2024

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2024 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar2024
MMXXIV
Ab urbe condita2777
Armenian calendar1473
ԹՎ ՌՆՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6774
Baháʼí calendar180–181
Balinese saka calendar1945–1946
Bengali calendar1431
Berber calendar2974
British Regnal yearCha. 3 – 3 Cha. 3
Buddhist calendar2568
Burmese calendar1386
Byzantine calendar7532–7533
Chinese calendar癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4721 or 4514
    — to —
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4722 or 4515
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Ethiopian calendar2016–2017
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Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2080–2081
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 - Kali Yuga5124–5125
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(令和6年)
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Korean calendar4357
Minguo calendarROC 113
民國113年
Nanakshahi calendar556
Thai solar calendar2567
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
2150 or 1769 or 997
    — to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
2151 or 1770 or 998
Unix time1704067200 – 1735689599

2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.

So far, this year has witnessed the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war, the war in Sudan, and the Islamist insurgency in the Sahel. The continuation of the Israel–Hamas war has further caused spillover into many countries, including a crisis in the Red Sea impacting global shipping. Iran and Israel have also been firing rockets towards each other.

Approximately 79 countries, representing around four billion people, are expected to conduct national elections throughout the course of the year,[1][2][3][4] including eight out of ten of the world's most populous countries (Bangladesh, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and the United States).[1] The European Parliament will also hold elections.[5]

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