2025: A Year of Glamour in Space and Grim Reality on Earth

The year 2025 featured a famous pop star's brief space trip and continued crises for women worldwide. Pop singer Katy Perry flew to the edge of space with an all-female crew. She said the mission aimed to empower women and "make space and science glam." Meanwhile, major conflicts created severe conditions on Earth. The war in Ukraine saw more women joining the military. In Sudan's civil war, the United Nations reported widespread sexual violence and torture. Satellite images have even shown bloodshed from space. The contrast between celebrity space joyrides and global suffering was a defining feature of the year.