Caracas Tens of thousands of people gather in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to protest against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Joaquín Guzmán Loera The Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "El Chapo", is arrested in Mexico.
Carbon monoxide One person is dead and 28 are ill from a carbon monoxide leak at the Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington, New York.
Pope Francis Pope Francis creates 19 new cardinals in a ceremony at St Peter's Basilica in Rome. In addition, the Pope emeritus Benedict XVI makes his first public appearance at the Vatican since his resignation in 2013.
Euromaidan Ukrainian economist and writer Oleksandr Turchynov is voted Speaker of the Parliament, and in that capacity acting President of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from his position. From his current base in Kharkiv, Yanukovych denounces the events in Kiev as a "coup".
Protesters claim control of the capital Kiev with reports that President Viktor Yanukovych has fled to eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian parliament votes to free Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister jailed for more than two years for what supporters say are politically tainted charges. She is released later in the day.