Cockroach Race Day and Bagpipes Day: Weird and fun days ahead in 2022


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Things tend to get noisy on the streets of Glasgow when the bagpipes championship is on. Photo: dpa/Dörte Nohrden

From Ocean Day on June 8 to International Peace Day on Sept 21 to Human Rights Day on Dec 10: the United Nations has designated well over 100 international days since its inception.

UN International Days "mark important aspects of human life and history" and offer us the chance to organise activities related to the theme of the day, says Unesco.

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