2022 Masters Tournament American professional golfer Scottie Scheffler wins the Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This win is Scheffler's first win at the tournament.
2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki throws a perfect game, the first in 28 years and the 16th in NPB history, tying the existing NPB record by striking out 19 batters, and setting a new record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.
2022 French presidential election Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron wins the first round with 28.1% of the vote and will face Marine Le Pen, who has obtained 23.3% of the vote, in the second round on April 24.
Mass shooting Two people are killed and ten others hospitalized in a mass shooting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States.
War in Darfur Twelve people are killed and 10 more injured during a mass shooting at the Tangi and Bir Dagig villages in West Darfur, Sudan.
Nigerian bandit conflict Fifty people are killed and 70 others kidnapped in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict A man is killed after reportedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Israeli forces in Al-Khader, Bethlehem Governorate.
An Israel Border Police officer is injured in a stabbing attack at the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The attacker is killed.
The Israel Defence Forces perform a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Two brothers of dead Palestinian militant Raad Hazem are injured.
Russo-Ukrainian War Dnipro International Airport is completely destroyed by Russian missile strikes. Five people are injured.
Two people are killed and several others are injured by Russian shelling in the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova says that 1,222 bodies have been discovered so far in Kyiv Oblast.