2024 Indian Premier League In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final of the Indian Premier League to win their third IPL title.
2024 Indianapolis 500 In auto racing, Josef Newgarden wins the Indianapolis 500 for the second consecutive year, becoming the first driver to do so since Hélio Castroneves in 2002.
2024 IIHF World Championship Hosts Czechia wins the title for the seventh time after beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Czechia ends their 14-year gold drought by winning it for the first time since 2010.
2024 Lithuanian presidential election Gitanas Nausėda wins the Lithuanian presidential run-off with 75.57% of the vote.
2024 Comorian presidential election Incumbent president Azali Assoumani is sworn in for his fourth term in office.
France–Germany relations Emmanuel Macron makes the first state visit by a President of France to Germany in 24 years.
Mersin Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured in a collision between a bus and three other vehicles on a highway near Mersin, Turkey.
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–26, 2024 The death toll from an overnight tornado outbreak in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas increases to 15.
2024 Enga landslide The International Organization for Migration estimates that more than 670 people were killed in the landslide in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on Friday.
2024 Armenia–Georgia floods At least three people have been confirmed dead in Armenia following flooding on the Armenia–Georgia border, with several bridges collapsing as a result of the flooding.
Yemeni civil war The Houthis, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, free more than 100 detainees in Sana'a, Yemen, in a "unilateral humanitarian initiative" to pardon prisoners and return them to their families.
Mali War More than twenty civilians are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in a village in Mopti region, Mali.
Israel–Gaza war The Al-Qassam Brigades fire airstrikes towards Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time in four months.
A spokesperson for Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades states that they captured IDF soldiers in Jabalia yesterday. However, the IDF claims otherwise.
Between 47 and 52 people are killed in an Israeli air attack and subsequent fire in a tent camp for displaced civilians in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.