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2021 News Stories - Name the Country

Can you name the countries related to these news stories from the year 2021?
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Last updated: December 26, 2021
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Event
Country
Where the Delta variant of Covid-19 started
India
Riots and looting after former President Jacob Zuma is imprisoned for contempt of court
South Africa
U.S. forces hastily evacuate after a 20 year presence
Afghanistan
Evergrande, the second largest property developer, defaults on its loans
China
Foreign mercenaries assassinate President Jovenel Moïse
Haiti
A military coup overthrows the democratically-elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar
Hosts the "2020" Summer Olympics, but does not allow spectators
Japan
The first country to make Bitcoin legal tender
El Salvador
Resumes enriching uranium which could be used to make nuclear weapons
Iran
The most populous country to record zero Covid cases (at least according to official metrics)
North Korea
After a federal election, Justin Trudeau retains his place as Prime Minister
Canada
The Lira collapses when interest rates are kept low despite high inflation
Turkey
Celebrates "Freedom Day" on July 19 to celebrate the end of Covid restrictions,
but then restarts Covid restrictions
United Kingdom
President Alexander Lukashenko threatens to flood the E.U. with Third World migrants
Belarus
BTS, a boy band from this country, records two songs which reach #1 on the U.S. pop charts
South Korea
Defeats England in the finals of the UEFA Euro championship
Italy
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30 Comments
Baxtergrad
+17
Level 51
Dec 26, 2021
Overall, a mediocre year.
JWatson24
+25
Level 71
Dec 27, 2021
You know what's funny? If you told me about what happens in 2021 back in 2019, I'd call it crazy. Compared to 2020 though, it seemed pretty average (or at least as average as you can get in the middle of a global pandemic). 2020 has really set the bar high for what I consider a "crazy" year.
mrnafe
+27
Level 84
Dec 26, 2021
We didn't really celebrate 'freedom day', Boris Johnson just said it as jingoistic sound bite
samd195
+5
Level 69
Dec 26, 2021
I didn’t get this right. Never heard of freedom day is that when bojo had another party 🙄
overtired
+2
Level 88
Dec 26, 2021
Some of the papers went with it as a headline and made a big deal out of it as I recall.
brandybuck96
+15
Level 82
Dec 27, 2021
yeah but certain UK tabloids will make a big deal out of literally nothing if you let them
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Dec 29, 2021
Isn't it great that the UK press doesn't have government officials checking every word printed.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Jan 3, 2022
that's no excuse for exaggeration and lying
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jan 9, 2022
Jingoistic?? In what way jingoistic?
brandybuck96
+4
Level 82
Feb 2, 2022
the idea that the British public were being 'freed' from some cruel imposed despotism, rather than just being allowed to do things that weren't actually safe at that stage of the pandemic
VITU
+8
Level 65
Dec 27, 2021
"All the other kids with the COVID-nineteen

You better run, better run, faster than my bullets"

(Kim Jong-Un, discoverer of COVID-19 cure)

Dimby
+7
Level 83
Dec 29, 2021
Are you saying that Kim Jong Un doesn’t… Foster the People who have Covid?
imnotyou
+1
Level 17
Mar 23, 2022
really, that's just cringe
QuizApe
+18
Level 72
Dec 29, 2021
What about the Suez Canal incident?
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 77
Dec 29, 2021
Evergrande...
LucZ
+11
Level 70
Dec 29, 2021
Can you even read?
martay
+6
Level 69
Dec 31, 2021
You're thinking of the cargo ship Ever Given or maybe the shipping company Evergreen that operates it. I'm gonna assume you didn't get the question about Evergrande correct.
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 79
Dec 29, 2021
I didn't do too well on these, but I thought Haiti would be higher, that was a huge deal I remember and got way more attention than a lot of these events
jakhudson02
+3
Level 62
Dec 29, 2021
As a UK resident, after freedom day I don't recall any covid restrictions returning that would impact a normal life? Am I missing something lol
JonOfKent
+1
Level 61
Jan 9, 2022
Only face masks in shops and public transport again, just before Christmas. If you never stopped wearing them, or never use public transport, you might hardly have noticed.
Stevo44
+4
Level 53
Dec 29, 2021
'Freedom day' was not a UK wide thing, it only happened in England at that time; Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland operate their own health services, guidance etc, and restrictions were not eased until a later date. Even then, there were still some measures kept in place e.g. mandatory face masks
MiracleMax
+5
Level 73
Dec 29, 2021
I feel like the Israeli election that ejected Netanyahu is a significant oversight that really ought to have been on this list. It's certainly more geopolitically important than El Salvador and bitcoin, and is deeply significant to Middle Eastern and world politics. Maybe recency bias has made things from back in March seem obscure, but I think it's a glaring omission.
Bergen5864
+2
Level 58
Dec 30, 2021
I know that formally Lukashenko is "president" - but there were no elections, the true elected president had to escape the country. Call him what he truly is - a tyrant
TC1952
+1
Level 32
Dec 31, 2021
Technically it wasn't Japan who hosted the 2020 (in 2021) Summer Olympic Games. The Games are awarded to a city, not to a country.
loni
+1
Level 68
Oct 5, 2022
aCtUaLly
ntppprrr
+3
Level 69
Jan 23, 2022
'Third world' is very dated language and poor word choice.
Tim3geo
+1
Level 34
Jan 30, 2022
Agreed! I was quite surprised to read "Third World."
wittlane
+2
Level 83
Nov 4, 2022
Can you accept Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics question?
chatr
+1
Level 55
Jan 7, 2023
July 19 was the day restrictions were removed in England, not the UK. Restrictions did not return in any material way (apart from mask-wearing and vaccine passports briefly) after this date. It is therefore slightly disingenuous to say that the UK celebrated freedom day on July 19, only for restrictions to return at a later day.
Commie1312
+1
Level 43
Mar 29, 2026
Fun to do this years later, funny how much random details you retain
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