The Glastonbury Festival made its return after a three-year hiatus, opening gates to cheering crowds despite the travel strikes, described by organizer Emily Eavis as an emotional moment.
On June 23, 2022, a turbulent world faced a mix of profound geopolitical shifts, environmental crises, and moments of normalcy returning, according to The Guardian and ABP Live headlines from that date. 23 June 2022
The UK Health Security Agency declared a national incident after finding polio virus in London sewage, and in a bizarre, small-scale scientific update, researchers found that tiny mites that live on human faces are on a "dead-end" evolutionary course toward extinction. The Glastonbury Festival made its return after a