International Day for Biological Diversity is being celebrated on 22 May every year to increase awareness and understanding of the issues of biodiversity.
Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister in a brief ceremony at Government House, Canberra, hours before he was scheduled to fly to Japan to attend QUAD Leaders' Summit 2022.
The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in New Delhi, and India is the current chair of the organisation.