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2022 has seen the continued impact of an inflation surge as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, has continued, and the year has seen the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders. The global economy has increased its recovery from the pandemic, though it has experienced an an ongoing inflation surge; in response, many countries' central banks have raised their interest rates to landmark levels.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, has caused the displacement of 15.7 million Ukrainians (8 million internally displaced persons and 7.7 million refugees), and led to international condemnations and sanctions and nuclear threats, the withdrawal of hundreds of companies from Russia, and the exclusion of Russia from major sporting events.

In 2022, the world population increased to over eight billion. The year included many prominent deaths of notable figures, including: world leaders Shinzo Abe, Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Elizabeth II, and Jiang Zemin; entertainers Sidney Poitier, Olivia Newton-John, Jean-Luc Godard, Angela Lansbury, Jerry Lee Lewis; and footballer Pelé, regarded as one of the greatest sporting icons of all time.