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Topics in the news
- The Hunga Tonga volcano erupts (satellite animation shown), causing damage in Tonga and tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean.
- An apartment fire in the Bronx, New York City, kills 17 people.
- A rockfall at Furnas Lake in Capitólio, Brazil, kills 10 people.
- Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, dies at the age of 94.
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Ongoing events
Disasters
- Climate crisis
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021–22 European windstorm season
- 2020–21 H5N8 outbreak
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
- Madagascar food crisis
- Water crisis in Iran
- Yemeni famine
- 2021 La Palma eruption
Economic
- 2020–2021 global chip shortage
- 2021 global supply chain crisis
- COVID-19 recession
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- Pandora Papers leak
- Sri Lankan economic and food crisis
- Turkish currency and debt crisis
- United Kingdom natural gas supplier crisis
Politics
- Belarus−European Union border crisis
- Brazilian protests
- Colombian tax reform protests
- Eswatini protests
- Haitian protests
- Indian farmers' protests
- Insulate Britain protests
- Jersey dispute
- Libyan peace process
- Malaysian political crisis
- Myanmar protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Nigerian protests
- Persian Gulf crisis
- Peruvian crisis
- Russian election protests
- Solomon Islands unrest
- Tigrayan peace process
- Thai protests
- Tunisian political crisis
- United States racial unrest
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
Recent
Upcoming
- December
- 12: New Caledonia, Independence referendum
- 12: Transnistria, President
- 18: Taiwan, Referendum
- 19: Hong Kong, Legislative Council
- 19: Chile, President (2nd)
- 24: Libya, President (1st)
Recently concluded
- Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi
- Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
- United States: Jussie Smollett, Josh Duggar, Murder of Ahmaud Arbery, Kyle Rittenhouse, Yanjun Xu, Lev Parnas, R. Kelly, Robert Durst
Ongoing
- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
- Canada: Raj Grewal
- France: Brussels ISIL
- Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah, Azis Syamsuddin
- Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Italy: Matteo Salvini
- Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
- Malta: Yorgen Fenech
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
- United States: Elizabeth Holmes, Ghislaine Maxwell
Upcoming
- Indonesia: Alex Noerdin
- Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
- Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu
- Sweden: Hamid Nouri
- United States: Allen Weisselberg, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
- ICC: Ali Kushayb
- Association football
- American football
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Canadian football
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Motorsport
- Rugby union
- Other sports seasons
December
- 9: Lina Wertmüller
- 8: Barry Harris
- 8: Blackjack Lanza
- 8: Robbie Shakespeare
- 8: Bipin Rawat
- 7: Greg Tate
- 7: Mustafa Ben Halim
- 6: Fred Hiatt
- 6: Medina Spirit
- 6: Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
- 6: Lindiwe Mabuza
- 6: Kåre Willoch
- 5: Bob Dole
- 5: John Miles
- 5: Peter Cundall
- 4: Stonewall Jackson
- 4: Konijeti Rosaiah
- 3: Claude Humphrey
- 3: Ann Fortune Fitzroy
- 2: Darlene Hard
- 2: Aldo Giordano
- 1: Grand Jojo
November
- 30: Philip Heymann
- 30: Marcus Lamb
- 30: Marjorie Tallchief
- 29: Arlene Dahl
- 29: Don Demeter
- 29: David Gulpilil
- 28: Virgil Abloh
- 28: Lee Elder
- 28: Doyle Hamm
- 28: Phil Saviano
- 28: Frank Williams
- 28: Emily Mkamanga
- 28: Norodom Ranariddh
- 27: Curley Culp
- 27: Almudena Grandes
- 26: Stephen Sondheim
- 25: Charles Moose
- 25: Oleksandr Omelchenko
- 24: Aron Atabek
- 23: Bill Virdon
- 23: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
- 23: Chun Doo-hwan
- 22: Doug Jones
- 21: Antonio Escohotado
- 19: Ian Fishback
- 18: Peter Buck
- 18: Mick Rock
- 18: Ardeshir Zahedi
- 17: Dave Frishberg
- 17: Art LaFleur
- 17: Young Dolph
- 16: Ri Yong-suk
- 15: Julio Lugo
- 15: Clarissa Eden
- 15: Daulet Sembaev
- 14: Etel Adnan
- 14: W. Sterling Cary
- 13: Sam Huff
- 13: Wilbur Smith
- 12: Dave Hickey
- 12: Matthew Festing
- 11: Glen de Vries
- 11: Graeme Edge
- 11: Winter
- 11: F. W. de Klerk
Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia and Sudan
- Ghana
- Maghreb and Sahel regions
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Boko Haram insurgency (incl. Lake Chad region)
- Communal conflicts in Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- War in Darfur
- South Kordofan conflict
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Paraguay
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Ireland and the UK
- Turkey
Global
Middle East
- Egypt
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iraq
- Iraq and Syria (map)
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Syria
- Yemen and Saudi Arabia
2026 events and developments by topic
Arts
Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games
Politics and government
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight
Environment
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change
Transportation
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain
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