2023, did you live it?

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Across
  1. 2. A death in the country marred the national day celebrations
  2. 5. The doll that came to life
  3. 11. The tragic war in the neighborhood (two words)
  4. 12. Suffered a record breaking and devastating earthquake
  5. 13. Sent by the latest country to join the elite "Moon 4"
  6. 14. Latest person to don the officially don the Second Star of Africa
  7. 15. Coup in this Central African country
  8. 16. Kate and Leo were not the only ones to drown there
  9. 17. Over 18 million hectares of forest went up in smoke
  10. 19. Tropical paradise turned into inferno island
  11. 20. It's football chief had to resign over an ill-timed kiss
  12. 21. Headed to a Manhattan court
Down
  1. 1. Launched a counter offensive against an invader
  2. 3. X, formerly known as
  3. 4. _____ Milei, the libertarian wild card president of Argentina
  4. 6. Thanks to existential dread caused by generative AI, they went on strike!
  5. 7. Became the second most populace country in the world
  6. 8. Unleashed a new era of human creativity and prosperity, or opened a Pandora’s box
  7. 9. The city held the funeral of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
  8. 10. One stylish PM went out of fashion, another returned from exile to power
  9. 17. Investments in this sector soared, out pacing fossil fuels (two words)
  10. 18. Officially declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic