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From 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 LGBT rights in developed countries; increasing use of digital and mobile technologies; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016, on a rising tide of populism during the decade.

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

The decade began with an optimistic economical recovery from the late 2000s financial crisis. Inflation and interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade, Gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019, marking a period of stable recovery. The 2010s were a prosperous decade for the global economy, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust consumer spending, increased investment in infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. Unrest in some countries—particularly in the Arab world—evolved into socioeconomic crises triggering revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain as well as civil wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen in a regional phenomenon commonly referred to as the Arab Spring, while the resulting European debt crisis was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights make substantial progress during the decade, particularly in developed countries.

Following the economic recovery, the decade saw a musical and cultural dominance in 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 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. Due to the high quality of many television series throughout this decade, as well as technological breakthroughs that allowed streaming, cable television, and internet outlets to provide this high quality and amount of programming, the 2010s are frequently referred to as the "Golden Age of Television". Cable providers saw a decline in subscriber numbers 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 sustainably 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 US by Billboard. (Full article...)

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The Mali War is an ongoing armed conflict that started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa. On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, which they called Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization fighting to make this area of Mali an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.

On 22 March 2012, President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup d'état over his handling of the crisis, a month before a presidential election was to have taken place. Mutinous soldiers, calling themselves the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR), took control and suspended the constitution of Mali. As a consequence of the instability following the coup, Mali's three largest northern cities—Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu—were overrun by the rebels on three consecutive days. On 5 April 2012, after the capture of Douentza, the MNLA said that it had accomplished its goals and called off its offensive. The following day, it proclaimed the independence of northern Mali from the rest of the country, renaming it Azawad. (Full article...)

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Image 1Gotye was one of the most successful Australian artists of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 2Territorial changes of the Syrian Civil War, October 2011 – March 2019. (from 2010s)
Image 3The 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 4Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 5P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 6Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 7Syrian 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 8Solange Knowles performing at Coachella in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 9Former President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. Funeral cortege of Mauno Koivisto in Helsinki, 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 102011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 11Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 12Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 13LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)
Image 14In 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 recognised as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 15Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 16Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 17Michelle Branch performing in August 2009 (from 2010s in music)
Image 18Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 19TobyMac'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 20Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 21From 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 LGBT rights in developed countries; increasing use of digital and mobile technologies; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016, on a rising tide of populism during the decade. (from 2010s)
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 23Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 24French Rafale fighter jets operating over Mali in 2013 during the Northern Mali Conflict (from 2010s)
Image 25The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 26Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 27Peshmerga T-55 tank outside Kirkuk on 19 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdistan played a significant role in combatting ISIL during the Iraqi Civil War (from 2010s)
Image 28Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 29Applications such as Wii Street U merged the world of video games and technology. (from 2010s)
Image 30Rosalía performing to a crowd of 63,000 people at Primavera Sound in June 2019.
Image 31Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 32Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 33Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 34The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 35Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on 15 April 2013. (from 2010s)
Image 36Blackpink has broken numerous online records throughout their career (from 2010s in music)
Image 37The ruins of buildings destroyed in the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings, which killed over 500 people. (from 2010s)
Image 38Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 39A 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 40Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 41Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 42Electronic producer Marshmello (from 2010s in music)
Image 43Concerns over social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from 2010s)
Image 44Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 45Cardi B (from 2010s in music)
Image 46The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 47J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 48Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 49Sơn Tùng M-TP (from 2010s in music)
Image 50Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 51On 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 52American rapper Nelly (from 2010s in music)
Image 53Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 542NE1 was one of the most popular Korean girl groups internationally in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 55Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 56Women 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 57Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 58Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 59Flume's Flume peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and won four awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 2013. (from 2010s in music)
Image 60In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 61In 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 62Rihanna was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 63Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 64Pitbull 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 65Jay Chou in 2017 (from 2010s in music)
Image 66Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 67The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 68Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 69Tool'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 70Saudi and Emirati soldiers in Yemen, June 2016. Saudi Arabia intervened in the Yemeni Civil War in 2015 (from 2010s)
Image 71Lorde won two Grammy Awards in 2014, including Song of the Year for Royals, and was one of the most successful New Zealand artists of the decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 72North 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 73Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 74Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 75Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in political history)
Image 76A poster used during the Occupy Wall Street movements with the phrase "We are the 99%". The movement was against the economic inequality and the influence of money in politics. US President Barack Obama claimed the movement would help "Americans express their frustrations", while Vice President Joe Biden remarked that "The middle class has been screwed." (from 2010s)
Image 77Ed Sheeran (from 2010s in music)
Image 78The PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide ). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 79Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 80In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 81Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 82BRICS, 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 833D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 84Montage of the November 2015 Paris attacks. Islamic terrorism in Europe spiked following the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014. (from 2010s)
Image 85Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 86Adele 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 87Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and United States President Donald Trump in 2019. Both leaders are emblematic of a wave of neo-nationalist and globalisation-weary conservative populism in the second half of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 88The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 8928 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 90Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 91In the 2010s, the K-pop group BTS broke numerous records in South Korea and the rest of the world, with the hit songs "DNA", "Fake Love", and "Idol", and obtaining an immense fanbase globally. (from 2010s in music)
Image 92John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 93Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 94Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 95Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 96Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 97Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 98For 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)

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer, serving as the current president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012, and as president from 2000 to 2008 and since 2012.

Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before resigning in 1991 to begin a political career in Saint Petersburg. He moved to Moscow in 1996 to join the administration of president Boris Yeltsin. He briefly served as director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and secretary of the Security Council of Russia, before being appointed prime minister in August 1999. After the resignation of Yeltsin, Putin became acting president and, less than four months later, was elected outright to his first term as president. He was reelected in 2004. Because he was constitutionally limited to two consecutive terms as president, Putin served as prime minister again from 2008 to 2012 under Dmitry Medvedev. He returned to the presidency in 2012, in an election marred by allegations of fraud and protests, and was reelected in 2018. In April 2021, after a referendum, he signed into law constitutional amendments including one that would allow him to run for reelection twice more, potentially extending his presidency to 2036. (Full article...)

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... 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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