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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Climate crisis
• Opioid epidemic
• COVID-19 pandemic
• 2022 pediatric care crisis
• 2022 monkeypox outbreak

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
• 2021–2022 inflation surge
• 2022 food crises
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Moldovan energy crisis
• Pakistan economic crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish currency and debt crisis
• United Kingdom cost of living crisis

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Iranian protests
• Myanmar protests
• North Kosovo crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
• Qatargate
• Russia−European Union gas dispute
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• United States abortion protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• December
  • 17: Tunisia, Assembly of the People's Representatives (1st)

Upcoming

• January
  • 8: Benin, National Assembly
  • 13−14: Czech Republic, President
  • 14: Kazakhstan, Senate (indirect)

Trials

Recently concluded

• Turkey: Ekrem İmamoğlu
• United States: Tory Lanez, Harvey Weinstein, Tom Barrack

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Guinea: Moussa Dadis Camara
• Indonesia: Ferdy Sambo
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• United States: Paul Flores
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb

Sport

• Association football
  • 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
  • 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
  • 2022–23 Premier League
  • 2022–23 La Liga
  • 2022–23 Bundesliga
  • 2022–23 Serie A
  • 2022–23 Ligue 1
• American football
  • 2022 NFL Season
  • 2022 NCAA FBS College Football Season
• Basketball
  • 2022–23 NBA season
  • 2022–23 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
  • 2022–23 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Season
• International cricket
  • 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship
  • 2020–23 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League
  • 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
• Ice hockey
  • 2022–23 PHF season
  • 2022–23 NHL season
• Other sports seasons
  • 2022–23 snooker season
  • 2022–23 curling season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

December

• 31: Pope Benedict XVI
• 30: Barbara Walters
• 30: Don West
• 29: Ian Tyson
• 29: Ruggero Deodato
• 29: Edgar Savisaar
• 29: Vivienne Westwood
• 28: Arata Isozaki
• 25: Kevin Payne
• 25: Haim Drukman
• 24: Edie Landau
• 24: Kathy Whitworth
• 24: John Bird
• 23: Stephen Greif
• 23: Maxi Jazz
• 23: Kaikala Satyanarayana
• 22: Thom Bell
• 22: Stephan Bonnar
• 21: Ronnie Hillman
• 21: Diane McBain
• 20: Franco Harris
• 19: Tom Browning
• 19: Sonya Eddy
• 19: Terry Hall
• 18: Martin Duffy
• 18: Xi Xi
• 17: Drew Griffin
• 17: P-22
• 17: Philip Pearlstein
• 17: Nélida Piñon
• 17: Mike Hodges
• 16: Siniša Mihajlović
• 16: Jose Maria Sison
• 15: Dino Danelli
• 15: Shirley Eikhard
• 15: Louis Orr
• 14: Charlene Mitchell
• 14: Billie Moore
• 14: Frank J. Shakespeare
• 13: Stephen Boss
• 13: Frank Salemme
• 13: Kim Simmonds
• 13: Curt Simmons
• 12: Jim Carr
• 12: Mike Leach
• 12: Stuart Margolin
• 11: Angelo Badalamenti
• 11: Frances Hesselbein
• 11: Neal Jimenez
• 11: Abigail Kawānanakoa
• 10: Georgia Holt
• 10: Paul Silas
• 10: Beryl Grey
• 10: Victor Lewis-Smith
• 10: Tshala Muana
• 10: Grant Wahl
• 9: Herbert Deutsch
• 9: Joseph Kittinger
• 9: Ruth Madoc
• 9: David Young

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Angola
  • Cabinda War
• Cameroon
  • Anglophone Crisis
• Central African Republic
  • Civil war
• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• ADF insurgency
• LRA insurgency

• Kivu conflict
• Ituri conflict

• Ethiopia
  • Oromo conflict
• Mozambique
  • Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
• Nigeria
  • Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
  • Boko Haram insurgency
• Sahel

• Burkina Faso insurgency

• Mali War

• Senegal
  • Casamance conflict
• Somali civil war
  • U.S. intervention
• Sudan

• South Kordofan conflict

• War in Darfur

• Western Sahara
  • Guerguerat crisis

Americas

• Colombia
  • Colombian conflict
• Mexico
  • Mexican drug war
• Paraguay
  • Insurgency in Paraguay
• Peru
  • Internal conflict in Peru

Asia-Pacific

• Afghanistan
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Republican insurgency
• India
  • Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Insurgency in Northeast India
  • Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
• Indonesia
  • Papua conflict
• Myanmar

• Civil war
• Rohingya conflict

• Kachin conflict
• Karen conflict

• Pakistan
  • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
• Philippines

• Communist rebellion
• Philippine drug war

• Moro conflict

• Thailand
  • South Thailand insurgency

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Egypt
  • Sinai insurgency
• Iran

• Iran–Kurdish conflict

• Iran–Baloch conflict

• Iraqi conflict
  • Islamic State insurgency
• Israel and Palestine
  • Gaza–Israel conflict
• Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
• Syrian civil war
  • Foreign involvement

• Turkish intervention

• U.S.–led intervention

• Turkey
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict
• Yemeni civil war
  • Saudi Arabian–led intervention
    • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2022 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