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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"; shortened to "the '10s" and also known as "The Tens" or "The Teens") was the decade that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 2019.

The decade began with an economic recovery from the Great Recession. Inflation and interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade, gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust consumer spending, increased investment in infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in the Arab world—triggered political revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain as well as civil wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as the Arab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple with a debt crisis that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in developed countries.

The decade saw the musical and cultural dominance of dance-pop, electronic dance music, hipster culture and electropop. Globalization and an increased demand for variety and personalisation in the face of music streaming services such as Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Music created many musical subgenres. As the decade progressed, diversity was also seen with the mainstream success of K-pop, Latin music and trap. Superhero films became box office leaders, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. Cable providers saw a decline in subscribers as cord cutters switched to lower cost online streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Disney+. The video game industry continued to be dominated by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft; while indie games became more popular, with Minecraft becoming the best-selling game of all time. Handheld console gaming revenue was overtaken by mobile gaming revenue in 2011. The best-selling book of this decade was Fifty Shades of Grey. Drake was named the top music artist of the decade in the U.S. by Billboard. (Full article...)

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Bush lies in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda

On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States and the 43rd vice president, died from vascular Parkinson's syndrome at his home in Houston, Texas. At the age of 94 years, 171 days, Bush was the longest-lived president in U.S. history at the time of his death, a record which has since been surpassed by Jimmy Carter.

Shortly after news broke of Bush's death, President Donald Trump declared a national day of mourning and ordered all flags "throughout the United States and its territories and possessions" lowered to half staff for 30 days after his death. Bush's state funeral was the official funerary rites conducted by the U.S. government, which occurred over a period of four days from December 3 to 6, 2018. About a dozen world leaders attended the event. (Full article...)

