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December 2024 will be the twelfth and final month of the current leap year. The month, which will begin on a Sunday, will end on a Tuesday after 31 days.

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December 2024

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• European floods
• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Sudanese famine
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Weather

• Atlantic hurricane season

• Hurricane Rafael

Elections and referendums

Recent

• October

• 24: Montserrat, Legislative Assembly
• 25: Kiribati, President
• 26: Georgia, Parliament
• 27: Japan, House of Representatives
• 27: Uzbekistan, Legislative Chamber
• 27: Bulgaria, National Assembly
• 27: Lithuania, Seimas (2nd)
• 27: Uruguay, President (1st), Senate,
         Chamber of Representatives, Referendums
• 30: Botswana, National Assembly
• 31: Fiji, President (indirect)

• November

• 03: Moldova, President (2nd)
• 05: Palau, President, Senate, House of Delegates
• 05: Qatar, Constitutional referendum
• 05: Puerto Rico, Governor
• 05: United States Virgin Islands, Legislature
• 05: United States, President, Senate,
         House of Representatives

Upcoming

• 10: Mauritius, National Assembly
• 13: Somaliland, President
• 14: Sri Lanka, Parliament
• 16: Gabon, Constitutional referendum
• 17: Senegal, National Assembly

Trials

Ongoing

• France:0Dominique Pélicot
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• United States:0YSL Records
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

November

• 06: John Nott
• 05: Ben Baldanza
• 04: Bernard Marcus
• 04: Murray Sinclair
• 03: Quincy Jones
• 02: Janey Godley
• 02: Alan Rachins
• 01: Peanut

October

• 29: Teri Garr
• 28: Paul Morrissey
• 28: Jamshid Sharmahd
• 25: Kim Soo-mi
• 25: Phil Lesh
• 24: Abdelaziz Barrada
• 24: Amir Abdur-Rahim
• 23: Hama Amadou
• 23: Geoff Capes
• 23: Gary Indiana
• 23: Jack Jones
• 22: Richard A. Cash
• 22: Grizzly 399
• 22: Gustavo Gutiérrez
• 22: Lynda Obst
• 22: Fernando Valenzuela
• 21: Paul Di'Anno
• 20: Barbara Dane
• 20: Fethullah Gülen
• 20: Lord Hanningfield
• 18: Yehuda Bauer
• 17: Mitzi Gaynor
• 17: Toshiyuki Nishida
• 17: Rick Nolan
• 16: Tina Kaidanow
• 16: Liam Payne
• 16: Yahya Sinwar
• 16: Ollie Olsen
• 15: Mike Jackson
• 15: George Negus
• 14: Thomas J. Donohue
• 14: Philip Zimbardo
• 12: Mike Bullard
• 12: Jackmaster
• 12: Ka
• 12: Lilly Ledbetter
• 12: Tito Mboweni
• 12: Alvin Rakoff
• 12: Alex Salmond
• 12: Baba Siddique
• 10: Fleur Adcock
• 10: Ethel Kennedy
• 09: George Baldock
• 09: Lily Ebert
• 09: Lee Wei Ling
• 09: Leif Segerstam
• 09: Ratan Tata
• 08: Pat Fischer
• 08: Tim Johnson
• 08: Luis Tiant

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Israel–Hamas war

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 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