2024: what happened around the world

Revolts, massacres and attacks192

• attempted assassination of Donald Trump in PennsylvaniaAttacks
• Crocus City Hall attackAttacks
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movementRevolts & coups
• assassination of Ismail HaniyehAttacks
• October 2024 Iranian strikes on IsraelAttacks
• attempted assassination of Robert FicoAttacks
• attempted assassination of Donald Trump in FloridaAttacks
• Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in DamascusAttacks
• 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protestsRevolts & coups
• killing of Brian ThompsonAttacks
• 2024 Bolivian coup attemptRevolts & coups
• 2024–2026 Georgian protestsRevolts & coups
• 2024 United Kingdom riotsRevolts & coups
• death and funeral of Alexei NavalnyMurders
• November 2024 Amsterdam attacksMassacres
• October 2024 Israeli strikes on IranAttacks
• 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campusesRevolts & coups
• 2024 R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murderMurders
• Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attackAttacks
• 2024 Dagestan attacksAttacks
• stabbing of Lee Jae-myungAttacks
• July RevolutionRevolts & coups
• 2024 Apalachee High School shootingAttacks
• 2024 Solingen stabbingAttacks
• assassination of Saleh al-ArouriAttacks
• Majdal Shams attackMassacres
• Tel al-Sultan camp airstrikeMassacres
• 2024 Bashkortostan protestsRevolts & coups
• 2024 Barsalogho massacreMassacres
• 2024 Quetta railway station bombingAttacks
• 2025 Slovak protestsRevolts & coups
• Kenya Finance Bill protestsRevolts & coups
• 2024 Istanbul church shootingAttacks
• 2024 Jaffa shootingMassacres
• Surovikino penal colony hostage crisisAttacks
• Western Syria clashes (December 2024–present)Revolts & coups
• 2024 Balochistan bombingsAttacks
• October 2024 Dahieh airstrikeAttacks
• 2024 Bamako attacksAttacks
• 2024 Haret Hreik airstrikeAttacks

+152 less-known, on the globe.

Wars, battles and sieges140

• April 2024 Iranian strikes on IsraelWars & conflicts
• 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacksWars & conflicts
• Kursk campaign2024–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• 2024 Syrian opposition offensivesWars & conflicts
• killing of Hind RajabWars & conflicts
• Israeli invasion of SyriaWars & conflicts
• US–UK airstrikes on YemenWars & conflicts
• 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strikeWars & conflicts
• Fall of DamascusSieges
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflictWars & conflicts
• Battle of Aleppo (2024)Battles
• September 2024 Israeli attacks against LebanonWars & conflicts
• killing of Yahya SinwarWars & conflicts
• northern Kharkiv front of the Russo-Ukrainian WarWars & conflicts
• 2024 Iranian missile strikes in PakistanWars & conflicts
• Flour MassacreWars & conflicts
• Pokrovsk OffensiveWars & conflicts
• 2024 Hama offensiveWars & conflicts
• 2024 Homs offensiveWars & conflicts
• April 2024 Israeli strikes on IranWars & conflicts
• July 2024 Houthi–Israel attacksWars & conflicts
• Operation ArnonWars & conflicts
• Battle of Chasiv YarBattles
• Operation Marg Bar SarmacharWars & conflicts
• Operation AspidesWars & conflicts
• World Central Kitchen drone strikesWars & conflicts
• Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishesWars & conflicts
• Battle of KurakhoveBattles
• Southern Syria offensiveWars & conflicts
• 20 September 2024 Beirut attackWars & conflicts
• Human safariWars & conflicts
• Battle of TinzaouatenBattles
• Battle of ToretskBattles
• July 2024 al-Mawasi attackWars & conflicts
• Operation Dawn of FreedomWars & conflicts
• 2024–2025 Palestinian Authority operation in JeninWars & conflicts
• 29 September 2024 Israeli attacks on YemenWars & conflicts
• aftermath of the Syrian civil warWars & conflicts
• Al-Awda School massacreWars & conflicts
• Al-Sardi school attackWars & conflicts

+100 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires87

• Novi Sad railway station canopy collapseAccidents
• Jeju Air Flight 2216Accidents
• Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243Accidents
• Francis Scott Key Bridge collapseAccidents
• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283Accidents
• 2024 Haneda Airport runway collisionAccidents
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on 5 January 2024Accidents
• Swiftair Flight 5960Accidents
• 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crashAccidents
• 2024 Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashAccidents
• 2024 Hajj disasterAccidents
• 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crashAccidents
• Singapore Airlines Flight 321Accidents
• 2024 Mangaf Building FireFires & explosions
• 2024 Black Sea oil spillAccidents
• 2024 Ivanovo Ilyushin Il-76 crashAccidents
• Mmamatlakala bus accidentAccidents
• 2024 Meizhou expressway collapseAccidents
• Gazpromavia Flight 9608Accidents
• Toropets depot explosionsFires & explosions
• 2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crashAccidents
• 2024 València residential complex fireFires & explosions
• 2024 Gramado Piper PA-42 crashAccidents
• 2024 Lam Luk Ka bus crashAccidents
• 2024 Pardubice train accidentAccidents
• Aricell battery factory fireFires & explosions
• 2024 Finneidfjord train derailmentAccidents
• 2024 Majiya fuel tanker explosionFires & explosions
• 2024 Russia Beriev A-50 and Ilyushin Il-22 shootdownsAccidents
• 2024 Tabas coal mine explosionFires & explosions
• Hop-A-Jet Flight 823Accidents
• Minas Gerais road crashAccidents
• 2024 Børsen fireFires & explosions
• 2024 Hebei Sanhe gas explosion accidentAccidents
• 2024 Kanchanjunga Express collisionAccidents
• 2024 Lumut mid-air collisionAccidents
• 2024 Nanjing building fireFires & explosions
• 2024 Red Sea tourist boat disasterAccidents
• 2024 Talerddig collisionAccidents
• Destruction of an A-50U over the Krasnodar TerritoryAccidents

