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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Sudanese refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Texas border and immigration enforcement efforts

Protests and strikes

• Georgian protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• New Caledonia unrest
• United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

Elections and referendums

Recent

• May

• 19: Dominican Republic, President, Senate,
         Chamber of Deputies
• 20: India, Lok Sabha (5th phase)
• 22: Vietnam, President (indirect)
• 25: India, Lok Sabha (6th phase)
• 26: Lithuania, President (run-off)
• 29: Vanuatu, Constitutional referendum
• 29: Madagascar, National Assembly
• 29: South Africa, National Assembly

Upcoming

• June

• 01: Iceland, President
• 01: India, Lok Sabha (7th phase)
• 02: Mexico, President, Senate, Chamber of Deputies
• 6–9: European Union, European Parliament
• 09: Belgium, Chamber of Representatives, Senate (indirect)
• 09: Bulgaria, National Assembly
• 09: San Marino, Grand and General Council
• 09: South Ossetia, Parliament
• 09: Switzerland, Referendums

Trials

Recently concluded

• United States:0Donald Trump (NY)
• Vietnam:0Trương Mỹ Lan

Ongoing

• Hong Kong:0Jimmy Lai
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• Sweden:0Mohammed Hamo
• United States:0Bob Menendez
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• Association football

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024 Copa Sudamericana
• 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• 2023–24 Premier League
• 2023–24 La Liga
• 2023–24 Serie A
• 2023–24 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 NBA playoffs
• 2024 WNBA season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship
• 2024 IPL season

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby union

• 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup
• 2023–24 Premiership Rugby
• 2023–24 United Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2024 French Open
• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

May

• 31: Marian Robinson
• 31: Rodney Bohm
• 31: Robert Pickton
• 30: Geneviève de Galard
• 30: Drew Gordon
• 27: Elizabeth MacRae
• 27: Bill Walton
• 25: Grayson Murray
• 25: Albert S. Ruddy
• 25: Richard M. Sherman
• 24: Doug Ingle
• 24: Kabosu
• 24: Santiago Omar Riveros
• 23: Caleb Carr
• 23: Morgan Spurlock
• 22: Darryl Hickman
• 22: David Wilkie
• 21: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
• 20: Ivan Boesky
• 20: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
• 19: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
• 19: Christian Malanga
• 19: Jim Otto
• 19: Ebrahim Raisi
• 18: Frank Ifield
• 18: Bruce Nordstrom
• 18: Tony O'Reilly
• 18: Fred Roos
• 18: Alice Stewart
• 17: Bud Anderson
• 17: Gordon Bell
• 17: Charlie Colin
• 17: Sid Going
• 16: Dabney Coleman
• 16: Eddie Gossage
• 15: Kamla Beniwal
• 14: Don Perlin
• 14: Netiporn Sanesangkhom
• 13: Arthur Irving
• 13: Alice Munro
• 13: Cyril Wecht
• 13: Samm-Art Williams
• 12: Mark Damon
• 12: David Sanborn
• 12: A. J. Smith
• 11: Susan Backlinie
• 10: Sam Rubin
• 10: Jim Simons
• 10: Corey Williams
• 09: Sean Burroughs
• 09: Shirley Conran
• 09: Roger Corman
• 09: Rex Murphy
• 08: John Barbata
• 08: Colleen Barrett
• 08: Chris Cannon
• 08: Ramón Fonseca Mora
• 08: Jimmy Johnson
• 08: Pete McCloskey
• 08: Jack Quinn
• 07: Steve Albini
• 07: Paul Parkman
• 06: Kristin Hallenga
• 06: Bill Holman
• 06: Bernard Pivot
• 06: Brian Wenzel
• 05: Jeannie Epper
• 05: Obi Ezeh
• 05: Bernard Hill
• 05: César Luis Menotti
• 05: David Shapiro
• 04: Frank Stella
• 03: Dick Rutan

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

• Western Sahara

• Second Western Sahara War

Americas

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas war

• Regional spillover

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Red Sea crisis

• Syrian civil war

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemeni civil war

• US–UK intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• 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
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain