January 31, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces that France will send 12 additional CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, and could also train Ukrainian Air Force pilots to operate French fighter jets as part of their latest military support package. (Reuters)
- Foreign involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Tanda Dam boat disaster
- The death toll from a boat capsize at the Tanda Dam in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on 29 January increases to 51. (AFP via The Peninsula)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
- Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker announces that the state will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation after three years beginning on May 11. (The State Journal-Register)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The Namibian environment ministry announces that 61 black rhinoceros and 26 white rhinoceros were killed in the country in 2022 as a result of poaching, including 46 in Etosha National Park. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Pastoral visits of Pope Francis
- Pope Francis begins his first papal visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He will also visit South Sudan on the same trip. (AFP via RTHK)
Law and crime
- 2022–23 Salvadoran gang crackdown
- The Salvadoran government opens the Terrorism Confinement Center, a prison with a capacity of 40,000, amidst a gang crackdown which has arrested over 62,000 people since March 2022. (Reuters)
- Killing of Tiba al-Ali
- A YouTuber is killed in Iraq; her father confesses to the honour killing. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Emmanuel Macron
- 2023 French pension reform strikes
- A second day of strikes and demonstrations occurs throughout France against the government's pension reform project, which proposes to increase the retirement age to 64. (BFMTV)
- 2023 French pension reform strikes
Sports
- 2022–23 Premier League
- Chelsea F.C. sign Argentinian central midfielder Enzo Fernández from Primeira Liga club Benfica in a £106.8m deal to break the British football transfer fee record. (The Guardian)