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14 August 2024 –
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court of Thailand following an illegal cabinet appointment of a minister. (Reuters)
14 August 2024 – 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
Kiribati islanders vote for the 45 members of parliament. (AP)
13 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Ukraine says that its troops are still advancing in Kursk Oblast and now control 74 settlements inside Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces are fighting the Ukrainians about 28 km (17 mi) from the border. (Reuters)
Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast is currently stopped due to Russian counter-attacks. (Reuters)
13 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
The United States government approves $20 billion in weapon sales to Israel, including fifty F-15 fighter jets and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. (AP)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Israel launches airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in villages in southern Lebanon, with two people killed in an airstrike in Baraachit. (Al Jazeera)
13 August 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli crowds led by far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and several villages in the West Bank on Tisha B'av. Israel Police officers reportedly offered protection to Israeli settlers, while the United States and the United Nations denounce the raids. (Al Jazeera)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
Schools are canceled in Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane overnight. (USA Today)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Attica wildfires
At least one person is killed and dozens of others are injured in wildfires across Greece, with evacuations ordered for residents in at least one area near Athens. (CNN) (DW)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Kiteezi landslide
The death toll for the landslide in the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 24. (DW)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Sudan floods
At least 68 people are killed in Sudan's worst flooding since 2019, impacting several internally displaced person camps amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war. (Reuters)
13 August 2024 – Human rights in Austria, 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces a package of new anti-terrorism measures, including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on messaging and social media apps and decrypt encrypted messages, and restricting the right to assembly of groups declared "hostile to democracy". (Reuters)
13 August 2024 – 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces he will not run for re-election in the upcoming party leadership vote, with his successor effectively becoming the new Prime Minister. (AP)
13 August 2024 –
Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week. (DW)
Ford and Mazda issue warnings to owners of over 475,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators, cautioning them of the possibility for the inflators to explode with metal shrapnel. (AP)
12 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov accuses the Ukrainian military of using chemical weapons that poisoned Russian civilians. Ukraine's State Security Service denies these claims and accuses Russia of falsifying war crimes. (Newsweek) (Reuters)
Ukrainian colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi announces that Ukrainian forces now control over 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi) of Russia's Kursk region. (AP)
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Russian forces take the settlement of Lysychne in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
12 August 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and the USS Georgia SSGN cruise-missile submarine to the Middle East to defend Israel from possible retaliation from Iran and to strengthen the U.S. military position in the region. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah fires 30 Katyusha rockets targeting the IDF 146th Division headquarters in Ga'aton and an IDF surveillance station in Metula. An Israeli Iron Dome interceptor missile destroys an Avdon residence. (Al Jazeera)
12 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Third Battle of Khan Yunis
Ten Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Ajansı)
12 August 2024 – Damage of landmarks from climate change
The Double Arch, a natural arch made of 190 million-year-old rock in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, collapses, possibly due to changing water levels and erosion. (NPR)
12 August 2024 –
Chevron Corporation delivers the first oil from a Gulf of Mexico oil field, drilled under extreme subsea pressure. (Reuters)
One person is killed and several others are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (The Guardian)
One person is killed and 132 others are injured after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes Salamiyah, Homs Governorate, Syria. (Maspero) (Enab Baladi)
12 August 2024 – United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
The Council on American–Islamic Relations files a lawsuit against the United States government and the FBI over alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination against two Palestinian Americans for placing them on a watch list despite having no violent crime convictions. (Reuters)
12 August 2024 –
Pakistan Army officials arrest former Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Faiz Hameed, accusing him of abusing his position of power and raiding a business last year. (DW)
A teenager stabs five people at a mosque in Eskişehir, Turkey. (CBS News)
12 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election, Twitter under Elon Musk
Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump comes back to X (formerly Twitter) for a two-hour interview with its owner Elon Musk, mainly focusing on Trump's 2024 presidential re-election campaign. (Reuters).
