2022 FIFA World Cup qualification In association football, Wales defeats Ukraine 1–0 at the Cardiff City Stadium to become the final team from UEFA to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is the first time that Wales has qualified for a FIFA World Cup since 1958.
2022 French Open – Men's singles Rafael Nadal defeats Casper Ruud to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open, extending his all-time record for the most Grand Slam men's singles titles to 22.
2022 Kazakh constitutional referendum Kazakhs go to the polls to vote on 56 amendments to the constitution and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's "Second Republic" proposals, among them the reduction of presidential powers, reform of the Parliament, the curbing of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev's powers, and the creation of three new regions.
2022 Chattanooga shooting Three people are killed and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Three people are also hit by cars, with one person later dying.
Russia–Serbia relations Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cancels his scheduled visit to Serbia after neighbouring states in the Balkans refuse to let Lavrov's plane use their airspace.
2021–2022 North Korean missile tests North Korea fires at least eight short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from several locations in the country.
2022 monkeypox outbreak Colombia reports its first confirmed case of monkeypox in a man who travelled from Spain.
Hawaii reports a probable case of monkeypox in a person from Oahu, becoming the first island region of the United States to report a case.
Uttarakhand Twenty-six people are killed and 4 others injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Uttarakhand, India.
Flash flood One person is killed and 14 others are injured by heavy thunderstorms and flash flooding in France.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raises the alert status of Mount Bulusan to level 1 after the volcano experienced a phreatic eruption.
Wildfires in 2022 A large wildfire breaks out on the Hymettus mountain range near Athens, Greece. A number of homes are damaged in the fire.
Sitakunda fire and explosions At least 49 people are killed and over 400 others injured by a fire and explosions at a storage depot in Sitakunda, Chittagong District, Bangladesh.
Minimum wage in Germany The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters kill at least 18 people in an attack on the village of Otomabere, Irumu Territory in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria Fulani herdsmen kill 32 people in four attacks in Kajuru, Kaduna State.
At least 50 people are killed in a mass shooting and bombing inside a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria.
Russo-Ukrainian War Russia launches airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the first time since April 28. The Russian Defence Ministry says that the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks that had been supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person is injured.