International Day of Friendship
30 July 2026 — Hand in hand, the sky doesn’t feel so big!
On 30 July the world marks the International Day of Friendship. The UN General Assembly proclaimed it in a 2011 resolution, linking it to the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build trust. It is not the same as Friendship Day in some countries, which falls on other dates, for example the first Sunday of August in India. The idea of a culture of peace has an earlier history at the UN. The customs are simple: people call or write to friends, spend time together, plan small surprises, and schools and organisations hold meetings and projects that bring people closer. The day has a fixed date and does not depend on the Moon or the solstice. Still, the summer sky suits it well: on warm July evenings it is easy to step outside, look for stars and point them out to one another. Constellations themselves are made of imagined lines joining stars, a little like friends standing side by side.
Flying across the sky: Two small ethereal bluish-silver star figures made of luminous dots and thin connecting lines, like tiny constellations, holding hands
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