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COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, became a global pandemic in 2020 and shaped the early decade.
The January 6 United States Capitol attack over claims of electoral fraud during the 2020 presidential election; the decade witnessed widespread democratic backsliding as many countries shifted from liberal democracy to authoritarianism.
The July Uprising in Bangladesh was the world's first Gen Z revolution, as young protesters overthrow their governments in opposition to democratic backsliding, political corruption, and authoritarianism.
In 2026, the crewed moon flyby mission Artemis II broke the record for the furthest humans have been from Earth.
Following the October 7 attacks in 2023 by the militant group Hamas, Israel has invaded the Gaza Strip; during the invasion, the Israeli military has committed many war crimes and a genocide which has sparked protests worldwide; the war has spilled over throughout the Middle East.
Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, starting a new phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Europe's largest and deadliest armed conflict since World War II, with an estimated 500,000 to 600,000 people killed and close to 2 million military casualties, including those killed, wounded or disabled.
The 2020s have seen rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), with the widescale introduction of generative AI tools like chatbots, notably ChatGPT.

The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand (and) twenties") is the current decade of the Gregorian and Julian calendars that began on 1 January 2020 and will end on 31 December 2029.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath marked the early 2020s, which triggered a global economic recession, sustained rise in global inflation, supply chain crisis, and autocratisation. Governments worldwide issued stay-at-home orders during the early pandemic, leading to a widespread use of teleconferencing, online learning, e-commerce, and food delivery services.

In terms of politics, the 2020s has seen a rise in populist and anti-establishment movements across the world on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum, along with anti-government demonstrations and revolts, including the Gen Z protests. The decade saw an escalation of military conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, the Gaza war and genocide since 2023, the 2025 Twelve-Day War, and the 2026 Iran war. By the middle of the decade, multiple journalists, economists, and political scientists had increasingly begun to refer to China as a superpower due to its enormous influence in the fields of geopolitics, technology, manufacturing, economics and culture.

Technology has continued to evolve in the 2020s. Throughout the decade, generative artificial intelligence-based applications, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, became widespread, allowing users to instantly generate sophisticated texts, images, and media. The growth of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence has led to the cryptocurrency bubble and AI spring. India and China expanded their space exploration programs,, with China assembling its space station Tiangong in 2022. The United States has led space exploration, including with the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby in 2026. Both the U.S. and China have vowed to return humans to the lunar surface by 2030. (Full article...)

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Gladiator II is a 2024 epic historical film directed and produced by Ridley Scott. The sequel to Gladiator (2000), it was written by David Scarpa based on a story he wrote with Peter Craig. The film was produced by Scott Free Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington. Derek Jacobi and Nielsen reprise their roles from the first film, with Mescal replacing Spencer Treat Clark. Mescal portrays Lucius Verus Aurelius, the exiled Prince of Rome, who becomes a prisoner of war and fights as a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave who plots to overthrow the twin emperors Caracalla and Geta.

A sequel to Gladiator was discussed as early as June 2001, with David Franzoni and John Logan set to return as screenwriters. Over the next few years, Scott offered occasional updates, including the possible involvement of the original film's lead actor, Russell Crowe, along with plot ideas about the Roman afterlife and different historical time periods. Development was halted when DreamWorks Pictures was sold to Paramount in 2006. The film was finally announced in 2018, and Mescal was cast in the lead role in January 2023, with a script by David Scarpa. Filming took place between June 2023 and January 2024, with a five-month delay due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. (Full article...)

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Image 1Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 2Charlie Kirk (from 2020s)
Image 3Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 4View of the Battle of Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (from 2020s)
Image 5PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 6Blackpink'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 7The world map of CSTO and NATO member states with disputed regions in 2020s: NATO allies (blue), disputed regions (Yellow) and CSTO allies (red) (from 2020s)
Image 8Idriss Déby (from 2020s)
Image 9Rising smoke in Beirut following an Israeli airstrike that assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during the Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) (from 2020s)
Image 10Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 112020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 12Ali Khamenei (from 2020s)
Image 13Charlie Kirk (from 2020s)
Image 14French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 15Robert Fico (from 2020s)
Image 16Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 17Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 18Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 19American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 20Fernando Villavicencio (from 2020s)
Image 21NBA player Jalen Green wearing 5-inch inseams, crew socks, and visible boxer briefs—a common early 2020s style choice. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 222021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 232020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 24Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 25Israeli air force jets flying over Iran during the Twelve Day War (from 2020s)
Image 26Playstation 5 (from 2020s)
Image 27Fernando Villavicencio (from 2020s)
Image 28American singer Billie Eilish is among the notable examples of Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 29Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 30A map of countries by total baseline American tariffs (includes tariffs not yet implemented)
- 100% or higher
- 50% – 99%
- 40% – 49%
- 30% – 39%
- 20% – 29%
- 10% – 19%
  United States
(from 2020s)
Image 31Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 32Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 33 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 34Yevgeny Prigozhin (from 2020s)
Image 35All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 36View of the Battle of Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (from 2020s)
Image 37Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 38AirPods (from 2020s)
Image 39Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 40Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 41Tablets 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 42Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 432021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44Rising smoke in Beirut following an Israeli airstrike that assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during the Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) (from 2020s)
Image 45Taylor Swift continued to dominate the global music industry in the 2020s, seeing unprecedented success. She released the million-selling albums Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, 1989 (Taylor's Version), The Tortured Poets Department and The Life of a Showgirl, and embarked on the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. (from 2020s in music)
Image 46Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 47Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 48Destruction in Rimal following an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza war (from 2020s)
Image 49Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)

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Lizzo in 2025

Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo (/ˈlɪzoʊ/), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas, with her family at the age of 10. After college, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she began her recording career in hip-hop. Lizzo released two studio albums, Lizzobangers (2013) and Big Grrrl Small World (2015).

In 2016, Lizzo signed to Atlantic Records and released her first major-label extended play (EP), Coconut Oil. Her third studio album, Cuz I Love You (2019), peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and won three Grammy Awards. It spawned the multi-platinum single "Juice", while its deluxe version included the 2016 single "Good as Hell" and the 2017 single "Truth Hurts"; the latter became a viral sleeper hit two years after its initial release and topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Her fourth studio album, Special (2022), was led by her second US number-one single, "About Damn Time", which also won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. After a hiatus, she released her third mixtape, My Face Hurts from Smiling (2025), followed by her fifth studio album Bitch (2026). (Full article...)

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