35 Major Events Happening Today That Aren’t Covered By Mainstream Media

It’s alarming how many major events that could potentially have major consequences are currently happening around the world, but the global reactions are strangely low-key. Celebrity news seems to be more attention-worthy as it dominates headlines, while global events seem to fly under the radar of mainstream media.  Is the world we live in so shallow, or are we all being subtly managed to keep our attention off the big things happening across the globe? Scroll below to check out some very worrying things currently happening, which deserve more attention but have shockingly low media coverage according to concerned Redditors.  

#1

Image source: SpartanNation053, Reynaldo Mirault The Haitian state has essentially collapsed and there is functionally no law, no government, no courts, and no healthcare system.

#2

Image source: anonanon5320, Natasha Filippovskaya Florida, known for the citrus industry, is very quickly going to be without a citrus industry. It’s spreading and other areas may loose the industry too.

#3

The largest asset transfer from the middle and working classes to the super rich in the planet's history is currently underway, the destruction of the middle class and Victorian style poverty for the majority within 30 years. Image source: Grotbagsthewonderful

#4

Image source: HazelCrescent They’re tryna distract us w celeb drama while entire countries are literally falling apart rn.

#5

Image source: life_can_change, Image-Source Cobalt is mined in Africa by slaves. Batteries in our phones and other electronic devices need Cobalt. The world doesn’t care, they just want their smartphones.

#6

Image source: Cheval4064, Petr Ganaj New studies showed that insects populations dropped by 80% in Europe during the last two decades. Scary and disastrous.

#7

A gentlemen, who, over several years, has personally picked up TONS of litter in Clearwater Creek, FL and Pittsburgh's Ohio River by using just his kayak. His story is amazing! His selfless and virtually unnoticed work is so inspiring! He goes by @tommypicsuptrash. He deserves a headline! Image source: SupermarketDear7077

#8

Image source: Fofolito, maxime niyomwungeri There is a war as large and deadly as the one in Ukraine being waged by Rwanda inside of Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda is turning into a regional military power and their President, who was the guy who organized the Tutsi resistance that over threw and stopped the Hutu's genocidal government, has turned into an authoritarian military dictator with ambitions of conquest. The war is supposedly over a rebel terror group organized around an ethnic tribe common to the shared border between Rwanda and Congo, and Rwanda claims it must seek them out and destroy them inside Congo where they are sheltering and hiding from justice. In reality this region of Congo is rich in Rare Earth Minerals and Precious Metals, and because its a long ways from the population and government centers of Congo (isolated by a lack of transportation infrastructure), its been underdeveloped and unexploited. Rwanda is making a land grab to obtain these areas so it can mine the mineral wealth for itself.

#9

There is a lack of coverage concerning resistance and demonstration against Trump regime. Image source: slkingiii

#10

Image source: curtiss_mac, iose The mass amounts of femicide happening in The Americas.

#11

Image source: El_mochilero, Chinh Le Duc Most species of whales in the southern hemisphere are recovering at their biological maximum… +8% per year.

#12

The Serbian anti-corruption movement. I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan: With Chinese funding, Serbia approves construction of the high speed link to Budapest, including renovations of Novi Sad railway station. Corruption is rampant during the whole process, and deadlines are restrictive, leading to rushed plans and malpractice. Shortly after being unveiled, in November 2024, the new facade of Novi Sad railway station collapses, killing 15 and injuring many more. The public finds out the true extent of corruption, which surprises nobody because the president Vučić is widely disliked (vote rigging, clinging onto power too long, etc). But it's still shocking because the accident is fresh in people's minds. Protests. The police take many into custody without due process. The government tries to cover up the extent of their wrongdoings and cover their asses. It doesn't work. This includes stoking tensions with Croatia for some reason. Nationwide protests and blockades. The main university in Belgrade (the capital) and the national broadcasting station have been under occupation for months. They still are to this day. The students have 4 key demands before they stop the blockades. It doesn't look likely that Vučić will ever give in. So it continues... Image source: HeavyRightFoot89

#13

A positive one: that lidar scanning is being used to discover lost settlements all over the world. Estimated to have died out 2 - 5000 years ago, archaeologists are seeing "towns" that had much higher populations than first thought, and many more buildings, irrigation canals, etc. than recorded previously. Most of the discoveries have not been excavated, hardly any in fact, so the details about age etc are mostly unknown, but it looks a lot like the population of earth was significantly higher 5000+ years ago than first thought, In other words, we are not the first booming civilization. No, I'm not talking about Grahame whats-his-names pre-flood theory, I mean this is people who came after the end of the last ice age. Image source: Headpuncher

#14

Probably not as big as some listed here, but there's currently a federal election underway in Australia, and the opposition leader hoping to be elected as Prime Minister, Peter Dutton, is copying Trumps playbook so much that he's been called Temu Trump. Image source: Wotmate01

#15

Image source: lil_waine, Adi Goldstein Whatever palantir is secretly doing.

#16

Donald Turmp just used an executive order to require the US Military to assist local police within the country. If not checked by the Judicial this will effectively shortcut the requirement of establishing cause for Martial Law. Image source: Medical_Revenue4703

#17

Image source: SnooStrawberries7029, ammar nassir Civil war in Sudan, collapse of society in Haiti, the slowing down of the AMOC, displacement of Rohingya in Burma, and the continued oppression of Uighurs in China are but a few.

#18

The mass murder and r**e of women in Southern Africa. Image source: desertconstellation

#19

Lots of good topics covered. Haven’t seen anyone mention the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, where thousands just died in an earthquake and the military junta was actively attacking civilians in areas hit by said earthquake, all while allegedly under a ceasefire. Image source: KRDL109

#20

The BBC are definitely playing down/avoiding coverage of the quiet dismantling of environment protections by the Labour government over the past few weeks. Following weeks of anti-nature rhetoric and negative news articles being deliberately released on nature (£100million bat tunnels anyone?), the Planning and Infrastructure bill effectively removes requirement for environmental protection on development sites…no surveys nor mitigation would be needed. Emphasis would be on Natural England to do strategic enhancement, at the same time as they are being massively defunded with around 800 jobs cut this spring, yet have been cut to the bone for years, and barely able already to afford to visit/monitor our existing protected sites yet alone fund their management. This is on top of the sudden freezing of the sustainable farming initiative, so no funding is available for environmental schemes there, and now consultation with environmental organisations pre-planning is not required for infrastructure projects (likely so those new runways can be forced through without the pesky wildlife getting in the way). We’re catapulting towards a biodiversity catastrophe in the UK and nobody seems to know or care! Image source: iamnotasheep

#21

Image source: I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan, Joshua Forbes The Balkans are in chaos... Huge protests in Istanbul over the arrest of the mayor, who was a candidate for leader of the main opposition party in the next election. Huge nationwide protests and a near total blockade of Serbia over corruption, exposed in part by the collapse of a railway station in Novi Sad. Protests in North Macedonia over corruption, after a night club fire k*lled 62 people. One of my friends sisters died in the fire. Bulgaria and Romania are in political crises that will not end anytime soon. Some are calling this wave of uprisings the "Balkan Spring", which all in all may be an accurate way of describing it...

#22

The burning of the miombo woodlands in Southern Africa, around 140 full sized football fields get burned down a day, leaving animals dead or without a home, soon Africa will loose its wildlife and I’ve yet to see a mainstream media report on it. Edit: this is also THE largest woodland in africa, home to 70% of africas wildlife and critically endangered animals. And due to it running through Tanzania, Congo and Zambia they receive little to 0 government funding, so it’s down to conservationists like myself and many volunteers to help tackle this issue. Save Africa. Edit 2: I’m more than happy that so many of you are concerned about the issue and willing to help, please feel free to message me if you seriously want to help in the miombo, i work very close nit with the parks and we accept volunteers daily. God bless you all ❤️?. Image source: egyptiantouristt

#23

Cecot prison in El Salvador where Trump had deportees sent without due process before the Supreme Court told him to stop it, is a death camp. A week ago, you could google maps and the prison showed a weird blurry pile of unknown contents (bodies?) with a large dark red stain on concrete next to it, now the photo has been changed when you search google maps. It has been publicly stated that no prisoners ever leave this facility. The contractor who built this prison has also performed work for vet clinics for crematoriums. Image source: IllCartoonist108

#24

Image source: gooners1, Ahmed Islamist violent extremists in the Sahel countries.

#25

There is great work happening to protect the Pando Tree in Utah---the largest tree of any kind, the oldest tree of any kind in the americas. 106 acres, 13.2 Million pounds. At least 9000 years old. Media wrote it off as dead and dying. Image source: peelinglintforprofit

#26

Image source: Mammoth_Orchid3432, Heather Suggitt Haiti is so overrun by gangs that people are kicked out of their houses almost daily and sent to live on the streets. Plus, the country has almost no government now, and people are starving in the streets. Edit: For those interested in helping Haiti, here is a fantastic organization I have worked with locally. [Meal Packing - Mission of Hope]

#27

Image source: Zestyclose-Jury-6958, Jan Kopřiva The deadly measles outbreak in Europe.

#28

Anti-hamas protests in Gaza by Palestinians who have had enough, and the brutal reprisals against them carried out by hamas. Image source: GentlemanGenghis

#29

Trump coming after the African American Museum in DC due to “disruptive views”. Image source: JokrPH

#30

Image source: Loafagus That some enormous percent of wild birds, seabirds and other wildlife have been k*lled by avian flu, but only the impact on humans, (or the animals they farm) is deemed newsworthy.

#31

Image source: Visible-Plankton-806, Shiv Narayan Das India-Pakistan threads of war.

#32

The ongoing global coral bleaching crisis, which began in 2023, is a significant event that the media has failed to adequately cover. 84% of coral reefs are impacted, making it the worst in recorded history as a result of warming oceans. This hasn't gotten much popular attention, despite the fact that it endangers reef-dependent communities and marine species. Image source: DeTeO238

#33

Image source: swentech, ASphotostudio What caused the major power outage in Europe. Seems very concerning with cause unknown. Haven’t seen very much reporting about it.

#34

Since I'm not in the US and I get all my US news from Reddit... I think the random ICE kidnappings I keep hearing about here not being covered on the mainstream is disturbing. Image source: Lokarin

#35

The House draft going to committee for approval taking regulatory enforcement and antitrust power from the FTC and giving it to the Dept of Justice.  Changes to the REINS ACT giving Congress power to change the regulatory rules rather than financial experts at the FTC.  They are robbing us blind and won't be satisfied until we are a third world country and btw its definitely not Biden. Image source: Ok-Reporter-8151