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Ongoing events

Disasters

• 2023 Canadian wildfires
• 2023 European heat waves
• 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
• Opioid epidemic (United States)

Economics

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

Politics

• Belarus–European Union border crisis
• French pension reform unrest
• Haitian crisis
• Israeli judicial reform protests
• Libyan crisis
• Myanmar protests
• Nigerien crisis
• Pakistan political unrest
• Peruvian protests and political crisis
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• United Kingdom railway strikes
• Venezuelan crisis

Elections and referendums

Recent

• August

• 20: Congo, Senate (indirect)
• 20: Ecuador, President (1st), National Assembly, Referendum
• 20: Guatemala, President (2nd)
• 23: Zimbabwe, President, Senate, National Assembly
• 26: Gabon, President, National Assembly

Upcoming

• September

• 1: Singapore, President
• 9: Maldives, President

Trials

Recently concluded

• United Kingdom: Lucy Letby, Kevin Spacey

Ongoing

• 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

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023 Copa Libertadores
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
• 2023–24 Bundesliga
• 2023–24 La Liga
• 2023–24 Ligue 1
• 2023–24 Premier League
• 2023–24 Serie A
• 2023 MLS season
• 2023 Brasileirão
• 2023 NWSL season

• American football

• 2023 NFL season
• 2023 NCAA FBS college football season

• Athletics

• 2023 Diamond League
• 2023 World Athletics Championships

• Australian rules football

• 2023 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2023 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2023 WNBA season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Canadian football

• 2023 CFL season

• Cycling

• 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

• Golf

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

• 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 Rugby Championship

• Tennis

• 2023 ATP Tour
• 2023 WTA Tour

• Other sports seasons

• 2023–24 curling season
• 2023–24 snooker season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

August

• 29: Mike Enriquez
• 28: Tina Howe
• 27: Joe the Plumber
• 27: Don Sundquist
• 26: Bob Barker
• 25: Andrii Pilshchykov
• 24: Bernie Marsden
• 24: Arleen Sorkin
• 24: Bray Wyatt
• 23: Terry Funk
• 23: Yevgeny Prigozhin
• 23: Dmitry Utkin
• 22: Toto Cutugno
• 22: Susan Ople
• 22: Alexandra Paul  (skating)
• 21: Abe Jacobs
• 19: Maxie Baughan
• 19: Howard James Hubbard
• 19: Ron Cephas Jones
• 19: John Warnock
• 18: James L. Buckley
• 18: Jean-Louis Georgelin
• 18: Al Quie
• 17: Rick Jeanneret
• 17: John Devitt
• 16: Johaar Mosaval
• 16: Jerry Moss
• 16: Michael Parkinson
• 16: Renata Scotto
• 16: Ronald Whittam
• 16: Gennady Zhidko
• 15: Ada Deer
• 14: Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
• 13: Clarence Avant
• 13: Alex Collins
• 12: Mary-Louise McLaws
• 11: Tom Jones  (writer)
• 11: Ron Peno
• 9: Doreen Mantle
• 9: Brice Marden
• 9: Robbie Robertson
• 9: Fernando Villavicencio
• 8: Federico Bahamontes
• 8: Johnny Hardwick
• 8: Jamie Reid
• 8: Sixto Rodriguez
• 7: DJ Casper
• 7: William Friedkin
• 5: Arthur Schmidt
• 4: Charles Ogletree
• 4: Adrienne Vaughan
• 3: Michael Boyd
• 3: Carl Davis
• 3: Mark Margolis
• 3: Nechama Tec
• 3: Ijaz Butt

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict
• Oromo conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel

• Insurgency in Burkina Faso
• Insurgency in Niger
• Mali War

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• SAF−RSF conflict

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
• Manipur violence

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war
• 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

• Foreign involvement

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

• Iranian intervention
• 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