Arts and culture

The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme "The Garden of Time", celebrating the Met's exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. (Vanity Fair)

• https://www.vanityfair.com/live/met-gala-2024-live-updates

Arts and culture

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize ceremony is held, with 16 awards in Journalism and 10 in Letters, Drama, & Music. (NPR)

• https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1248897860/pulitzer-prize-winners-2024

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the ongoing heavy flooding in southern Brazil increases to 85. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-brazil-downpours-climbs-83-2024-05-06/

Disasters and accidents

The U.S. Storm Prediction Center issues a rare high risk convective outlook ahead of an expected significant tornado outbreak in parts of Oklahoma and Kansas. (Storm Prediction Center)

• https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2024/day1otlk_20240506_1300.html

Politics and elections

Chad holds presidential elections under its junta, contested between incumbent Mahamat Déby and Prime Minister Succès Masra. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/who-are-main-candidates-chads-election-2024-05-03/
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/6/president-vs-prime-minister-whats-at-stake-in-chad-presidential-election