page_title: 2020
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 / Events / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Solar eclipse of 21 June 2020 in Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan, Captured with XF 55-200 + ND100000 solar filter.
context_page_description: 2020 is a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the first year of the 2020s. It is the 20th year of the 21st century.
  The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has led to severe global economic and social disruption.
context_section_description: June 1
  COVID-19 pandemic: The annual Tiananmen Square memorial in Hong Kong is banned for the first time since 1990 because of health concerns due to COVID-19.
  Kivu Ebola epidemic: The World Health Organization reports six new cases of Ebola, and UNICEF reports five deaths, in a renewed outbreak of the disease the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Killing of George Floyd: After a week of rioting, U.S. President Donald Trump officially labels Antifa as a terrorist organisation.
  June 2 – A US$5 billion lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc. and Google, saying that the company violates users' right to privacy by tracking them in Chrome's private browsing Incognito mode.
  June 3
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the United Kingdom will change immigration laws to offer a pathway to UK citizenship for all Hong Kong citizens.
  Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga makes landfall south of Mumbai as a Category 1 hurricane. This is the first time a tropical cyclone has targeted the megacity since 1891. About 100,000 people have been evacuated.
  SpaceX successfully launches and deploys 60 satellites into a low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This brings the total number of Starlink satellites in orbit to 482.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin declares a state of emergency after 20,000 tons of oil leaked near Siberia within the Arctic Circle on May 26, 2020.
  June 4 – The interim government of Libya says they are in full control of the capital, Tripoli, after army forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar retreat from the territory after months of intense fighting in the city.
  June 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 400,000.
  June 8
  COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 7 million worldwide.
  President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza, who ruled the country for fifteen years, dies of a heart attack while in office, aged 55.
  June 9 – COVID-19 pandemic: A Harvard University study suggests that COVID-19 may have been spreading in China as early as August 2019, based on hospital car park usage and web search trends.
  June 15 – At least 20 Indian soldiers and over 40 Chinese forces are killed or injured in skirmishes, the largest escalation along the Sino-Indian border in five decades.
  June 16
  COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 8 million worldwide.
  North Korea destroys the Inter-Korean Liaison Office with South Korea in Kaesong, created in 2018 to improve relations.
  June 18 – Kenya, Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway are elected as non-permanent members to the United Nations Security Council for the 2021 session.
  June 20 – Three people are killed and three more are injured during a terrorist knife attack at Forbury Gardens in Reading, Berkshire.
  June 21 – An annular solar eclipse occurs. It is visible mainly in countries in Asia and Africa.
  June 22 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 9 million worldwide.
  June 23
  A 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico and kills at least four people. It is felt more than 400 miles (640 km) away in Mexico City.
  Lazarus Chakwera is elected President of Malawi in a rerun election, defeating incumbent Peter Mutharika. The 2019 election was found to have been rigged and a new election was ordered.
  June 27 – Micheál Martin succeeded Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach of Ireland in a three-party coalition government.
  June 28
  COVID-19 pandemic:
  The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 10 million worldwide. The U.S. continues to have the highest number of any country as it reaches 2.5 million, a quarter of all cases globally.
  The global death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 500,000.
  June 29 – Four gunmen attack on the Pakistani Stock Exchange killing four people in Karachi.
caption: A solar eclipse occurs, visible mainly in Asian and African countries, lasting 38 seconds
exif: {"Image Make": "FUJIFILM", "Image Model": "X-T3", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Digital Camera X-T3 Ver3.21", "Image DateTime": "2020:06:21 16:13:45", "Image Artist": "", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "1124", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 50, 53, 48, 0, 0, 3, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, ... ]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail Artist": "", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "3764", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "3272", "Thumbnail YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/20", "EXIF FNumber": "24/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "3200", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Standard Output Sensitivity", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2020:06:21 16:13:45", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2020:06:21 16:13:45", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "24/5", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "22/5", "EXIF ApertureValue": "9/2", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "-41/50", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "18/5", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Spot", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "200", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "6240", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "4160", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "3344", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "2660", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "2660", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "300", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "8CA10496", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[55, 200, 7/2, 24/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "FUJIFILM", "EXIF LensModel": "XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "88A00002"}