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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, the Ethiopia, the DRC, Mali, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and the Middle East (Gaza and Iran). 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 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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The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the second in an Asian country after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.

This tournament was the last with 32 participating teams, with the number of teams being increased to 48 for the 2026 World Cup. To avoid the extremes of Qatar's hot and humid climate in summers, the event was held in November and December, becoming the first one to take place outside the traditional months of May, June, and July. It was held over a reduced time frame of 29 days with 64 matches played in eight venues across five cities. Qatar entered the event—their first World Cup—automatically as the host's national team, alongside 31 teams determined by the qualification process. (Full article...)

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Image 1Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 2An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 3Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 4Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 5Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 6The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 7Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 8PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 9Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 10Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz [es] wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 12US 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 13Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 141960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 15US 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 16Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 18A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
Image 19Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 20Nintendo Switch (from 2020s in video games)
Image 21Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 22Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 23Blackpink'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 242020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 25An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 26Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 27Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 28The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)
Image 29American singer Billie Eilish are among the notable examples of Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 30Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 31Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 32Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 33Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 34Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 35Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 36Swedish 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 37Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 38Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 39Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 40Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 41Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 42Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 43Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 45Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
Image 46British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 47Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 48NBA player Jalen Green wearing 5-inch inseams, crew socks, and visible boxer briefs—a common early 2020s style choice. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 49Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 50Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 51The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 52Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 53Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 54Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 55Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 56Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 57Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 58PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 592021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 60Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 61Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 62Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 63Nintendo Switch 2 (2025) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 64Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 65Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 66Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 67Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 68Swedish 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 69Tablets 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 70French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 71French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 72 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 73The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 74Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 75Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 762020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 77Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, industrial-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 78Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 79Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 80The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 81Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
Image 82A 2020s custom built desktop gaming PC with MSI manufactured hardware (from 2020s in video games)
Image 83Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 84Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 85Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 862021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 87The 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 88Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 89NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (2022) one the most popular video cards used for gaming PC's during the decade (from 2020s in video games)
Image 90Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 91 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 92Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 93K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 94Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 95The 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 96Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 97Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 98An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 99Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 100An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 101Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 102Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 1032021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 104Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 105Jack Grealish wearing 5-inch inseams with crew socks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 1062021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 107Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 108Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 109Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 110Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 111Taylor 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 112The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 113 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 114Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 1152020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 116Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 117Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 118Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 119The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)

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Chalamet in 2025

Timothée Hal Chalamet (English: /ˈtɪməθi ˈʃæləmeɪ/ ^ⓘ TIM-əth-ee SHAL-ə-may; born December 27, 1995) is an American and French actor. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

Chalamet began his career in television, appearing in the drama series Homeland in 2012. In 2014, while a student at Columbia University, he made his film debut in the comedy-drama Men, Women & Children and appeared in Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Interstellar. Chalamet came to international attention with the lead role of a lovestruck teenager in Luca Guadagnino's coming-of-age film Call Me by Your Name (2017), earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the third-youngest nominee in the category. (Full article...)

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