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July 2026 will be the seventh month of the current common year. The month, which will begin on a Wednesday, will end on a Friday after 31 days.

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Ongoing events

Disasters and humanitarian

• African Ebola epidemic
• Cuban crisis and blackouts
• Gaza genocide
• Sudanese famine

Economics

• Global memory supply shortage
• Strait of Hormuz crisis

• Iran war fuel crisis

• United States tariff policy

Politics and diplomacy

• China–Japan diplomatic crisis
• Gaza peace plan
• Iran–United States peace negotiations and ceasefire
• Israel–Lebanon peace negotiations and ceasefire
• Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
• United Kingdom government crisis
  • Labour Party leadership election

Protests and strikes

• Albanian anti-government protests

Weather

• European heatwaves

Elections and referendums

Recent

• June

• 14: Switzerland, Referendums
• 21: Colombia, President (2nd round)
• 28: New Caledonia, Congress

Upcoming

• July

• 02: Algeria, People's National Assembly
• 04: Slovakia, Referendum

Sports

• Association football

• 2026 FIFA World Cup
• 2026 Copa Libertadores
• 2026 Major League Soccer season
• 2026 National Women's Soccer League season

• Athletics

• 2026 Diamond League

• Australian rules football

• 2026 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2026 Major League Baseball season

• Basketball

• 2026 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2026 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2025–27 ICC World Test Championship
• 2026 Women's T20 World Cup

• Cycling

• 2026 UCI World Tour

• Golf

• 2026 PGA Tour
• 2026 European Tour
• 2026 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2026 Formula One World Championship
• 2026 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2026 MotoGP World Championship
• 2026 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2026 NRL season
• 2026 Super League season

• Rugby union

• 2025–26 Premiership Rugby
• 2025–26 United Rugby Championship
• 2026 Super Rugby Pacific

• Softball

• 2027 Women's Softball World Cup

• Tennis

• 2026 ATP Tour
• 2026 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

June0/0May

• 29: Penelope Keith
• 26: Likulia Bolongo
• 26: Joe Doering
• 26: Sergei Ivanov
• 25: Nicholas Alahverdian
• 24: Ann Blyth
• 24: David Clayton-Thomas
• 22: Clive Davis
• 22: Alan Greenspan
• 21: Francisco Guterres
• 19: Mona Khalil
• 19: James Burrows
• 18: Tay Keith
• 17: Tom Dreesen
• 17: Carlo Ginzburg
• 17: Major Oak
• 17: Walter Parazaider
• 17: Éric Roy
• 16: Daveigh Chase
• 16: Bobby Prince
• 16: Robert Thurman
• 15: Kyle Calder
• 15: Abdullah Ibrahim
• 14: Anne Schedeen
• 14: Gaspi
• 14: Oliver Tree
• 14: Lucas A. Vignale
• 13: Roger Cook
• 13: Roy Hattersley
• 13: Aldon Smith
• 12: Niño Guerrero
• 12: Ronnie Schell
• 12: Gene Shalit
• 11: Princess Bajrakitiyabha
• 11: Charlie Dalin
• 11: David Hockney
• 11: Kenny Jackett
• 11: Margaret Kerry
• 10: Bharathiraja
• 09: Ciarán Ó Lionáird
• 08: Divine Adili
• 08: Rene Baterbonia
• 07: Stacey King
• 07: Gordon S. Wood
• 06: Alan Hale
• 05: Bernadette Chirac
• 05: Talay Riley
• 05: Lady Pamela Hicks
• 04: Ned Jarrett
• 04: Marjane Satrapi
• 03: James Handy
• 03: Kanya King
• 03: Fergus Slattery
• 03: Bobby Tambling
• 02: Peabo Bryson
• 02: Neville Cenac
• 02: Alex Younger
• 01: Rick Adelman
• 01: John Blanche
• 01: Anthony Head

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• M23 campaign

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Sahel

• Burkina Faso
• Chad Basin

• Mali
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Blue Nile campaign

Americas

• Colombia

• Domestic conflict

• Haiti

• Gang war

• War on cartels
  • United States military intervention

• Ecuador

• Mexico

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan and Pakistan

• Border war

• Myanmar

• Civil war

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russo-Ukrainian war

Middle East

• Israel–Palestine

• Gaza war

• Middle Eastern crisis

• Iran war

• Lebanon war

• Syria

• Post-Assad conflict

• Yemen

• Civil war

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2026 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

By place

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Andorra
• Angola
• Antarctica
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• The Bahamas
• Bahrain
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Benin
• Bhutan
• Bolivia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Comoros
• Congo
• DR Congo
• Croatia
• Cuba
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Eritrea
• Estonia
• Ethiopia
• Eswatini
• Equatorial Guinea
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Ivory Coast
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kosovo
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Liechtenstein
• Libya
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Madagascar
• Marshall Islands
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mali
• Malta
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Micronesia
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Nauru
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Palau
• Palestine
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Poland
• Portugal
• Qatar
• Romania
• Russia
• Rwanda
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Solomon Islands
• South Korea
• South Sudan
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Suriname
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Tuvalu
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Vatican City
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

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• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

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• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain