Editing 2022 (section)

===March===
*[[March 1]]
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: [[World Athletics]] bans both Russia and Belarus from competing in all of its events.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Athletics joins sporting bodies in banning Russian and Belarusian athletes |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/badminton-swimming-federations-ban-athletes-russia-belarus-2022-03-01/|access-date=1 March 2022|date=1 March 2022|publisher=Reuters|language=en-US}}</ref>
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: In an emergency session, [[United Nations]] member states pass a resolution deploring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for the immediate withdrawal of its forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UN votes to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calls for withdrawal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote|access-date=2 March 2022|date=2 March 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[March 2]]
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia [[Battle of Kherson|seizes its first large city]], the Black Sea port of [[Kherson]], as shelling intensifies across many parts of Ukraine, including civilian areas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia aims to erase Ukraine, says Zelenskiy, as bombardment intensifies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/ukraine-cities-bombardment-russia-attack-kyiv-kharkiv-russian-war-invasion|access-date=2 March 2022|date=2 March 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en-US}}</ref>
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: The United Nations reports that over a million [[2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis|refugees]] have now fled from Ukraine to other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the start of the war, U.N. says |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1084100763/1-million-refugees-fled-ukraine|access-date=3 March 2022|date=2 March 2022|publisher=NPR|language=en-US}}</ref>
**The [[International Criminal Court]] begins an investigation into possible [[War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine|war crimes]] committed by Russia in Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|title=War crimes court prosecutor opens Ukraine investigation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/war-crimes-court-prosecutor-opens-ukraine-investigation-statement-2022-03-02/|access-date=3 March 2022|date=3 March 2022|publisher=Reuters|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[March 3]]
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an attack by its troops on the [[Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant|Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant]] &ndash; the largest in Europe &ndash; which led to a fire at the site.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ukraine nuclear plant: Russia in control after shelling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60613438|access-date=4 March 2022|date=4 March 2022|website=BBC News|language=en-US}}</ref>
**The [[National Assembly (Armenia)|National Assembly of Armenia]] [[2022 Armenian presidential election|elects]] incumbent [[Ministry of High-Tech Industry (Armenia)|minister of High-Tech Industry]] and former [[mayor of Yerevan]], [[Vahagn Khachaturyan]], as [[president of Armenia]] following the resignation of [[Armen Sarkissian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vahagn Khachaturyan not elected Armenia President in first round |url=https://news.am/eng/news/689566.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=news.am |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Armenian Lawmakers Elect Former Minister Khachatrian As President |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-khachatrian-elected-president/31734110.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |newspaper=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 4]]–[[March 13|13]] – The [[2022 Winter Paralympics]] are held in [[Beijing]], China, making it the first city to host both [[Summer Paralympics]] and [[Winter Paralympics]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Where are the next Paralympic Winter Games? |url=https://paralympics.org.nz/news/where-are-the-next-paralympic-winter-games/ |website=paralympics.org.nz |accessdate=March 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 4]] – [[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]: An Afghan man on behalf of the [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province]] commits a [[2022 Peshawar mosque attack|suicide attack]] at a [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent|Shia]] [[mosque]] in [[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]], killing 63 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Dozens killed in Peshawar mosque explosion |date=March 4, 2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-dozens-killed-in-peshawar-mosque-explosion/a-61010752 |access-date=2022-04-20 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[March 5]] – Researchers in the [[Antarctic]] find ''[[Endurance (1912 ship)|Endurance]]'', one of the greatest ever undiscovered [[shipwrecks]], which sank in [[1915]] during [[Ernest Shackleton]]'s exploration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2022 |title=Endurance: Shackleton's lost ship is found in Antarctic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60662541 |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=BBC News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Global Covid-19 deaths surpass 6 million|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/07/health/global-covid-deaths-surpass-six-million/index.html|publisher=CNN |date=March 7, 2022|access-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 8]] – The US and UK announce a ban on [[Petroleum industry in Russia|Russian oil]], while the EU announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for [[Natural gas in Russia|Russian gas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=War in Ukraine: West hits Russia with oil bans and gas curbs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60666251|website=BBC News |date=March 8, 2022|access-date=March 8, 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 9]]
**[[2022 South Korean presidential election]]: [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power Party]] candidate [[Yoon Suk-yeol]] is narrowly elected President of South Korea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/03/803_325233.html|title=Yoon Suk-yeol wins presidential election|first=Nam|last=Hyun-woo|work=Korea Times|date=2022-03-09|accessdate=2022-03-09}}</ref>
**Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an [[Mariupol hospital airstrike|air strike in Mariupol]] that destroys a hospital including a maternity and children's ward.