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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

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.

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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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Emblem of the 2026 Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy.

A joint bid by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo was awarded the 2026 Winter Olympics at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019, beating a bid by Stockholm and Åre, Sweden; they will be the first Olympic Games to officially be co-hosted by multiple cities, with Milan primarily hosting ice events, and the remaining events being hosted in clusters around Cortina, and the Valtellina and Fiemme valleys. They will mark the third Winter Olympics, and fourth overall, to be hosted by Italy; Cortina d'Ampezzo had previously hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. (Full article...)

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Image 1All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 2Donald Trump (from 2020s)
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Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games
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Image 4Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 5Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 6Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
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2021 Fall of Kabul, at the end of the War in Afghanistan. (from 2020s
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Image 8PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 9Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 10Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
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crew socks, and visible boxer briefs—a common early 2020s style choice. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 13Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 14Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 15Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 16Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 18A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
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streaming devices (from 2020s
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Image 20Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
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Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 22Blackpink'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 23Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 24A 2020s custom built
gaming PC with MSI manufactured hardware (from 2020s in video games
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Image 25Nintendo Switch (from 2020s in video games)
Image 26Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 27Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 28French actor and singer
western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 292021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 30Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 31Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 32French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 33Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 34The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 35Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 36The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 37Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 38The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
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Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games
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Image 40Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
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2021 Fall of Kabul, at the end of the War in Afghanistan. (from 2020s
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Image 42Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 43Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44 Brightly colored
western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 45Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 46Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 47Taylor 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 48An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 492020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50The 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 51Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 52American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 53Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 54Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 55Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 56Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 57Swedish 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 58Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
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crew socks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 60Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 61Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 62Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 63Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 64
Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games
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Image 65The 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 66 Contemporary Chinese
Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 67The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 68NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (2022) one the most popular video cards used for gaming PC's during the decade (from 2020s in video games)
Image 69Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
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mobile games which now form the largest sector in the gaming industry (from 2020s in video games
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Image 71Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 72The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)
Image 73Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 74Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 75The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 76Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 77 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 78Destroyed buildings aftermath of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India (from 2020s)
Image 79Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 80Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 81Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 82An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 832020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 84K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 85Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 86The crash site of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 in Wuzhou, China (from 2020s)
Image 87Swedish 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 882020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 892021: Italian band
Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 902021:
COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 91Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, industrial-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 92PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 93Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 94Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 95Nintendo Switch 2 (2025) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 96Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 97Wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 in Shahriar County, Iran (from 2020s)
Image 98Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 99Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 100Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 101Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 102British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 103Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz [es] wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 104An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 105Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 106Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 107Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 108American singer
Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 1091960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots,
pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 110An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 111Aerial view of Tehran suburbs following Israeli airstrikes during the Iran–Israel war. (from 2020s)
Image 112Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 113Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 114Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 1152021:
Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion
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Image 116Aftermath of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in Muan International Airport, Jeju, South Korea (from 2020s)
Image 117Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 118
streaming devices (from 2020s
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Image 119Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)

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Lisa in 2024

Lalisa Manobal (Thai: ลลิษา มโนบาล; born Pranpriya Manobal, March 27, 1997), known mononymously as Lisa (Korean: 리사), is a Thai rapper, singer, dancer, and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, which debuted under YG Entertainment in August 2016. She made her acting debut in 2025 in the HBO television series The White Lotus.

In September 2021, Lisa released her debut single album

Billboard Global Excl. US with "Rockstar", the lead single of her debut studio album Alter Ego (2025). (Full article...

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