2025: what happened around the world

Revolts, massacres and attacks208

• 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protestsRevolts & coups
• Operation Rising LionAttacks
• 2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sitesAttacks
• 2025 Bondi Beach shootingAttacks
• 2025 Pahalgam attackAttacks
• assassination of Charlie KirkAttacks
• 2025 Risbergska school shootingMurders
• killing of Iryna ZarutskaMurders
• 2026 Iran massacresMassacres
• héroe weeMurders
• June 2025 Los Angeles protestsRevolts & coups
• 2025 Turkish protestsRevolts & coups
• murder of Henry NowakMurders
• Mar Elias Church attackAttacks
• 2025 Delhi car explosionAttacks
• 2025 Cetinje shootingAttacks
• 2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'étatRevolts & coups
• El Fasher massacreMassacres
• 2025 Manchester synagogue attackAttacks
• 2025 massacres of Syrian AlawitesMassacres
• August–September 2025 Indonesian protestsRevolts & coups
• Trump Hotel Tesla Cybertruck explosionAttacks
• 2025 Brown University shootingAttacks
• 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislatorsAttacks
• 2025 Beninese coup attemptRevolts & coups
• 2025 Indonesian protestsRevolts & coups
• 2025 Malagasy protestsRevolts & coups
• August 2025 Israeli attack on SanaaAttacks
• 2025 N'Djamena attackAttacks
• 2025 Annunciation Catholic Church shootingAttacks
• 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C.Attacks
• 2025 Mongolian protestsRevolts & coups
• 2025 Nasser Hospital strikeAttacks
• 2025 United States protests against mass deportationRevolts & coups
• assassination of Miguel Uribe TurbayAttacks
• 2025 assassination of Sharia judges in IranMurders
• 2025 Ramot Junction shootingAttacks
• 2025 Timor-Leste protestsRevolts & coups
• Cory Booker's marathon speechRevolts & coups
• murder of Mattia Ahmet MinguzziMurders

+168 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires112

• Air India Flight 171Accidents
• 2025 Potomac River mid-air collisionAccidents
• Wang Fuk Court fireFires & explosions
• Kočani nightclub fireFires & explosions
• Angara Airlines Flight 2311Accidents
• Grand Kartal fireFires & explosions
• UPS Airlines Flight 2976Accidents
• Jet Set nightclub roof collapseAccidents
• Med Jets Flight 056Accidents
• 2025 Dhaka fighter jet crashAccidents
• Port of Shahid Rajaee explosionFires & explosions
• 2025 Ascensor da Glória derailmentAccidents
• 2025 Turkish Air Force C-130 crashAccidents
• Bering Air Flight 445Accidents
• Harmony Jets Flight 185Accidents
• 2025 Herat road crashAccidents
• 2025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crashAccidents
• Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788Accidents
• 2025 Guatemala City bus crashAccidents
• 2025 North Sea ship collisionAccidents
• Air Busan Flight 391Accidents
• 2025 Bangkok skyscraper collapseAccidents
• 2025 Hudson River helicopter crashAccidents
• 2025 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-26 crashAccidents
• 2025 Kut shopping mall fireFires & explosions
• 2025 Oaxaca train derailmentAccidents
• 2025 Ivanovo Antonov An-22 crashAccidents
• 2025 Russia bridge collapsesFires & explosions
• 2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crashAccidents
• Real Plaza Trujillo roof collapseAccidents
• 2025 China Coast Guard and People's Liberation Army Navy ship collision incidentAccidents
• 2025 Spain wildfires2025–2026 · Fires & explosions
• 2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosionFires & explosions
• Cuauhtémoc–Brooklyn Bridge collisionAccidents
• 2025 Gerik bus crashAccidents
• 2025 Hanoi car crashAccidents
• 2025 Hustopeče nad Bečvou train crashAccidents
• 2025 North Carolina Cessna Citation II crashAccidents
• 2025 Ollantaytambo District train collisionAccidents
• 2025 Youdao Chemical explosionAccidents

+72 less-known, on the globe.

Wars, battles and sieges82

• Twelve-Day WarWars & conflicts
• 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflictWars & conflicts
• Israeli attack on DohaWars & conflicts
• Operation Southern SpearWars & conflicts
• 2025 Russian drone incursion into PolandBattles
• Operation Might and SwordWars & conflicts
• 2025–2026 southern Yemen campaign2025–2026 · Wars & conflicts
• Southern Syria clashesBattles
• 2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflictWars & conflicts
• March–April 2025 United States attacks in YemenWars & conflicts
• United States military buildup in the Caribbean during Operation Southern SpearWars & conflicts
• mass killings near GHF aid sites in Gaza from 21 May 2025Wars & conflicts
• 2025 Goma offensiveWars & conflicts
• March 2025 Rafah humanitarian convoy attacksWars & conflicts
• United States oil blockade during Operation Southern SpearWars & conflicts
• 2025 Bukavu offensiveWars & conflicts
• 2025 Catatumbo attacksBattles
• 2025 Gaza City offensiveSieges
• March 2025 Western Syria clashesBattles
• 2025 Gaza European Hospital strikeWars & conflicts
• 2025 Sulaymaniyah clashesBattles
• 2025 Tripoli clashesBattles
• Al-Baqa Cafe airstrikeWars & conflicts
• Operation Bunyanun MarsoosWars & conflicts
• Southern Syria clashes (April–May 2025)Battles
• 2025 Ras Isa oil terminal airstrikesWars & conflicts
• Fahmi al-Jarjawi School MassacreWars & conflicts
• Jonglei clashes (2025–present)Battles
• 2025 Jaramana clashesBattles
• 2025 Shabelle offensiveWars & conflicts
• 2025 Timbuktu attackWars & conflicts
• Battle of AnoumalaneBattles
• Battle of Lake ChadBattles
• Battle of MatasieteBattles
• Syrian Democratic Forces–Syrian transitional government clashesWars & conflicts
• 2025 Nasir clashesBattles
• 2025 Walikale offensiveWars & conflicts
• Al-Farabi School BombingWars & conflicts
• Battle of BoulikessiBattles
• Battle of Gabal El UweinatBattles

