2023 Quran burnings in Sweden Swedish police detain a woman who sprayed an anti-Islam activist with a fire extinguisher as he staged a Quran-burning protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm.
2023 Gabonese general election Gabon's main opposition parties field former education minister Albert Ondo Ossa as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election, challenging the incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba who seeks a third term.
Oupeye In Oupeye, Liège Province, Belgium, a man on a quad bike is shot dead by police after running over a policeman and refusing to stop at a police control. Anti-police riots break out in the village and eleven people are arrested.
Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine The Moscow City Court dissolves the Sakharov Center, a human rights organization, for holding unauthorized conferences and exhibitions.
Kurz corruption probe Former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz is charged with making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government.
Haitian crisis The UN Human Rights Office reports that at least 2,439 people have been killed by gang violence in Haiti this year.
Countess of Chester Hospital baby murders Lucy Letby is convicted of seven counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following the deaths of multiple babies in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in Chester, England. Letby is acquitted on two other counts of attempted murder.
Patrol boats The Greek Coast Guard rescues 90 migrants from a stranded sailboat near the Aegean Sea island of Amorgos.
2023 Pacific hurricane season The National Hurricane Center issues the first ever tropical storm watch for the West Coast of the United States in Southern California as Hurricane Hilary approaches from Mexico.
2023 wildfire season The community of Medical Lake, Washington, U.S., is evacuated due to the Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington.
The city of Kelowna, British Columbia, declares a state of emergency and evacuations, as wildfires engulf parts of the city and surrounding area. Lake Okanagan Resort and several residential buildings are destroyed.
Premier of British Columbia David Eby declares a province-wide state of emergency in response to the ongoing wildfires.
Combat missions Russia says that Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow, striking a building in the International Business Center. Mayor Sergey Sobyanin says that air defences shot down a drone with debris falling over the Expocentre.
Afghan conflict The World Health Organization says that 29 million Afghan people require urgent aid, emphasising the importance of increased investment in healthcare services in Afghanistan.