On February 7, NASA and the European Space Agency said that they estimated that the chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 striking earth on December 22, 2032 had nearly doubled to 2.2%, up from 1.2% as estimated by the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN). This estimation was said to "[work] out to approximately a one-in-45 chance of direct impact, which also means a 44-in-45 chance of a miss" according to NJ.com.
On February 6, while President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives was delivering his presidential address in the People's Majlis, the unicameral legislative body located in Malé, opposition members from the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) rose their voices in protest. The Speaker of the People's Majlis Abdul Raheem Abdulla gave multiple warnings, but opposition parliament members refused to heed them.
On February 5, it was announced that the UK heavy metal music act Black Sabbath was scheduled to play a final show with the band's original lineup, which consisted of lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward. The performance, dubbed “The Back to the Beginning” show, was slated for July 5, 2025 at Villa Park in the band's hometown of Birmingham, England.
Charlize Zmuda, a 17-year-old girl who was swimming off Woorim Beach, a beach on Bribie Island, was bitten by a shark around 4:45 p.m. AEST (0645 UTC) on February 3. Despite attempts at rescuing her, she succumbed to her injuries at 5:00 p.m. AEST (0700 UTC) according to police.
In the evening of January 31, a small air ambulance crashed into a residential and commercial area in a densely populated neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, killing everyone on board. The plane took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, rapidly lost altitude, and crashed into buildings below.
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