+42 less-known, on the globe.

Disasters77

• 2025 Myanmar earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Kamchatka earthquakeNatural disasters
• January 2025 Southern California wildfiresNatural disasters
• 2025 Tibet earthquakeNatural disasters
• August 2025 Afghanistan earthquakeNatural disasters
• July 2025 Central Texas floodsNatural disasters
• 2025 Cebu earthquakeNatural disasters
• İstanbul earthquake of 2025Natural disasters
• 2025 Tarasin landslideNatural disasters
• Ōfunato wildfireNatural disasters
• November 2025 Afghanistan earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Israel–West Bank firesNatural disasters
• 2025 Pakistan floodsNatural disasters
• 2025 Balıkesir earthquakesNatural disasters
• 2025 Bangladesh earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Mokwa floodNatural disasters
• Palisades FireNatural disasters
• 2025 Nigeria floodsNatural disasters
• Tropical Storm BarryNatural disasters
• 2025 Bahia Blanca floodsNatural disasters
• 2025 Uttarakhand flash floodNatural disasters
• 2025 Enderlin tornadoNatural disasters
• 2025 Tainan–Chiayi earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Sulawesi earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Sumatra floods and landslidesNatural disasters
• Typhoon PodulNatural disasters
• 2025 Caribbean Sea earthquakeNatural disasters
• 2025 Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornadoNatural disasters
• 2025 Southeast Asia floods and landslidesNatural disasters
• Hurst FireNatural disasters
• September 2025 Kolkata cloudburstNatural disasters
• Tropical Storm ChantalNatural disasters
• 2025 Bolivia floodsNatural disasters
• 2025 Hualien Matai'an Creek Barrier Lake disaster eventsNatural disasters
• 2025 İzmir wildfiresNatural disasters
• 2025 Pekalongan flood and landslideNatural disasters
• 2025 Vale do Aço floodsNatural disasters
• 2025 Zulia earthquakesNatural disasters
• Hughes FireNatural disasters
• 2025 Cabo de Gata earthquakeNatural disasters

+37 less-known, on the globe.

Treaties, councils and politics8

• 2025 conclavePolitics
• 2025 India–Pakistan crisisPolitics
• Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreementTreaties
• 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda peace agreementTreaties
• 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefireTreaties
• Khujand treatyTreaties
• Nancy TreatyTreaties
• Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for MediationTreaties

Expeditions3

• CONTRASTS ExpeditionExpeditions
• 12th Colombian Antarctic Expedition2025–2026 · Expeditions
• PS1522025–2026 · Expeditions

Already under way in 202525

• 2025–2026 Iranian protests2020–2026 · Revolts & coups
• Kursk campaign2024–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Operation Prosperity Guardian2023–2025 · 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
• kidnapping of the Bibas family2023–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Khartoum2023–2025 · Battles
• Siege of El Fasher2023–2025 · Battles
• Battle of Beit Hanoun2023–2025 · Battles
• Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict1983–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Dilling2023–2025 · Battles
• Siege of North Gaza2024–2025 · Battles

Came to an end in 202520

• Kursk campaign2024–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Operation Prosperity Guardian2023–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• crisis in Venezuela2010–2025 · Politics
• kidnapping of the Bibas family2023–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Khartoum2023–2025 · Battles
• Siege of El Fasher2023–2025 · Battles
• Battle of Beit Hanoun2023–2025 · Battles
• Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict1983–2025 · Wars & conflicts
• Battle of Dilling2023–2025 · Battles
• Siege of North Gaza2024–2025 · Battles

Founded or built in 202522

• Grand Egyptian MuseumArchaeology
• 2025 Gaza peace summitMountains
• White House State BallroomBuildings
• August 2025 White House multilateral meeting on UkraineMountains
• Diamond TowerBuildings
• Izaguirre extermination campPrisons
• the Grand RingMonuments
• Best Friends ForeverMonuments
• Dar Al-ThaqafaBuildings
• statue of Queen MariaMonuments
• 80 South StreetBuildings
• Jean Monnet 2 buildingBuildings
• Sáttítla Highlands National MonumentMonuments
• The BridgeBuildings
• Chuckwalla National MonumentMonuments
• Presidential Walk of FameMuseums & galleries
• Third Tongling Yangtze River BridgeBridges & tunnels
• Cape Town Labour Corps MemorialMonuments
• Clubhouse BoompjesTowers
• Walter Lübcke MemorialMonuments
• Saudi-US Summit 2025Mountains
• V&A East StorehouseMuseums & galleries

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