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Ongoing events

Disasters

• 2023 Africa floods
• 2023 Asia heat wave
• 2023 Alberta wildfires
• Opioid epidemic
• 2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
• 2023 Pacific typhoon season

Economics

• 2020–present global chip shortage
• 2021–2023 global energy crisis
• 2021–2023 inflation surge
• 2022–2023 food crises
• 2023 banking crisis
• Great Resignation
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
• Pakistan economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Zimbabwean hyperinflation

Politics

• Belarus−European Union border crisis
• Ecuadorian political crisis
• French pension reform strikes
• Haitian crisis
• Israeli judicial reform protests
• Libyan crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Peruvian protests
• Sudanese refugee crisis
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• United Kingdom railway strikes
• United States abortion protests
• Venezuelan crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• May

• 21: East Timor, National Parliament
• 21: Greece, Hellenic Parliament
• 27: Mauritania, National Assembly (2nd)
• 28: Turkey, President (2nd)
• 30: Netherlands, Senate (indirect)
• 31: Latvia, President (indirect)

Upcoming

• June

• 4: Guinea-Bissau, National People's Assembly
• 6: Kuwait, National Assembly
• 11: Montenegro, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded

• United States: Pras Michél

Ongoing

• Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
• Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso
• Guinea: Moussa Dadis Camara
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
• Italy: Matteo Salvini
• Kosovo: Specialist Chambers
• Malta: Yorgen Fenech
• Philippines: Leila de Lima
• Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
• Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
• ICC: Ali Kushayb, Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Sport

• Association football

• 2023 Copa Libertadores
• 2022–23 UEFA Champions League
• 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2022–23 UEFA Europa League
• 2022–23 Bundesliga
• 2022–23 La Liga
• 2022–23 Ligue 1
• 2022–23 Serie A
• 2023 MLS season
• 2023 Brasileirão
• 2023 NWSL season

• Australian rules football

• 2023 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2023 MLB season
• 2023 NPB season
• 2023 KBO season

• Basketball

• 2023 NBA Playoffs

• 2023 WNBA season

• International cricket

• 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship

• Canadian football

• 2023 CFL season

• Golf

• 2022–23 PGA Tour
• 2023 PGA Tour Champions
• 2023 Ladies European Tour
• 2023 European Tour
• 2023 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
• 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs

• Motorsport

• 2023 Formula One World Championship
• 2023 MotoGP World Championship
• 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2023 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2023 NRL season

• Rugby union

• 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season
• 2022–23 Premiership Rugby
• 2022–23 Top 14 season
• 2022–23 United Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2023 ATP Tour
• 2023 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

May

• 30: Gershon Edelstein
• 28: Harald zur Hausen
• 25: Gary Kent
• 25: Joy McKean
• 24: Bill Lee
• 24: George Maharis
• 24: Cotton Tree
• 24: Tina Turner
• 23: Robert Zimmer
• 21: Ed Ames
• 21: David Brandt
• 21: C. Boyden Gray
• 21: Ray Stevenson
• 19: Martin Amis
• 19: Brian Booth
• 19: Pete Brown
• 19: Tim Keller
• 19: Andy Rourke
• 18: Jim Brown
• 18: Helmut Berger
• 18: Sam Zell
• 17: Superstar Billy Graham
• 17: S. P. Hinduja
• 16: Marlene Hagge
• 16: Pale Male
• 15: Robert Lucas Jr.
• 14: Doyle Brunson
• 14: Gloria Molina
• 12: Don Denkinger
• 12: Owen Davidson
• 11: Kenneth Anger
• 11: Hodding Carter III
• 10: Rolf Harris
• 10: Loonkito
• 9: Heather Armstrong
• 9: Denny Crum
• 9: David Miranda
• 9: Arman Soldin
• 9: Jacklyn Zeman
• 8: Joe Kapp
• 8: Rita Lee
• 8: Kemal Derviş
• 7: Grace Bumbry
• 7: Don January
• 7: Larry Mahan
• 7: Ronald Steel
• 6: Vida Blue
• 6: Sam Gross
• 6: Newton N. Minow
• 6: Menahem Pressler
• 5: Bruce McCall
• 5: Chris Strachwitz
• 5: Terry Lewis
• 3: Lance Blanks
• 3: Tori Bowie
• 3: Linda Lewis
• 3: Nikica Valentić
• 2: Khader Adnan
• 2: Arun Manilal Gandhi
• 1: Gordon Lightfoot

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Angola

• Cabinda War

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Oromo conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso insurgency
• Mali War

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• SAF−RSF conflict

• Western Sahara

• Second Western Sahara War

Americas

• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
• Insurgency in Northeast India
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war
• Kachin conflict
• Karen conflict
• Rohingya conflict

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• Communist rebellion

• Thailand

• South Thailand insurgency

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Egypt

• Sinai insurgency

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel and Palestine

• Gaza–Israel conflict

• Nagorno-Karabakh

• Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

• Syrian civil war

• Foreign involvement

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.–led intervention

• Turkey

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict

• Yemeni civil war

• Saudi Arabian–led intervention

• Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2023 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain