-gouvernement-barnier-les-prises-de-parole-se-poursuivent-a-l-assemblee-nationale-avant-un-vote-prevu-en-debut-de-soiree_6424825_823448.html |access-date=2024-12-04 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
** [[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], CEO of [[UnitedHealthcare]], is [[Killing of Brian Thompson|shot and killed]] by a lone gunman in [[Midtown Manhattan]], sparking debate and criticism of the [[health insurance industry in the United States]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halpert |first=Madeline |date=December 4, 2024 |title=Brian Thompson: United Healthcare CEO fatally shot outside Manhattan hotel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3dnm64vlo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204154011if_/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3dnm64vlo |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |access-date=December 19, 2024 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |location=[[New York City]]}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[2024 Romanian presidential election]]: The [[Constitutional Court of Romania]] annuls the results of the first round, amid accusations of [[Russian interference in European politics|Russian interference]] after the unexpected advancement of pro-Russian candidate [[Călin Georgescu]] to the runoff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-06 |title=Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-court-cancels-presidential-election-runoff-tiktok-russian-influence-calin-georgescu/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Politico |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Madalin Necsutu and Anthony Faiola |date=2024-12-06 |title=Romanian court annuls presidential vote after Russian interference claims |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/06/romania-court-annuls-presidential-election/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] 
** [[2024 Ghanaian general election]]: [[John Mahama]] of the [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|NDC]] is elected [[President of Ghana|president]] for a second non-consecutive term.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Adombila |first1=Maxwell Akalaare |last2=Akorlie |first2=Christian |date=8 December 2024 |title=Ghana's former President Mahama wins election |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ghanas-former-president-mahama-wins-election-2024-12-08/ |access-date=8 December 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
** The [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame Cathedral]] [[Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris|reopens]] to the public after previously being [[Notre-Dame fire|damaged by a structural fire]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=Live updates: Notre Dame bells ring for the first time since fire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/notre-dame-cathedral-reopening-live-updates-rcna183295 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Bashar al-Assad in May 2024.png|thumb|[[President of Syria]] [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s regime was [[Fall of the Assad regime|overthrown]] as [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|rebel forces]] [[Fall of Damascus (2024)|captured]] the capital [[Damascus]] on December 8.]]
* [[December 8]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: [[President of Syria|Syrian President]] [[Bashar al-Assad]] flees from [[Damascus]] to [[Moscow]] after being [[Fall of the Assad regime|overthrown]], ending his presidency and the [[Ba'athist Syria]] regime after a total of 61 years. The [[Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad|Syrian opposition]] forms the [[Syrian caretaker government|Syrian transitional government]] as a provisional government.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-rebels-celebrate-captured-homs-set-sights-damascus-2024-12-07/ |access-date=December 7, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> 
* [[December 11]] – [[FIFA]] announces that Morocco, Portugal and Spain will jointly host the [[2030 FIFA World Cup|2030 World Cup]], with anniversary matches to be held in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, while Saudi Arabia is confirmed as the host for [[2034 FIFA World Cup|2034]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 December 2024 |title=Fifa confirms Saudi Arabia as 2034 World Cup hosts |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1j0p3x0klzo |access-date=11 December 2024 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[India]]n [[chess prodigy]] [[Gukesh Dommaraju]] defeats former world champion [[Ding Liren]] in the [[World Chess Championship 2024|2024 World Chess Championship]], breaking the previous age record of 22 [[World Chess Championship 1985|set by]] [[Garry Kasparov]] by becoming champion at 18 years, 195 days old.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Bryan Armen |date=2024-12-12 |title=Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/12/gukesh-dommaraju-india-wins-world-chess-championship-youngest-champion-ding-liren |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[December 14]]
