2020 Summer Olympics Yang Qian of China's women's 10-meter rifle team wins the first gold medal of this year's Olympics.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports The National Football League announces that players not adhering to COVID-19 restrictions will be subjected to a fine of $14,650 during the season.
2021 Iranian protests Protests continue to occur in Iran for the tenth consecutive day as people in Tabriz also take to the streets.
Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Protests take place across Europe and Australia in response to COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination requirements for healthcare workers.
Climate change in Australia The World Heritage Committee rejects calls from UNESCO to list the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site "in danger" due to the effects of anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification, in line with scientific consensus on the Reef's health. Australia lobbied a number of oil-rich countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, to reject the proposal.
COVID-19 pandemic Former "Good Morning Britain" host Piers Morgan says that he tested positive for COVID-19 during the UEFA Euro 2020 Final.
New Zealand suspends its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. However, there will be managed return flights for the next seven days for New Zealand citizens who wish to return home.
Colombia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in an international traveller who arrived in Cali from the United States.
Tunisia reports a record 799 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 18,369.
Tanzania receives its first shipment of 1 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine donated by the U.S. government.
Vietnam reports a record 7,978 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 90,934.
Vietnam's strictest social distancing measures are imposed in Hanoi for the next 15 days under "Directive 16" which requires people to stay home except for essential reasons in order to prevent further spread of COVID-19.
Malaysia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 15,902 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 996,393.
Laos reports a record 278 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,620.
Indonesia reports a record 39,767 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of recoveries to 2.47 million.
Seaplane A seaplane incident involving the French power grid causes a blackout affecting more than one million users in 9 regions, mostly in Spain, but also in some regions of Portugal.
India The death toll from the heavy floods that are affecting India since a week rise to 135 people, the majority of whom in Maharashtra.
Changchun Fourteen people are killed and 26 more injured during a warehouse fire in the Jingyue High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Changchun, Jilin province, China.
2021 Henan floods Thirty-three more people are killed during the heavy floods in Henan, China, bringing the death toll to 58.
Typhoon In-fa In the Philippines, two people are killed and thousands more are evacuated from their homes after monsoon rains compounded by a tropical typhoon cause heavy flooding in Metro Manila.
LGBT rights in Hungary Thousands of people join the pride march in Budapest, which was also in protest of the newly passed law that prohibits teachings about homosexuality in schools. Organizers criticized the government and said that the ruling party was making "laws to make members of the LGBTQ community outcasts in their own country".
Boko Haram insurgency Six soldiers are killed and four more are wounded as Boko Haram militants open fire against a military base in Sagme, Cameroon.
War in Afghanistan The government imposes a nighttime curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. in 31 of the country's 34 provinces in an attempt to reduce both the level of violence as well as the surveillance of the Taliban and its movements.