2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election The citizens of Guinea-Bissau go to the polls to elect 102 members of the National People's Assembly.
Hong Kong police Hong Kong police arrest dozens of pro-democracy activists, including Alexandra Wong, for holding a vigil to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Lecce In Italy, one person is killed and 14 others injured when a bus travelling from Lecce in Puglia to Rome in Lazio, crashes on a motorway in Vallesaccarda, Campania.
Refugee One person is killed and ten others injured in a fire at a refugee centre in Apolda, Thuringia, Germany.
Landslide Fourteen people are killed and five others are missing after a landslide in a mountainous area near Leshan, Sichuan, China.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Belgorod Oblast governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claims he is ready to meet with Russian Volunteer Corps representatives. In exchange for attending the meeting the group promised to release two prisoners of war they captured.
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2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League FC Barcelona Femení lifted the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy for the second time after defeating VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 in the final at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Fridolina Rolfö scored the winner after Barcelona had trailed 2–0 at the break.
2022–23 FA Cup In association football, Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United 2–1 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London to win their seventh FA Cup title. İlkay Gündoğan breaks the record for the fastest goal in an FA Cup final, scoring after just 12 seconds.
Third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan The third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as President of Turkey takes place at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
Mass shooting Seven people are killed and two others injured in a mass shooting at a hostel in the township of Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2023 Epsom Derby Surrey Police make 19 arrests on suspicion of "conspiracy to cause public nuisance" ahead of the Epsom Derby.
Haiti One person is killed, another injured and 14 rescued after an overcrowded boat capsizes off the coast of Haiti.
Tupelo Regional Airport Two people are killed after a small plane crashes at Tupelo Regional Airport in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA.
Portneuf-sur-Mer Four children are found dead on a beach in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada, after eleven people on a fishing trip on the St. Lawrence River were caught in a tidal bore and went missing. Six of the eleven people have been rescued, while one man is still missing.
2023 Nova Scotia wildfires A wildfire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, continues to burn out of control, becoming the largest wildfire in the province's history.
2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis President Joe Biden signs the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to prevent the United States from breaching its debt ceiling.
Egypt–Israel relations Three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian policeman are killed in an exchange of fire near the Egyptian-Israeli border. It is the first fatal incident between the two countries in more than a decade.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian forces strike a residential area in Dnipro Raion with Iskander cruise missiles, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring 22 other civilians, including five children.
Assassination of Jovenel Moïse A Florida court in the United States sentences a Haitian-Chilean national to life in prison for the July 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.
2023 Central Canada wildfires The government of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, declares a state of emergency and orders the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents following a series of wildfires in the eastern part of the country.
High-rise One person is killed and nine others injured by a fire in a high-rise building in Rome, Italy.
2023 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Arlene forms as the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
2023 Odisha train collision At least 288 people are killed and more than 900 injured in a train collision in Balasore district, Odisha, India.
Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials The U.S. Army base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, is renamed Fort Liberty.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Nine people are killed after Allied Democratic Forces members attack a group of people on the Kyondo-Kyavinyonge road in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian occupation official Vladimir Rogov says Ukrainian forces have shelled the port of Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, injuring nine people.