+47 less-known, on the globe.

Disasters51

• 2024 Noto earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Hualien earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Spain floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Wayanad landslideNatural disasters
• 2024 Persian Gulf floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Enga landslideNatural disasters
• 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Central European floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Port Vila earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Gofa landslidesNatural disasters
• 2024 Orsk Dam collapseNatural disasters
• 2024 Uqturpan earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 New Jersey earthquakeNatural disasters
• Borno State floodingNatural disasters
• 2024 Brazil wildfiresNatural disasters
• 2024 Bungo Channel earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Kashmar earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Lekki floodNatural disasters
• 2024 Cape Mendocino earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 East Java earthquakesNatural disasters
• 2024 European floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Greenfield tornadoNatural disasters
• 2024 India-Bangladesh floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 southern Peru earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2024 Sudan floodsNatural disasters
• Forest fires in Bolivia in 2024Natural disasters
• Park FireNatural disasters
• 2024 Madeira wildfiresNatural disasters
• 2024 South American wildfiresNatural disasters
• Smokehouse Creek FireNatural disasters
• Thompson FireNatural disasters
• 2024 Barnsdall–Bartlesville tornadoNatural disasters
• 2024 Dongting Lake dike breachNatural disasters
• 2024 Poland floodsNatural disasters
• 2024 Port Hills fireNatural disasters
• 2024 São Paulo wildfiresNatural disasters
• 2024 Tallahassee tornadoesNatural disasters
• Durkee FireNatural disasters
• Interlaken FireNatural disasters
• 2024 Armenia–Georgia floodsNatural disasters

+11 less-known, on the globe.

Expeditions3

• Ocean Census Bounty Trough expeditionExpeditions
• ANTARXXXI Leg 12024–2025 · Expeditions
• TANGO 2 ExpeditionExpeditions

Treaties, councils and politics1

• 2024 Venezuelan political crisisPolitics

Already under way in 202431

• Syrian Civil War2011–2024 · Wars & conflicts
• 2025–2026 Iranian protests2020–2026 · Revolts & coups
• Battle of Bakhmut2022–2024 · Battles
• Operation Prosperity Guardian2023–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Avdiivka2020–2024 · Battles
• 2024 Lebanon War2020–2024 · Wars & conflicts
• Operation Inherent Resolve2014–2026 · Wars & conflicts
• crisis in Venezuela2010–2025 · Politics
• Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis2023–2026 · Wars & conflicts
• Gaza Strip famine2023–2026 · Wars & conflicts
• protests against Nicolás Maduro2014–2026 · Revolts & coups
• Battle of Vuhledar2020–2024 · Battles
• kidnapping of the Bibas family2023–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Khartoum2023–2025 · Battles
• Al-Shifa Hospital Siege2023–2024 · Sieges

Came to an end in 202415

• Syrian Civil War2011–2024 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Bakhmut2022–2024 · Battles
• Battle of Avdiivka2020–2024 · Battles
• 2024 Lebanon War2020–2024 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Vuhledar2020–2024 · Battles
• Al-Shifa Hospital Siege2023–2024 · Sieges
• Battle of Jabalia2023–2024 · Battles
• Battle of Laukkai2023–2024 · Battles
• Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign2011–2024 · Wars & conflicts
• Siege of Myawaddy2023–2024 · Sieges

Founded or built in 202422

• ValerianaArchaeology
• Summit on Peace in UkraineMountains
• Basketball Development CenterBuildings
• execution of Kenneth Eugene SmithSettlements
• FOURBuildings
• Statue of Social JusticeMonuments
• CBRT TowerBuildings
• Edge East Side TowerTowers
• Malaysia Heritage StudiosBuildings
• Sunshine CentralBuildings
• Beckmann TowerTowers
• Høffdings TowerTowers
• Sarona HotelHotels & shops
• Atatürk Republic TowerTowers
• Franchissement urbain PleyelBridges & tunnels
• Hofvliet interchangeTransport
• New Zealand Liberation MuseumMuseums & galleries
• Vila do Bispo Museum - Barn of HistoryArchaeology
• Wangen TowerTowers
• Nick Bos GreenhouseBuildings
• Book warehouse of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the NetherlandsBuildings
• Dike reinforcement StandhazensedijkBuildings

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