- — North America:
A second great earthquake
Five weeks after the assassination, a magnitude 7.2 quake in the south-west kills some 2,200 people.
Era: Democracy, Disaster, and Collapse
Sources: Haiti country profile · BBC News
- — Africa:
Drought and famine in the Grand Sud
The worst drought in four decades leaves over 1.14 million people food insecure and some 14,000 in IPC Phase 5 — catastrophe — in the island's far south.
Era: Independence & the Republics
Sources: Madagascar's hungry 'holding on for dear life', WFP chief warns · UN News
- — Oceania:
Honiara riots
Protests over the China switch and provincial grievances turn into deadly riots in Honiara; Australia and Pacific partners send security forces.
Era: Tensions, Recovery and Great-Power Attention
Sources: The Deep Roots of the Solomon Islands' Ongoing Political Crisis · Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Taiwan Says Solomon Islands Switches Recognition to China · Voice of America
- — Asia:
UN estimates 377,000 war-related deaths
A United Nations Development Programme report projected that the war would have caused roughly 377,000 deaths by the end of 2021, most from indirect causes such as hunger and disease.
Era: Uprising, War and Humanitarian Crisis
Sources: Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways for Recovery · United Nations Development Programme, Yemen: Recovery possible if war stops now, says UNDP report · United Nations News
- — Africa:
Drought, famine risk and renewed offensive
A severe multi-season drought pushes parts of Somalia toward famine while the Federal Government, backed by local clan militias and international forces, mounts a renewed offensive against Al-Shabaab.
Era: State Collapse, Civil War and the Federal Republic
Sources: Somalia (CRS In Focus) · U.S. Library of Congress / Congressional Research Service, Al Shabaab (CRS In Focus) · U.S. Library of Congress / Congressional Research Service
- — Asia:
Human cost of the war
The UN human rights office estimates about 306,887 civilians killed over the war's first decade, while the UN refugee agency reports more than 13 million people displaced — figures cited as estimates from authoritative bodies.
Era: The Assad Era, the Civil War and the Fall of 2024
Sources: UN Human Rights Office estimates more than 306,000 civilians killed over 10 years in Syria conflict · UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Syrian Arab Republic — country page · UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
- — Asia:
ICJ provisional-measures order in South Africa v. Israel
The International Court of Justice found at least some rights under the Genocide Convention plausible and a real and imminent risk to them, ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts; the case remains under adjudication.
Era: Occupation, Dispossession, and the Present
Sources: Summary of the Order of 26 January 2024 (South Africa v. Israel) · International Court of Justice, Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - case overview · International Court of Justice
- — Asia:
UN Special Rapporteur's 'Anatomy of a Genocide'
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese reported reasonable grounds to believe genocide was being committed against Palestinians in Gaza (A/HRC/55/73).
Era: Occupation, Dispossession, and the Present
Sources: Anatomy of a Genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/55/73) · United Nations (Question of Palestine), Anatomy of a Genocide (A/HRC/55/73) · United Nations Human Rights Council
- — Asia:
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch findings
Amnesty International (5 December) concluded Israel was committing genocide; Human Rights Watch (19 December) found acts of genocide and the crime against humanity of extermination.
Era: Occupation, Dispossession, and the Present
Sources: Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza · Amnesty International, Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water · Human Rights Watch
- — Asia:
UN Commission of Inquiry finds genocide
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concluded that Israel had committed genocide in the Gaza Strip; Israel rejected the findings.
Era: Occupation, Dispossession, and the Present
Sources: Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds · United Nations (OHCHR)
Catastrophe in the 2020s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged catastrophe — plague, famine, earthquake and other disasters, narrowed to the 2020s — 10 of them, drawn from 7 nations, running from 2021 to 2025. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 10
- Nations
- 7
- Earliest
- 2021
- Latest
- 2025
- Asia
- 6
- Africa
- 2
- North America
- 1
- Oceania
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.