2023

2023 (MMXXIII) is the current year, and is .
The year started with the continuation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began in early 2022. In January, an Islamist suicide bomber killed over 80 people in a mosque in Pakistan. In February, a major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, killing more than 46,000 people, making it one of the .
Former King of Greece Constantine II, former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf and musician Burt Bacharach died.