** [[2024 Georgian presidential election]]: [[Mikheil Kavelashvili]] of [[People's Power (Georgia)|People's Power]] is elected unopposed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 December 2024|title=The electoral college has elected Mikheil Kavelashvili to the position of president|url=https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/136098-the-electoral-college-has-elected-mikheil-kavlashvili-to-the-position-of-president|website=Interpress News|language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Yoon Suk Yeol]]'s powers and duties are suspended after MPs vote to [[Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol|impeach]] him, following his [[2024 South Korean martial law|martial law]] declaration the previous week.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2024 |title=South Korea's President Yoon suspended after MPs vote to impeach him |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1wq025v421t |access-date=14 December 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
** [[Cyclone Chido]] makes landfall in [[Mayotte]], causing at least 172 deaths and bringing devastating damage to the island.<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 December 2024|title=France rushes aid to Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead and hunger rising after Cyclone Chido|url=https://apnews.com/article/mayotte-cyclone-chido-climate-weather-43890b2cee0d90e67b6263f278782334|website=AP News|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – The capital of [[Vanuatu]], [[Port Vila]], suffers extensive damage after a {{M|w|link=y}}&nbsp;7.3 [[2024 Port Vila earthquake|earthquake]]. At least 16 people are killed.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 December 2024 |title=Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Vanuatu capital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/17/magnitude-7-4-earthquake-strikes-near-vanuatu-capital |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
* [[December 19]]
** The [[Hungary|Hungarian]] government of [[Viktor Orbán]] has granted political asylum to [[Sejm|Polish MP]] of [[Law and Justice]] [[Marcin Romanowski]], who is wanted on the [[European Arrest Warrant]] for being accused of defrauding 100 million [[Polish złoty|zł]] from the {{ill|Fundusz Sprawiedliwości|pl|Fundusz Sprawiedliwości}} (Justice Fund) when he was [[Ministry of Justice (Poland)|deputy minister of justice]] during the [[Second Cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki|PiS government]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcin Romanowski z azylem na Węgrzech. Co może państwo polskie? |url=https://konkret24.tvn24.pl/polityka/marcin-romanowski-z-azylem-na-wegrzech-co-moze-panstwo-polskie-st8230930 |publisher=TVN24 |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=pl |date=20 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Easton |first1=Adam |title=Hungary sparks row with Poland by granting asylum to ex-minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dp61weeggo |publisher=BBC News |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en |date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
** [[Rapes of Gisèle Pelicot|Mazan rapes]] trial: The [[French judiciary courts|Judicial Court]] in [[Avignon]], France, finds Dominique Pelicot guilty of the aggravated [[rape]] of his ex-wife [[Gisèle Pelicot]] and imposes the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 50 other defendants in the case are also convicted of crimes ranging from attempted rape to aggravated rape, and receive prison sentences ranging from three to 15 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who are the men convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785nm5g5y1o |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=BBC|date=19 December 2024}}</ref>
* [[December 20]] – Six people are killed, while another 235 are injured, after a [[2024 Magdeburg car attack|car is driven into a crowd]] at a [[Christmas market]] in [[Magdeburg]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/germany-christmas-market-crash.html |title=Driver Rams Christmas Market in Germany, Injuring Dozens |date=20 December 2024 |last=Schuetze |first=Christopher |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>[[File:Azerbaijan Airlines - Embraer 190AR (ERJ-190-100IGW) 4K-AZ65 Antalya Airport June 18, 2016 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243]] crashes near [[Aktau International Airport]], [[Kazakhstan]], on December 25]]
* [[December 21]] – Thirty-nine people died and another seven are injured after a [[2024 Minas Gerais road crash|multiple-vehicle collision]] occurs on the [[BR-116 (Brazil highway)|BR-116 highway]] in [[Teófilo Otoni]], [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil. It is the deadliest [[Traffic collision|traffic accident]] on federal [[highways in Brazil]] since [[2007 in Brazil|2007]], when numbers were first monitored.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araújo |first=Alex |date=10 January 2025 |title=Corpos das 39 pessoas que morreram em acidente com ônibus em Minas Gerais são identificados |trans-title=Bodies of 39 people who died in bus accident in Minas Gerais are identified|url=https://g1.globo.com/mg/minas-gerais/noticia/2025/01/10/corpos-das-39-pessoas-que-morreram-em-acidente-com-onibus-em-minas-gerais-sao-identificados.ghtml |work=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br }}</ref>
* [[December 24]]
** The [[2025 Jubilee]] in the [[Catholic Church]] begins.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2024|title=Jubilee 2025: Rome expects more than 30 million pilgrims during Holy Year|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jubilee-2025-rome-expects-more-121854749.html|access-date=24 December 2024|website=Yahoo! News UK|language=en}}</ref>
** The [[Parker Solar Probe]] breaks the previous record set in 2018 for the closest artificial object to the [[Sun]] by 6.1 million kilometers (3.8 million miles), becoming the closest and first man-made object to approach and "touch" the Sun.<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 December 2024|title=NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record-smashing 'kiss' of the Sun|url=https://www.space.com/nasa-parker-solar-probe-christmas-flyby|access-date=24 December 2024|website=Space.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 25]] – [[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243]], an [[Embraer E-Jet family#E190 and E195|Embraer ERJ-190AR]], crashes in [[Kazakhstan]]. Twenty-nine out of the 67 on board survive the crash.