2022 FIFA World Cup Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to score a goal at five FIFA Men's World Cup tournaments after scoring one in Portugal's 3–2 win against Ghana.
Russian gay propaganda law The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, passes a bill banning all instances of "LGBT propaganda".
2022 Malaysian general election Pakatan Harapan and long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Krymsk Three people are killed and another is injured as a gunman opens fire at a shopping centre in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The perpetrator commits suicide after the attack.
China–United Kingdom relations The Government of the United Kingdom orders its departments to remove and refrain from installing closed-circuit television systems manufactured by companies that are under China's national intelligence law at "sensitive" buildings, citing security concerns.
2021 Algeria wildfires A court in Algeria sentences 49 people to death for the lynching of a 38-year-old man during last year's wildfires, after the man turned himself to police on suspicion of arson.
Philippine drug war A Regional Trial Court in Caloocan, Philippines, sentences a police officer to life imprisonment for torturing and fabricating evidence on drug war victims Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman in 2017.
Mahsa Amini protests The United Nations Human Rights Council approves the establishment of a fact-finding mission into the allegations of human rights violations committed by the Iranian government in response to the protests.
Modern immigration to the United Kingdom Net migration to the United Kingdom reaches a record of 504,000 in 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. The record increase is primarily due to non-EU migration, the resumption of post-pandemic travel, the arrival of Afghan and Ukrainian refugees, and immigration from Hong Kong.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine At least 15 people are killed and 35 others are injured when Russian Armed Forces bombard Kherson.
Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi suspends military operations against the Islamic State in order to focus on preparations for a Turkish ground invasion of northern Syria.