12 August 2024 – Special Region of Jakarta Act
The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
12 August 2024 –
Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif resigns after 11 days in office, citing disappointment with his progress and the new Cabinet. (DW)
12 August 2024 – Water on Mars
Liquid water is confirmed to be present at depths of 10–20 km (6.2–12.4 mi) below the surface of Mars, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's InSight lander. (BBC News)
11 August 2024 – Afghan conflict
Islamic State–Taliban conflict
At least one person is killed and eleven others are injured in an Islamic States minibus bombing in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (DW)
11 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Kyiv strikes
Two people, including a 4-year-old child, are killed and three others are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
11 August 2024 – 2024 Kiteezi landslide
The death toll from a landslide at the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 21. (Reuters)
11 August 2024 –
Two people are killed and twelve families are displaced in an explosion possibly attributed to a gas leak in Bel Air, Maryland, United States. (AP)
11 August 2024 – Iran–European Union relations
In a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the European Union of facilitating Israeli crimes against humanity and terrorism in the Gaza Strip by implementing double standards that destabilize the Middle East and increase the chances of a global war. (Al Jazeera)
11 August 2024 – 2024 Rwandan general election
Incumbent president Paul Kagame is sworn in for a fourth term in office. (Reuters)
11 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics conclude with the closing ceremony taking place at the Stade de France in Paris, France. (BBC News)
The United States finish atop the medal table with 40 gold medals and 126 total medals, ahead of China who finished with 40 gold medals and 91 total medals, with silver medals being the tiebreaker. (BBC News)
10 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Russia introduces a "counter-terrorist regime" in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Oblasts in response to the ongoing incursion, resulting in travel restrictions and an increased security presence. (Novinite) (Ukrainska Pravda)
The state-run Russian news agency TASS reports that over 76,000 residents have evacuated from Kursk Oblast this week. (DW)
Ukrainian forces enter Belgorod Oblast for the first time during the ongoing incursion, reportedly capturing the village of Poroz. (Kyiv Independent)
The Ukrainian Navy strikes and heavily damages a Russian offshore natural gas platform in the Black Sea being used by the Russian Armed Forces. (Reuters)
Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko increases Belarus's defensive presence on the Belarus–Ukraine border after accusing Ukraine of illegally sending about a dozen intercepted drones across the border into Belarusian airspace. (RFE/RL)
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
One worker is killed and several others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a "critical infrastructure facility" in Kramatorsk. (Ukrainska Pravda)
10 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Al-Tabaeen school attack
Israeli rockets strike Al-Tabaeen school in Gaza City during Fajr morning prayers, killing more than 93 Palestinians and injuring 47 others, several of whom were trapped in the building as it was damaged by a fire. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel)
10 August 2024 – Rohingya conflict
Over seventy people are killed in an Arakan Army drone attack on Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar. (Reuters)
10 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Religion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces governmental deliberations toward banning a traditionally Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine in order to strengthen the country's "spiritual independence". (Reuters)
10 August 2024 – 2024 Kiteezi landslide
Eighteen people are killed and fourteen others are rescued after a landslide at Kiteezi Landfill, a rubbish dump in Kampala, Uganda. (Al Jazeera)
10 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
Non-cooperation movement
Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan resigns following an ultimatum from protesters and is briefly succeeded by Md. Ashfaqul Islam on an acting basis. Syed Refat Ahmed is later appointed Chief Justice by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. (AP) (Dhaka Tribune) (Prothom Alo English)
10 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
Officials of the Donald Trump campaign report that it was hacked by anonymous sources, with the campaign formally blaming "foreign sources", specifically claiming that Iran was behind the hacking. (WNBC-TV)
10 August 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom riots
Thousands of anti-racism protesters march in cities across the United Kingdom to protest against far-right riots, political figures, and the Reform UK party. (DW)
A petrol bomb is thrown towards an Islamic centre in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. (BBC)
10 August 2024 – 2024 Serbian environmental protests
Tens of thousands of environmentalist and anti-Aleksandar Vučić protesters demonstrate in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest a European Union–backed plan to develop Europe's largest lithium mine in the Jadar valley. (AP)
10 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Chermen Valiev wins a bronze medal in Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling, earning Albania its first ever Olympic medal. (KOHA)
Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics
In the first-ever men's breakdancing event at the Olympics, Philip "Phil Wizard" Kim of Canada wins the B-Boys gold medal, with Danis "Dany Dann" Civil of France winning the silver and Victor Montalvo of the United States winning the bronze. (CBC News)
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Three swimmers for Germany fall ill with vomiting and diarrhea and require outpatient treatment after swimming in the Seine as part of Olympic competitions. (AP)
Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Rikuto Tamai of Japan wins a silver medal in Men's 10 metre platform diving, earning the country its first ever Olympic medal in the sport. (Reuters)
Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan wins a silver medal in taekwondo the first ever Olympic medal obtained by a Uzbek female athlete in the sport. (Kun.uz)
9 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Russia declares a "federal-level" emergency in Kursk Oblast as Ukrainian forces continue to advance. (AP via ABC News)
Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that Ukrainian troops "simply passed-by" their positions without engaging them, with Akhmat troops choosing to retreat until more Russian reinforcements could arrive. Other reports indicate that Akhmat troops fled from Ukrainian forces. (The New Voice of Ukraine via MSN)
A Russian military convoy is destroyed on the E38 highway in Oktyabrsky District. (The Guardian)
Ukrainian troops capture the Gazprom gas facility in Sudzha. A video shows Ukrainian soldiers inside the natural gas facility, with much of the town reportedly under Ukrainian control. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
Ukraine launches a "massive" drone attack on Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, with Lipetsk air base reportedly on fire. Several villages are evacuated, with six people reportedly injured. (Reuters)
Eastern Ukraine campaign
2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
A Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, kills 14 people and injures 43 others. (Reuters)
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war
The United States announces it will send Ukraine a $125 million military aid package, including FIM-92 Stinger missiles, artillery ammunition, and anti-armor systems. (Reuters)
9 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Third Battle of Khan Yunis
Israeli troops launch a new assault on Khan Yunis, with airstrikes killing at least 21 Palestinians in the city and Israeli troops initiating ground operations in the city for the third time since the war's beginning. (AP)
United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
The United States finances Israel with $3.5 billion to spend on U.S. weapons and military equipment. (Reuters)
Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official for the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, is assassinated by an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
9 August 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Israeli occupation of the West Bank
The United States declares the Netzah Yehuda Battalion eligible for US military assistance. The unit is known for establishing illegal outposts on Palestinian land, and was removed from its traditional posting in the West Bank in 2022 due to human rights violations against Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)
9 August 2024 – Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283
A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 aircraft crashes in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board. (AP) (G1 Globo)
9 August 2024 –
Nine people are killed and 26 others injured after a bus crash in Polatlı, Turkey. (AP)
9 August 2024 – 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
A military court in Sierra Leone sentences 24 soldiers to prison terms ranging from 50 to 120 years for their roles in a failed coup attempt in November 2023. (Reuters)
9 August 2024 –
Prosecutors in China charge multiple funeral directors with selling more than 4,000 corpses to two major medical companies over several decades. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, with the thieves having earned around 380 million yuan (US$53 million) before they were arrested. (SCMP) (NOS) (Newsweek)
9 August 2024 – Foreign relations of Mali, Foreign relations of Sweden, Mali–Russia relations
Mali orders the Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours, days after Sweden announced that development aid to Mali would be suspended over Mali's support for Russia. (Al Jazeera) (Swedish Foreign Ministry)
9 August 2024 – Saudi Arabia–United States relations
The Biden administration partially lifts a three-year-old ban on American weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)
9 August 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends the X social network in Venezuela for 10 days, accusing X's owner Elon Musk of promoting hatred. (AP)
9 August 2024 – 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
The Austrian interior minister announces the arrest of an Iraqi man in connection with a foiled terror attack at American singer Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna, which were cancelled in response to the attack. (The Guardian)
9 August 2024 –
Hundreds of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against violence targeting the country's Hindu minority. (Reuters)
9 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Imane Khelif wins the gold medal in the Women's 66 kg boxing event, after facing controversy and harassment related to a 2023 gender evaluation by the International Boxing Association, which is no longer recognized by the IOC. (Al Jazeera)
Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics
In the first-ever breakdancing event at the Olympics, Ami Yuasa of Japan wins the B-Girls gold medal, with Dominika "Nicka" Banevič of Lithuania winning the silver and Liu "671" Qingyi of China winning the bronze. (AP)
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
French police arrest Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed for allegedly groping a woman at a café. (BBC News)
8 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to confirm ordering a major cross-border operation inside Russia, saying that "Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done". (BBC News)
Large explosions are reported near the town of Rylsk in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with videos on social media appearing to show a destroyed column of military vehicles. (The Kyiv Independent)
Ukraine launches twelve rockets and 14 drones into Russia, according to both acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov and the Russian Ministry of Defence. (DW Russian)