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/passenger-plane-crashes-kazakhstan-emergencies-ministry-says-2024-12-25/|access-date=25 December 2024 |website=Reuters }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prosecutor General's Office: According to latest information, 32 people onboard the aircraft are alive and receiving treatment|url=https://en.apa.az/incident/prosecutor-generals-office-according-to-latest-information-32-people-onboard-the-aircraft-are-alive-and-receiving-treatment-456494|access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Apa.az |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Boeing 737 Jeju Air at Fukuoka Airport.jpg|thumb| [[Jeju Air Flight 2216]] crashes at [[Muan International Airport]], [[South Korea]] on December 29]]
* [[December 27]] – Acting [[President of South Korea]] [[Han Duck-soo]] is [[Impeachment of Han Duck-soo|impeached]] by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president [[Yoon Suk Yeol|Yoon]]'s legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister [[Choi Sang-mok]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yim |first=Hyunsu |title=South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo impeached as Yoon goes on trial |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-acting-president-faces-impeachment-vote-court-meets-martial-law-2024-12-26/ |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[December 29]]
** [[Jeju Air Flight 2216]], a [[Boeing 737-800]] passenger flight from [[Suvarnabhumi Airport|Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], to [[Muan International Airport]] in [[Muan County|Muan]], South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plane skids off runway, crashes in South Korea, killing at least 85 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/29/dozens-killed-in-south-koreas-muan-as-plane-veers-off-runway-and-crashes |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Cheong | first=Jesmine | last2=Walker | first2=Liana | title=Plane carrying 181 crashes in South Korea, with only two confirmed survivors | website=ABC News | date=2024-12-29 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-29/live-blog-plane-crashes-south-korean-muan-airport/104769186?future=true& | access-date=2025-03-04}}</ref>
** A truck carrying passengers [[2024 Sidama truck crash|falls off a bridge]] over the [[Ganale Doria River]] in [[Bona Zuria]], [[Sidama Region]], Ethiopia, killing 71 people and injuring 4 others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 December 2024 |title=At least 71 killed in Ethiopia road accident |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-60-killed-ethiopia-road-accident-2024-12-30/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

== Births ==
{{Main|Category:2024 births}}

== Deaths ==
{{Main|Deaths in 2024}}

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|Nobel medal]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[David Baker (biochemist)|David Baker]], for computational protein design, and [[Demis Hassabis]] and [[John M. Jumper]], for protein structure prediction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 October 2024 |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/summary/ |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]] |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009100927/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/summary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Daron Acemoglu]], [[Simon Johnson (economist)|Simon Johnson]] and [[James A. Robinson]], for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2024 |title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2024/summary/ |access-date=14 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]] |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109010050/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2024/summary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Han Kang]], for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2024 |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2024/summary/ |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]]}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Nihon Hidankyo]], for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 October 2024 |title=Nobel Peace Prize 2024 – Nihon Hidankyo |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-peace-prize-2024-nihon-hidankyo/ |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]]}}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[John J. Hopfield]] and [[Geoffrey E. Hinton]], for their foundational discoveries and inventions that enable [[machine learning]] with [[artificial neural networks]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2024 |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/summary/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]] |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008150842/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/summary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[Victor Ambros]] and [[Gary Ruvkun]], for their discovery of [[microRNA]] and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2024 |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2024/summary/#:~:text=The%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Physiology%20or%20Medicine%202024%20was%20awarded,post%2Dtranscriptional%20gene%20regulation.%22 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=[[The Nobel Prize]] |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007094023/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2024/summary/#:~:text=The%20Nobel%20Prize%20in%20Physiology%20or%20Medicine%202024%20was%20awarded,post%2Dtranscriptional%20gene%20regulation.%22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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