Year in Review: The top global events that shaped 2023 - dive in now!

Early this year, India's population is anticipated to have surpassed China's, making it the most populous nation in the world. India's anticipated population was 142.86 crore, slightly more than China's estimated population of 142.57 crore, according to the UNFPA's State of World Population Report 2023. (Photo/ Agencies)

Early on February 6, a series of powerful earthquakes that struck regions of neighboring Syria and Turkey resulted in the deaths of almost 67,000 people. Tens of thousands of people were trapped when thousands of buildings collapsed. It is thought to have been Turkey's biggest earthquake since 1939. (Photo/ Agencies)

Large bets are being placed on space by both nations and businesses. There are space agencies in 77 nations, and sixteen of those have the capability to send payloads into space. India made lunar history by being the fourth nation to send an unmanned vehicle to the moon and the first to do so close to the south pole. Nasa hopes to send humans back to the moon by 2025. (Photo/ Agencies)

On June 18, the Titan submersible, which had five people on board, broke apart in the North Atlantic Ocean. The submersible was a part of an extreme sea tourism mission to see the Titanic wreckage, which is located more than 12,000 feet below the surface and dates back 111 years. (Photo/ Agencies)

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought over Nagorno-Karabakh, a province inside Azerbaijan that is primarily inhabited and governed by ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijani troops launched an attack to regain control of the territory. Azerbaijan was able to seize control of the enclave. (Photo/ Agencies)

Sudan was expected to become a democratic nation in the year 2303. Rather, the Sudanese people experienced a civil war. The demonstrations that prompted Sudan's military to remove long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 were the cause of the conflict. (Photo/ Agencies)

Imran Khan had a busy year in 2022–2023. The cricketer-turned-politician was detained and imprisoned in the Toshakhana case after being ousted from the prime ministership of Pakistan in April 2022 by a no-confidence motion. In the meantime, the circumstances made it possible for former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who spent four years in exile in London, to return. (Photo/ Agencies)

The conflict rages on more than a year after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky trying to organize a steady stream of troops and weaponry. Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin has insisted that until Kyiv strikes an agreement that takes Moscow's security concerns into consideration, the war would continue. (Photo/ Agencies)

Not only did technology based on so-called large-language models advance in 2023, but organizations, governments, and private citizens acted swiftly to take advantage of this technology. This led to intense discussions about whether AI will usher in a new era of human ingenuity and prosperity or open a Pandora's box that will result in a terrifying future. (Photo/ Agencies)

Two thousand twenty-three is likely the hottest year on record. Global temperatures have not been this high in 125,000 years, and they are poised to blow past the 2 degree Celsius limit enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The result has been extreme weather events around the globe, ranging from historic wildfires to extreme drought to record flooding. (Photo/ Agencies)

Nearly 20,000 Palestinians have died and tens of thousands more have been injured in the continuing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, which has also forced 90% of the 2.3 million people living in the beleaguered enclave to flee. The October 7 surprise attack on Israel by Hamas set off the present conflict. (Photo/ Agencies)