The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2020" id="mwAfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Expo 2020">2020 World Expo</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai" id="mwAfE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dubai">Dubai</a> begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" id="mwAfI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup about="#mwt153" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_1#cite_note-28" id="mwAfM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAfQ">[28]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"><cite about="#mwt150" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCU0"><a class="external text" href="https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/expo-2020-dubai-dates-set-to-be-postponed" id="mwCU4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Dubai Expo confirms new dates: 1 October 2021 until 31 March 2022"</a>. Khaleej Times. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200504180053/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/expo-2020-dubai-dates-set-to-be-postponed" id="mwCU8" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 4 May 2020<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCVA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCVE">14 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt150" class="Z3988" id="mwCVI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Dubai+Expo+confirms+new+dates%3A+1+October+2021+until+31+March+2022&amp;rft.pub=Khaleej+Times&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.khaleejtimes.com%2Fcoronavirus-pandemic%2Fexpo-2020-dubai-dates-set-to-be-postponed&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+1"></span></span>