Portal:Current events/2022 August 28

August 28, 2022 (Sunday)

Arts and culture

A concert organized by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, commemorating the progress in the country's peace process, sets a world record for the largest concert ever performed. (The Nation)

Disasters and accidents

2022 Mongolian wildfires
- In Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency says that wildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence. (Xinhua News Agency)

International relations

Colombia–Venezuela relations
- Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Mass shootings in the United States
- 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting
  - Three people are killed, including the gunman, and two others injured in a mass shooting at a Safeway store in Bend, Oregon, United States. (NBC News)
- Three people are killed, including the gunman, and five others injured, including two police officers, in a mass shooting outside a Days Inn motel in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (KPNX)
Two journalists are killed and another person is injured after two motorcycle-riding assailants shot them in Fundación, Magdalena, Colombia. (WION)