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The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand twenties"; shortened to "the '20s" and also known as "The Twenties") is the current decade that began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029.

The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first reports of the virus were published on December 31, 2019, though the first cases are said to have appeared nearly a month earlier. The pandemic led to a global economic recession, a sustained rise in global inflation for the first time since the 1970s, and a global supply chain crisis.

Several anti-government demonstrations and revolts occurred in the late 2010s and early 2020s, including a continuation of those in Hong Kong against extradition legislation; protests against certain local, state and national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; others around the world, particularly in the United States, against racism and police brutality; one in India against agriculture and farming acts; one in Israel against judicial reforms; another in Indonesia against the omnibus law on jobs; ongoing protests and strikes in France against pension reform; an ongoing political crisis in Peru, Bangladesh, Armenia, and Thailand; and many in Belarus, Eswatini, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela against various forms of governmental jurisdiction, corruption and authoritarianism; along with citizen riots in Japan, the United States, and Brazil in an attempt to overturn election results. The world population grew to over 8 billion people, and in 2023, India overtook China as the most populous country in the world.

Ongoing military conflicts include the Myanmar civil war, the Ethiopian civil conflict, the Kivu conflict, the Mali War, the Yemeni civil war, the Somali Civil War, Sudanese civil war, the Syrian civil war, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the Israel–Hamas war. The year 2021 saw the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, ending twenty years of war in Afghanistan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine became the largest conventional military offensive in Europe since World War II, and resulting in a refugee crisis, disruptions to global trade, and an exacerbation of economic inflation. In 2023, a Hamas-led attack marked the first invasion of Israel since 1948, triggering an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory. The invasion has led to the displacement of nearly all 2.3 million Gaza residents, a humanitarian crisis, a famine, and a polio epidemic, sparking global protests against Israel. In 2024, a quick and renewed rebel offensive during the Syrian civil war led to the toppling of Bashar al-Assad and the fall of the Assad regime. Smaller conflicts include the insurgency in the Maghreb, the Iraq insurgency, the Philippine and the Mexican drug wars. (Full article...)

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Victory march by protesters after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina in 2024

The Bangladesh protests of 2022–24 were a series of anti-government demonstrations against the administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Initiated by the Bangladeshi opposition parties on 10 December 2022, the protests continued in spite of the government crackdowns. Though initially low-level, with instances of vandalism in late 2023, the movement gained momentum in 2024. The protests became linked to the Student–People's uprising, as both shared similar objectives related to government accountability and systemic change. In July 2024, the unrest intensified and turned into a civil disinvestment movement, ultimately leading to Hasina's resignation and eventual exile from the country.

In December 2022, tens of thousands marched in Dhaka demanding the resignation of Sheikh Hasina. The protests were linked to rising commodity costs and inflation as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More violence escalated during October and November 2023, resulting in the deaths of two people. (Full article...)

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Image 1PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 2NewJeans found widespread commercial success in both South Korea and internationally. (from 2020s in music)
Image 32021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 4An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 5Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 6Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 72021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 9Actress Úrsula Corberó with wolf cut (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 10Actor Jean Cruz wearing early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 12Cloth COVID-19 masks from Germany, 2020. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 13The AI boom emerged in the 2020s. Generative AI such as Text-to-image models and AI chatbots released publicly. Machine learning systems that took minute(s) to produce blurry images in mid 2022 were able to produce more realistic imagery in seconds by mid 2023. English text would appear as gibberish in earlier AI text-to-image builds, although this was fixed to an extent with newer AI models such as DALL-E 3. (from 2020s)
Image 14Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 15Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 16Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 17Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 18Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 19Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 20British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 21The AI boom emerged in the 2020s. Generative AI such as Text-to-image models and AI chatbots released publicly. Machine learning systems that took minute(s) to produce blurry images in mid 2022 were able to produce more realistic imagery in seconds by mid 2023. English text would appear as gibberish in earlier AI text-to-image builds, although this was fixed to an extent with newer AI models such as DALL-E 3. (from 2020s)
Image 22Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 23Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in history)
Image 24Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 25Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 26The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 27Doja Cat had her breakthrough in 2020 and rose to prominence in the subsequent years, fueled by her music's rap, pop and R&B appeals. (from 2020s in music)
Image 28Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 29Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 30Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 31Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 32Blackpink's Born Pink became the first album by a girl group in over 20 years to top both the US and UK album charts. (from 2020s in music)
Image 33French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 34Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 35K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 36Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 37French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 38An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 39Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 40Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 41Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 42Actress Dove Cameron sporting early 2020s makeup trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 431960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 45Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 46Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 47Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 48Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 49The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 50Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 51Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 52Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 53Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 54Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 55American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 56Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in history)
Image 57Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in history)
Image 58Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 59Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 60All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 61 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 62The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 63Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 64Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin were two female prime ministers in Scandinavia who guided their countries' ascensions into NATO. (from 2020s)
Image 652021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 662020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 67Syrian opposition fighters toppling a statue of Bassel al-Assad in New Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 68The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 69Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 702021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 71Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 72Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 73Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 74Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 75Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 76Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin were two female prime ministers in Scandinavia who guided their countries' ascensions into NATO. (from 2020s)
Image 77 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 78Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 79Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 80Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 812020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 82Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 83Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 84Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 85Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 86Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Israel–Hamas war. (from 2020s)
Image 87Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, grunge-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 88Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 89Syrian opposition fighters toppling a statue of Bassel al-Assad in New Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 902020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 91Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 92Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 93Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 94Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 95Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 96US Marines with SP-MAGTF-CR-CC at an evacuation checkpoint at Kabul Airport on 21 August during the 2021 Fall of Kabul, at the end of the War in Afghanistan.]] (from 2020s)
Image 97Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Israel–Hamas war. (from 2020s)
Image 98PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 99The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 100Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 101Taylor Swift continued to dominate the global music industry in the 2020s. She released the million-selling albums Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version) and The Tortured Poets Department, and embarked on the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. (from 2020s in music)
Image 102Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 103US Marines with SP-MAGTF-CR-CC at an evacuation checkpoint at Kabul Airport on 21 August during the 2021 Fall of Kabul, at the end of the War in Afghanistan.]] (from 2020s)
Image 104Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 105 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)

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Taylor-Joy in 2024

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she left school at the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. After a series of small television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). She continued with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022).

For playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020), Taylor-Joy received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. She earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the Netflix period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe and SAG Award, and being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then appeared in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action film The Northman (2022), and the black comedy film The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). (Full article...)

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