2022

at a glance

A look at the defining moments of 2022

Jan

1. Kazakhstan Protests 2. Novak Djovik deported from Australia 3. Pig to human heart transplant 4. 300 million COVID-19 cases worldwide

Feb

1. Winter Olympics in China 2. Fusion energy breakthrough 3. Invasion of Ukraine begins 4. IPCC 6th Assessment Report on Climate Change

March

1. Russia invasion of Ukraine continues 2. Winter Paralympics in China 3. S. Korea elects President 4. 6 million global COVID-19 death toll

April

1. Russia invasion of Ukraine continues 2. Large Hadron Collider recommences full operations 3. Battle of Donbas (Russia-Ukraine War)

May

1. Monkey Pox outbreak 2. Ukraine wins Eurovision 2022  3. Real Madrid defeat Liverpool in UEFA Champions League 4. Sri Lanka elects new PM

June

1. Global ban on Russian gold imports 2. G7 summit about Russia-Ukraine conflict  3. NATO summit about Russia-Ukraine conflict

July

1. UEFA Women's Euro Cup in England 2. Shinzo Abe assassination 3. Droupadi Murmu becomes India's first tribal woman and youngest President 4. WHO declares Monkey Pox as International concern

Aug

1. China conducts largest military exercise around Taiwan 2. Israel airstrike of Gaza Strip 3. Salman Rushdie stabbed multiple times 4. Asia Cup in UAE 5. Pakistan floods

Sep

1. UN report on Uyghurs in China 2. G7 price cap on Russian oil 3. Queen Elizabeth passes away on 8th Sep 4. Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes 5. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes

Oct

1. Crowd crush in Indonesia after football match 2. Rishi Sunak becomes UK PM 3. Elon Musk acquires Twitter for $44 billion. 4. Fatal crowd crush during Halloween in Seoul 5. Lula elected as Brazilian PM

Nov

1. COP27 in Egypt. 2. RG20 summit in Indonesia 3. World population reaches 8 billion. 4. FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Argentina wins. 5. Bridge collapse in India

Dec

1. Fusion ignition achieved. 2. China eases Zero-COVID restrictions 3. Brazilian football legend Pele passes away 4. COVID-19 strain BF.7 spread in China

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