Ukrainian forces capture dozens of Russian soldiers in their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Russian authorities say that fighting is still ongoing for control of several settlements near the border. (Al Jazeera)
Ukrainian troops and tanks enter the town of Sudzha, forcing the local residents to flee. (Sky News) (BBC Russian Service)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
One Lebanese civilian and a Hezbollah militant are killed and three Lebanese civilians are injured in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah fires 25 rockets at the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights and fifteen rockets at Shlomi and Kabri in Upper Galilee, Israel. All rockets are intercepted by the Iron Dome. (Al Jazeera)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Debby
Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. (The Japan Times)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
Non-cooperation movement
Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the country's interim government. (Reuters)
8 August 2024 – 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
Former Catalan government president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona, Spain, after seven years of "self-exile", defying an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. Catalan regional police subsequently institute tight controls on traffic in and out of the city, as part of an attempt to arrest Puigdemont. (The New York Times) (Cadena SER)
Two Mossos d'Esquadra officers are arrested for allegedly collaborating on Puigdemont's escape, following his public appearance in Barcelona. (Antena 3)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Catalan regional election
Socialists' Party candidate Salvador Illa is elected as the new Catalan government president by the Parliament of Catalonia, becoming the first non-separatist president in more than 10 years. (Al Jazeera)
8 August 2024 – Internet censorship in Russia
YouTube is reportedly blocked and slowed down across Russia following the website's blocking of several channels that expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
8 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Letsile Tebogo wins the gold medal in Men's 200 metres, earning Botswana its first ever gold medal. (Olympics)
Ecuador at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Lucía Yépez wins the silver medal in the Women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling event, the first medal in the sport for Ecuador. (Olympics)
Pakistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Arshad Nadeem wins the gold medal in Men's javelin throw, breaking the Olympic record and earning Pakistan its first ever medal in Athletics and its first ever individual gold medal. (DW)
Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Cindy Ngamba wins a bronze medal in Women's middleweight boxing, the first-ever medal won for the Refugee Olympic Team. (Olympics)
7 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
The Israel Defense Forces confirms the death of Bilha Yinon, the last person missing in Israel following the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Newsweek)
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Six Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid on the Maghazi refugee camp and in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Saba News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
7 August 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and order their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces. (Reuters)
Three killed and ten injured in Israeli airstrikes on Jwaya, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah launches rockets on the Israeli-occuped Syrian Golan Heights and shelled an IDF outpost in Jal al-Allam, Israel. (Al Jazeera)
7 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast has been stopped as reports emerge of continued heavy fighting in the vicinity of Sudzha. (BBC News)
Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov declares a state of emergency in the region. (DW)
7 August 2024 –
Thirty people are killed, five are missing and hundreds are displaced after days of floods in Hodeidah and Hajjah, Yemen. (AP)
Five people, including four Chinese nationals, are killed in a helicopter crash in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, Nepal. (AP)
7 August 2024 – Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
The Government of Brazil reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016. (AP)
7 August 2024 – Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have reached a 400-year record high, which is causing more mass bleaching events. (DW)
7 August 2024 – 2023 Thai general election
Lèse-majesté in Thailand
The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most seats and votes in last year's election, but was blocked from forming a government, over the party's campaigning on Lèse-majesté decriminalization. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
7 August 2024 – End Bad Governance protests
Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. (Reuters)
7 August 2024 – South Africa's genocide case against Israel
Turkey submits a bid to join South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
7 August 2024 –
Police in Berlin, Germany, arrest a palliative care nurse for allegedly killing four elderly patients. (DW)
Russian-American Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason. (CNN)
7 August 2024 – 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
Police in Austria arrest two men affiliated with the Islamic State for allegedly planning to commit a terrorist attack at American singer Taylor Swift's upcoming concerts at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, which are subsequently cancelled. (The Guardian)
7 August 2024 – 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of the Squad to lose a primary. (BBC News)
7 August 2024 –
Comorian president Azali Assoumani grants extensive powers to his son and alleged successor Nour El Fath, allowing El Fath to intervene in multiple stages of government decision-making. (Reuters)
7 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Olympics
China at the 2024 Summer Olympics
China wins their first gold medal in artistic swimming. (Reuters)
Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine. (DW)
