2020 Summer Olympics The Hellenic Olympic Committee withdraws its entire synchronized swimming team from the duo and group artistic swimming competitions after four of the team's athletes tested positive for COVID-19.
Heatwave Amid an unprecedented heatwave, Greece records its highest-ever temperature of 46.3°C (115.3 °F) in Makrakomi, Phthiotis, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
Lyubov Sobol A court in Russia sentences Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to eighteen months of parole-like restrictions after finding her guilty of violations of COVID-19 restrictions. She rejects the convictions, calling them politically motivated and nonsense.
Pentagon police officer A Pentagon police officer is fatally stabbed in an apparently random attack outside the Pentagon building. The attacker then fatally shoots himself with the officer's weapon, while a civilian bystander is wounded.
Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations A report released by New York Attorney General Letitia James says that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women.
Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya loses a bid to continue competing in the games as she was granted a humanitarian visa by Poland while the International Olympic Committee begins an investigation. Tsimanouskaya, who refused to fly back to Belarus, entered the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Sunday and requested temporary asylum in Japan. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi assured Tsimanouskaya that Japan had taken measures to protect her.
Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud says that he "sees an emboldened Iran acting in a negative manner around the Middle East, endangering shipping, arming the Houthis and contributing to a political deadlock in Lebanon". Al Saud further stated that Saudi Arabia supports any talks with Iran "as long as it ensures that Iran will not now nor ever get nuclear weapons".
COVID-19 pandemic The Solomon Islands indefinitely closes its borders in an attempt to prevent the Delta variant from entering the country.
Morocco extends its nightly curfew nationwide to from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and restricts the operation of all businesses and tourist hubs in Casablanca, Agadir and Marrakesh to essential travel and those who have been vaccinated in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The United Kingdom reports 138 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day death toll since March 17.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that the legal requirement for social distancing in Scotland will be removed on August 9 and the blanket 10-day self-isolation for school pupils will also be ended in order to prevent educational disruption, as long as all pupils test negative. However, face coverings will be mandatory for secondary school students and staff for the first six weeks of the new term.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox announces that Utah will offer K95 and KN95 masks to students during the fall semester.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city will issue a vaccine mandate for indoor dining, gyms, and public performances, making New York City the first U.S. city to do so. The program will begin on August 16 and will be enforceable beginning on September 13.
South Korea reports its first two cases of the Delta Plus variant in a man who had not travelled internationally and a person who had travelled from the United States.
Islamabad becomes the first city in Pakistan with a population of more than one million people to have 50% of its eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Pakistan surpasses one million daily COVID-19 vaccination doses for the first time after the government warned that it may ban unvaccinated people from entering some public places and using some forms of transportation.
Iran reports a record for the second consecutive day of 39,019 new cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3.979 million.
Chinese authorities announce city-wide COVID-19 testing for 11 million people in Wuhan after the first locally transmitted cases since May 2020 were reported in the city, where three cases that had been found were of the highly-transmissible Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant.
War in Afghanistan Taliban gunmen and a suicide car bomber attack Kabul. Thirteen people, including five attackers, are killed.