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

The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first reports of the virus were published on 31 December 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, and a global supply chain crisis. The World Health Organization declared the virus a global state of emergency from March 2020 to May 2023.

Many anti-government demonstrations and revolts occurred in the early 2020s, including in Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, France, Peru, Bangladesh, Armenia, and Thailand. Protests against certain local, state and national responses to COVID-19 took place, as well as protests, particularly in the United States, against racism and police brutality. There were many protests in Belarus, Eswatini, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Russia, Venezuela, Serbia, and Turkey against various forms of governmental jurisdiction, corruption, and authoritarianism; along with citizen riots in the United States and Brazil attempting to overturn election results. Among democracies in 2024, its elections saw an 80% loss of incumbent support worldwide, including several significant losses.

Ongoing military conflicts include those in Myanmar, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Gaza. The year 2021 saw the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, ending a nearly 20 years of war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a refugee crisis, disruptions to global trade, and an exacerbation of economic inflation. In 2023, a Hamas-led attack on Israel triggered an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory. The invasion has led to the displacement of nearly all 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 his regime. In 2025, Israel launched airstrikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, triggering a brief direct conflict between the two. Smaller conflicts include the insurgency in the Maghreb, the Iraq insurgency, the conflict between India and Pakistan, and the Philippine and the Mexican drug wars. (Full article...)

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Image 1Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 2Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
Image 3Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 4Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 5Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 6The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 7Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 8Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 9Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 10PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 11Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, industrial-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 12Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 13Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 14Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 15Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 16Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 18Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 19American singer Billie Eilish are among the notable examples of Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 20Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 21Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 22Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 23The 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 24Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 25Swedish 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 26Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 27Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 282021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 29Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 30Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz [es] wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 31Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 322021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 33Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 34 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 35Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 36Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 372020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 38Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 39Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 402021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 41Jack Grealish wearing 5-inch inseams with crew socks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 42Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 43The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)
Image 44Nintendo Switch (from 2020s in video games)
Image 45An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 46NBA player Jalen Green wearing 5-inch inseams, crew socks, and visible boxer briefs—a common early 2020s style choice. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 47The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 48Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 49Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 50Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 51 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 52Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 53Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 54US 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 55Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 56Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 57The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 58Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 59French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 60An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 61Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 62Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 63Tablets and smartphones (Samsung Galaxy S23 series pictured) would be widely used to play mobile games which now form the largest sector in the gaming industry (from 2020s in video games)
Image 64Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 65Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 66The 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 67Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 68 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 69All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 70A 2020s custom built desktop gaming PC with MSI manufactured hardware (from 2020s in video games)
Image 712021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 72Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 73Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 74Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 75Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 762020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 77Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 78Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 79Taylor Swift continued to dominate the global music industry in the 2020s. She released the million-selling albums folklore, evermore, 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 802020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 81Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 82Nintendo Switch 2 (2025) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 83The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 84Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 85Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 86Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 87British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 88Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 89Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 90Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 91American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 92Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 93Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 94French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 95Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 96PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 97US 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 98Blackpink'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 991960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 100The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)
Image 101Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 102Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 103An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 104The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 105An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 106Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 107Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 108A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
Image 109Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 110Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 111Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 112Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
Image 113K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 114NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (2022) one the most popular video cards used for gaming PC's during the decade (from 2020s in video games)
Image 115Swedish 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 116Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 117Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 118Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 119Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)

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Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.

Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat), where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. Modi became a full-time worker for the RSS in Gujarat in 1971. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he rose through the party hierarchy, becoming general secretary in 1998. In 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of Gujarat and elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His administration is considered complicit in the 2002 Gujarat riots, and has been criticised for its management of the crisis. According to official records, a little over 1,000 people were killed, three-quarters of whom were Muslim; independent sources estimated 2,000 deaths, mostly Muslim. A Special Investigation Team appointed by the Supreme Court of India in 2012 found no evidence to initiate prosecution proceedings against him. While his policies as chief minister were credited for encouraging economic growth, his administration was criticised for failing to significantly improve health, poverty and education indices in the state. (Full article...)

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