India at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is disqualified from the final of the Women's freestyle 50 kg event for being above the stipulated weight during the weigh-in on the morning of the finals, eliminating her from the medal competition and relegating her to last place in the classification. (India Today)
6 August 2024 – Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
Ukraine launches an incursion into Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
Eastern Ukraine campaign
Russia claims that it captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast. (AA)
6 August 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Six IDF soldiers and 13 Israeli civilians injured in a Hezbollah drone strike and a malfunctioning of the Iron Dome on a highway in Mazra'a and Hezbollah launches rockets at IDF targets in Avivim, Birkat Rasha, Acre and the Golani Brigade of Egoz Unit in northern Israel. (Al Jazeera)
Five Hezbollah militants killed in an Israeli airstrike on Mayfadoun, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
6 August 2024 – Sudanese civil war
Siege of El Fasher
At least 53 people are killed and 60 others are injured in Rapid Support Forces raids on several neighborhoods in El Fasher and Gezira State, Sudan. (Radio Dabanga)
6 August 2024 – M23 offensive
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi accuses former President Joseph Kabila of backing the Alliance Fleuve Congo, a U.S-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups, whose main member is the M23. (AP)
6 August 2024 – Whaling in Japan
Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku announces the country's first fin whale kill in fifty years off the coast of Iwate Prefecture. (Undercurrent News) (The Inertia)
6 August 2024 –
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index rises more than 10%, a day after declining by more than 12%. (The Washington Post) (The Guardian)
6 August 2024 – 2024 Japan heatwaves
At least 123 people, many of whom were elderly, are reported to have died from heat illnesses in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan in July amid an ongoing heatwave in the country. (AP)
6 August 2024 –
At least two people are killed when a hotel collapses in Kröv, Germany. (DW) (Reuters)
6 August 2024 – Foreign relations of Niger, Foreign relations of Ukraine
Niger suspends diplomatic relations with Ukraine over Ukraine's alleged support for rebels who ambushed and killed dozens of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries during the Battle of Tinzaouaten in July. (Reuters)
6 August 2024 – Palestine–Russia relations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces a visit to Moscow, Russia, from August 12–14 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace process for the Israel–Hamas war and to "strengthen bilateral relations in all areas" between the two nations. (LBCI) (Al Jazeera)
6 August 2024 – Ukraine–European Union relations
The European Union approves a grant of 4.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in financial aid to Ukraine. (Reuters)
6 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
In the United States, Massachusetts District Judge Richard Stearns rules that Harvard University must face a lawsuit accusing the university of intentionally ignoring requests for safety from Jewish students following "severe and pervasive harassment" on campus, while also calling the university's claims that antisemitic acts are protected under the First Amendment "dubious". (Reuters)
6 August 2024 – 2024 Israeli protests
Haredi Israelis storm the army base in Tel HaShomer in protest of compulsory conscription. (The Jerusalem Post)
6 August 2024 – 2024 Tunisian presidential election
A court in Tunisia sentences opposition leader Abir Moussi to two years in prison for insulting the election commission. The court also sentences four potential presidential candidates, including activist Nizar Chaari, to eight months in prison and bans them from running for office on charges of vote buying. (DW)
6 August 2024 – Capital punishment in Iran, Mahsa Amini protests
The Iranian government executes a man who was convicted of killing an Islamic Revolutionary Guards officer during anti-government and mandatory hijab law protests in 2022. (DW)
6 August 2024 – Censorship in Germany, Israel–Hamas war protests in Germany
A court in Berlin, Germany, convicts a woman and fines her for "condoning a crime" by leading a chant using the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" during a protest in October 2023. (Al Jazeera)
6 August 2024 – End Bad Governance protests
Nigeria detains tailors who made Russian flags that were used in anti-government protests. (Reuters)
6 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
Non-cooperation movement
Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolves the national parliament in preparation for an interim government following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (France 24)
President Shahabuddin names civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief of the interim government. (DW)
6 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. (CNN)
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Mango

The mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree Mangifera indica. It originated from the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India, and is now cultivated across the world, having been introduced to East Africa by Arab and Persian traders in the 9th to 10th centuries and spread further into other areas around the world during the European colonial era. Ripe mangoes vary according to cultivar in size, shape, color, and sweetness. They have a waxy, smooth, and fragrant skin, which is variously yellow, orange, red, or green, and feature a single flat, oblong pit that can be fibrous or hairy on the surface. The fruits may be somewhat round, oval, or kidney-shaped, ranging from 5 to 25 centimetres (2 to 10 inches) in length and from 140 grams (5 ounces) to 2 kilograms (5 pounds) in weight. It is used in culinary products around the world. The mango is the national fruit of India and M. indica is the national tree of Bangladesh. This photograph shows two mangoes grown in Brazil, one whole and one sectioned. The picture was focus-stacked from 12 separate images.

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