Explosion At least 35 people are killed and 12 are seriously injured by an explosion at an illegal fuel depot in Sèmè-Kpodji, Ouémé Department, Benin.
2023 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States.
Israeli–Lebanese conflict UNIFIL intervenes to prevent a confrontation between the Lebanese Army and the Israeli Army near the Shebaa Farms.
Somali Civil War At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia.