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World Cup to Rio carnival: Six key events in 2022
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A journalist walks past mascots Bing Dwen Dwen (R) and Shuey Rhon Rhon (L), respective mascots of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at the Shougang Big Air venue in Beijing. (AFP/Noel Celis)
F
rom the World Cup in Qatar to the midterm elections in the United States, here are six events that are likely to mark the coming year.
Beijing's Winter Olympics
Beijing stages the Winter Olympics from February 4 to 20 under some of the strictest rules for a mass sporting event since the pandemic began.
Everybody attending, including athletes, must be fully vaccinated or face a 21-day quarantine and will be kept in a "closed-loop" bubble from the moment they set foot in the Chinese capital.
Unlike the Tokyo Olympics, there will be spectators but ticket sales are restricted to people living in China.
Activists are calling for a diplomatic boycott over China's rights record, with an outcry over the fate of tennis star Peng Shuai, who accused a top Communist Party politician of sexual assault, causing Beijing more headaches.
Rio Carnival returns...
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