<ref>{{cite news|title=Children under rubble, says Zelensky, as Russia bombs hospital|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60657155|website=BBC News |date=March 9, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 10]] – The [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly of Hungary]] [[2022 Hungarian presidential election|elects]] former minister for Family Affairs, [[Katalin Novák]], as [[president of Hungary]] in a 137&ndash;51 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=Katalin Novak becomes Hungary's first female president |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/10/katalin-novak-becomes-hungary-s-first-female-president |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hungary elects Katalin Novak, first-ever female president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/10/hungary-elects-katalin-novak-first-ever-woman-president |access-date=2022-05-16 |publisher=Al Jazeera] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 11]] – [[Gabriel Boric]] is sworn in as [[President of Chile]]. He becomes the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the [[Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)|military dictatorship]] of [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Villegas |first=Alexander |date=2022-03-11 |title=Chile's Boric sworn in as president in sharp political shift |language=en |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hope-uncertainty-chile-shifts-left-under-boric-2022-03-11/ |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-11 |title=Gabriel Boric, 36, sworn in as president to herald new era for Chile |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/gabriel-boric-chile-president-new-era |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 12]] – [[2022 Turkmenistan presidential election]]: [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow]], son of former President [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], wins with 89% of the total votes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=As Expected, Son Of Turkmen Leader Easily Wins Election In Familial Transfer Of Power |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-serdar-berdymukhammedov-presidency/31753690.html |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322024350/https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-serdar-berdymukhammedov-presidency/31753690.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[March 16]] – Russian invasion of Ukraine: A Russian [[Mariupol theatre airstrike|airstrike on the Mariupol Theatre]] in [[Mariupol]] kills an estimated 600 civilians sheltering inside.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinnant |first1=Lori |last2=Chernov |first2=Mstyslav |last3=Stepanenko |first3=Vasilisa |title=AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike |url=https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1 |access-date=4 May 2022 |publisher=Associated Press |date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504121004/https://apnews.com/article/Russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-theater-c321a196fbd568899841b506afcac7a1 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 19]] &ndash; The [[apostolic constitution]] {{Lang|la|[[Praedicate evangelium]]}}, reforming the [[Roman Curia]], is [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] by [[Pope Francis]], coming into force on June 5.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wooden|first=Cindy|date=2022-03-19|title=Pope promulgates Curia reform, emphasizing church's missionary nature|url=https://www.catholicnews.com/pope-promulgates-curia-reform-emphasizing-churchs-missionary-nature/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319173504/https://www.catholicnews.com/pope-promulgates-curia-reform-emphasizing-churchs-missionary-nature/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2022-03-19|access-date=2022-03-20|website=Catholic News Service|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735]] crashes in [[Guangxi]], China, killing all 133 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |title=架搭载133人的客机在广西藤县发生事故，伤亡情况未明 |trans-title=A passenger plane carrying 133 people was involved in an accident in Teng County, Guangxi, the casualties are unknown |url=https://news.cctv.com/2022/03/21/ARTIOq7lOCeSP5LuAU9R1V8s220321.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321085315/https://news.cctv.com/2022/03/21/ARTIOq7lOCeSP5LuAU9R1V8s220321.shtml |archive-date=21 March 2022 |publisher=CCTV News |language=Chinese |accessdate=21 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 24]] &ndash; Russian invasion of Ukraine: NATO announces that four new battlegroups totaling 40,000 troops will be deployed in [[Bulgaria]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]] and [[Slovakia]], along with enhanced readiness for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nato to send 40,000 more troops to Eastern Europe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60856533 |website=BBC News |date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nato leaders agree to strengthen eastern defences |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/24/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-zelenskiy-expects-meaningful-steps-at-nato-eu-and-g7-summits-live?page=with:block-623c771a8f0867da37217e9a#block-623c771a8f0867da37217e9a |website=The Guardian |date=24 March 2022 |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – The [[M23 offensive (2022)|M23 offensive]] begins in [[North Kivu]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2022 |title=M23 rebels attack military positions in eastern DR Congo |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/28/m23-rebels-attack-military-positions-in-eastern-dr-congo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113120044/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/28/m23-rebels-attack-military-positions-in-eastern-dr-congo |archive-date=13 November 2022 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is admitted to the [[East African Community]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=DR Congo joins East African bloc |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/dr-congo-joins-east-african-bloc-3764212 |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=The East African |language=en}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[Expo 2020]] closes in [[Dubai]] after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for April 10, 2021, it was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Magyar|first=Judith|title=SAP BrandVoice: Experience Expo 2020 Dubai – A Window To The Future|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2022/01/07/experience-expo-2020-dubai--a-window-to-the-future/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>