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Image 1Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 2For over 15 months it was unclear what exactly happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 until at the end of July 2015 a few remnants of the plane swept to the shores of the island of Réunion (from 2010s)
Image 3American rapper Playboi Carti (from 2010s in music)
Image 4K-Pop singer Psy (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 5BRICS, a supranational economic cooperative comprising five major emerging national economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—grew to represent over 3.1 billion people, or about 41 percent of the world population by 2015. (from 2010s)
Image 6Adele during this decade established herself as the best selling British female artist of all time. Her 21 (2011) and 25 (2015) became two of the best selling albums of the 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 7Lady Gaga was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 8A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 9Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 10North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the first North Korea–United States summit in Singapore, June 2018 (from 2010s)
Image 11South African model Candice Swanepoel wearing pantywaist top and bodycon skirt, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 12Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 13TobyMac's 2012 album Eye on It became the third Christian album to ever debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200. (from 2010s in music)
Image 14Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 15A laptop gaming PC from the 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 16Girl wearing steampunk costume, including goggles and pith helmet (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 17The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 18Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 19Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 20PlayStation 4 (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 21In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 22Taylor Swift was one of the most successful country artists of the 2010s. Her albums Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) topped charts and opened with more than a million copies sold in their first weeks. (from 2010s in music)
Image 23Samsung Galaxy Note (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 24President Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 25Nintendo 3DS (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 26German woman wearing hooded fur coat (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 27Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 28Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a jacket, black jeans and loafers, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 29Xbox One (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 30iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from 2010s in video games)
Image 31Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 32Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 33Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 34Orlando Bloom with Samurai bun, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 35J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 36A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 37Nintendo Switch (from 2010s in video games)
Image 38English-Irish boy band One Direction with preppy-inspired outfits in 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 39Pippa Middleton's form-fitting dress caused a sensation at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 40The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 41Women to drive movement: Women's rights in Saudi Arabia made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 42Mid 2010s Ugandan fashion (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 43Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 44Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 45Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 46Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 47Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 48The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 4928 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 50Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 51Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 52Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53A man and a delivery robot waiting at a pedestrian crossing in Redwood City, California, United States. E-commerce spurred advancements in drone delivery and transformed parts of the services and retail sectors (from 2010s)
Image 54Man wearing shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 55Wii U (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 56Ouya (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 57In 2014 the One World Trade Center opened its doors in the Financial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same year Osama bin Laden was killed), the 9/11 Memorial was opened. (from 2010s)
Image 58Sports anchor wearing little black dress and knee-high boots, Mexico, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 59Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias recorded a remix version of the album track "Dirty Dancer" was released as the fourth English single and became his ninth Hot Dance Club Play chart topper, tying with Prince and Michael Jackson as the male with the most No. 1 dance singles. (from 2010s in music)
Image 60Jing Ulrich, a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 61American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019. Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 62The PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide as of August 2019^[update]). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 63Russian farmer family in 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 64Vetusta Morla (from 2010s in music)
Image 65Indian children, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 66Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 67Man wearing hypebeast fashion. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 68Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 69A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 70The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 71Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 72Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 73Anwar al-Awlaki (from 2010s)
Image 74Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 75In the 2010s, British girl group Little Mix was cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s. They are also recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 76PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 77Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 78Polish women wearing boho- or hippie-inspired dresses, floral prints and peasant blouses, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 79Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from 2010s in video games)
Image 80A desktop gaming PC setup from 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 81Nintendo Switch (2017) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 82Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 83An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 84Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 85Muammar al-Gaddafi (from 2010s)
Image 86Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 87Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 88David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 89P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 90In 2013, China launched the ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 91PlayStation Vita (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 92Jay Chou in 2013 (from 2010s in music)
Image 93Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 94In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 95Steam Controller (2015) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 96Indian actress Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 97Influencer Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 98Women in casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 99Andrei Karlov (from 2010s)
Image 100Tame Impala Australian Psychedelic Rock Band (from 2010s in music)
Image 101Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 102Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 103American rapper and singer XXXTentacion (from 2010s in music)
Image 104Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and United States President Donald Trump in 2019. Both are emblematic of a wave of neo-nationalist and globalisation-weary conservative populism in the second half of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 105Somali man wearing waistcoat, tuque and polar fleece (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 106Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 107On 10 April 2010 a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed in Russia with the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other passengers including many senior officials (from 2010s)
Image 108David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 109A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 110Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 111Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter Alex Grey as a backdrop. (from 2010s in music)
Image 112Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 113A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 114From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a black hole in 2019; Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, marking continuing progress for LGBTQ rights in developed countries; increasing use of digital media and rise of mobile devices; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016 on a rising tide of populism throughout the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 115Edwardian-style Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 116K-pop star B.I sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 117Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 118Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 119Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 120Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 121American rapper Kendrick Lamar (from 2010s in music)
Image 122Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 123Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 124Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in politics)
Image 125Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from 2010s in music)
Image 126The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 127Geforce RTX 2080 (2018) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 128American rapper Tyga in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 129Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 130Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 1312011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 132Nvidia Shield Portable (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 133Two women wearing flared trousers, jeggings and oversized cardigans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 134Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 135Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 136Actress Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 137Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 138Musician Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 139Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 140Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 141American man wearing a boater hat in 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 142Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 143Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 144An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 145Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 146Robe and kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 147Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 148LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)
Image 149John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 150Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 151Peruvian hats for the American export market (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 152Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 153Geforce GTX 1080 (2016) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 154Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 155Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 156Three girls with multicolored seapunk inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 157Scene kid with short hardcore punk-inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 158Woman wearing popular athleisure trends. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 159Xperia Play (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 160Norwegian man in slim fitting velvet jacket, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 161Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 162Tourist couple wearing casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 163Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 164Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (from 2010s)
Image 165Business casual (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 166A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 167The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 168German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 1693D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 170Brazilian hipster girl wearing leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 171The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 172Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 173Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 174Brazilian indie pop group Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 175A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 176Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 177Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in Greece. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a huge migration from Africa and Middle East (from 2010s)
Image 178The Arab Spring saw mass unrest in the Arab world early in the decade:
  Government overthrown multiple times
  Government overthrown
  Civil war
  Protests and governmental changes
  Major protests
  Minor protests   Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world (from 2010s)
Image 179Google Stadia controller (2019) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 180A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 181Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 182Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 183Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 184Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 185Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 186Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 187Concerns over economic inequality, greed and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from 2010s)
Image 188Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 189American teenager with hi-top fade and distressed acid wash denim vest (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 190Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 191Boat shoes associated with the preppy look (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 192Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)

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Zuckerberg in 2019

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ˈzʌkərbɜːrɡ/; born May 14, 1984) is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy.

Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. He became the world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2008, at age 23, and has consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals. According to Forbes, Zuckerberg's estimated net worth stood at US$206.4 billion as of May 2025, making him the third-richest individual in the world, behind Elon Musk and before Jeff Bezos. (Full article...)

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Interesting facts

... that the board game Glory to Rome, despite being well-received, led to its publisher's bankruptcy in the mid-2010s and has been out of print since?
... that the Taylor Swift masters controversy was described by Rolling Stone as one of the "most important moments" in music of the 2010s?
... that Manoj Kumar and Raj Kumar had to win cases at the Delhi High Court to be awarded the Arjuna Award sporting honour in the 2010s?
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone?
... that Paul English, co-founder of Kayak, offered to pay for the vaccination of 100,000 people during the cholera outbreak following the 2010 Haiti earthquake if other funding could not be secured?

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