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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ["the Tens"], "the Tenties", 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 economic recovery from the Great Recession. Inflation and interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade, gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust consumer spending, increased investment in infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in the Arab world—triggered political revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain as well as civil wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as the Arab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple with a debt crisis that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in developed countries.

The decade saw the musical and cultural dominance of 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 musical 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. Cable providers saw a decline in subscribers 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 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 U.S. by Billboard. (Full article...)

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The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox series. It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014. It is the first Xbox game console to be released in China, specifically in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. Microsoft marketed the device as an "all-in-one entertainment system", hence the name "Xbox One". An eighth-generation console, it mainly competed against Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Wii U and later the Switch.

Moving away from its predecessor's PowerPC-based architecture, the Xbox One marks a shift back to the x86 architecture used in the original Xbox; it features an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) from AMD built around the x86-64 instruction set. Xbox One's controller was redesigned over the Xbox 360's, with a redesigned body, D-pad, and triggers capable of delivering directional haptic feedback. The console places an increased emphasis on cloud computing, as well as social networking features and the ability to record and share video clips or screenshots from gameplay or livestream directly to streaming services such as Mixer and Twitch. Games can also be played off-console via a local area network on supported Windows 10 devices. The console can play Blu-ray Disc, and overlay live television programming from an existing set-top box or a digital tuner for digital terrestrial television with an enhanced program guide. The console optionally included a redesigned Kinect sensor, marketed as the "Kinect 2.0", providing improved motion tracking and voice recognition. (Full article...)

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Image 1Sports anchor wearing little black dress and knee-high boots, Mexico, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 2Robe and kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 3On 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 4American rapper and singer XXXTentacion (from 2010s in music)
Image 5Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 6Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 7K-Pop singer Psy (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 8Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 9Vetusta Morla (from 2010s in music)
Image 10Google Stadia controller (2019) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 11A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 12Man wearing hypebeast fashion. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 13Xperia Play (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 14Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 15Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 16Jay Chou in 2013 (from 2010s in music)
Image 17In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 18Scene kid with short hardcore punk-inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 19Women in casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 20Mid 2010s Ugandan fashion (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 21A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 22Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 23Taylor 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 24K-pop star B.I sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 25Polish women wearing boho- or hippie-inspired dresses, floral prints and peasant blouses, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 26Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 27Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 28Two women wearing flared trousers, jeggings and oversized cardigans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 29From 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 media and rise of mobile devices; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016 on a rising tide of populism throughout the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 30David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 31Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 32Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 33Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 34Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 35Wii U (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 36Nvidia Shield Portable (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 373D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 38Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 39Somali man wearing waistcoat, tuque and polar fleece (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 40In 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 recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 41J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 42A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 43Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 44Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 45American rapper Kendrick Lamar (from 2010s in music)
Image 46German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 47English-Irish boy band One Direction with preppy-inspired outfits in 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 48Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 49Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 50For 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)
Image 51The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 52The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 54Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 55Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 56Brazilian indie pop group Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 57TobyMac'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 58Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 59Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 60Syrian 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 61Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 62Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 63Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 64Anwar al-Awlaki (from 2010s)
Image 65Jing Ulrich, a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 66Pippa Middleton's form-fitting dress caused a sensation at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 67Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 68Tool'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 69Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 70American teenager with hi-top fade and distressed acid wash denim vest (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 71Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 72Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 73Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 74American man wearing a boater hat in 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 75Edwardian-style Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 76Nintendo Switch (from 2010s in video games)
Image 77Boat shoes associated with the preppy look (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 78The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 79Xbox One (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 80Three girls with multicolored seapunk inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 81German woman wearing hooded fur coat (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 82The 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 83Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 84Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and United States President Donald Trump in 2019. Both are emblematic of a wave of neo-nationalist and globalisation-weary conservative populism in the second half of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 85PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 86The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 87American rapper Tyga in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 88Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 89Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 90Muammar al-Gaddafi (from 2010s)
Image 91Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 92Andrei Karlov (from 2010s)
Image 93Man wearing shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 94Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 95An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 96Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 97Russian farmer family in 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 98The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 99An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 100A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 101Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 102Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 103Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 104Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 105A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 106Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 1072011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 108The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 109South African model Candice Swanepoel wearing pantywaist top and bodycon skirt, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 110Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 111Pitbull 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 112Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 113Norwegian man in slim fitting velvet jacket, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 114Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 115Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from 2010s in music)
Image 116Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 117Rihanna was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 118Peruvian hats for the American export market (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 119Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 120Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 121Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 122Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 123Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in political history)
Image 124Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 125Adele 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 126The PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide as of August 2019^[update]). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 127Women 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 128North 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 129Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 130Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 131David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 132In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 133Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 134The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 135A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 136Orlando Bloom with Samurai bun, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 137PlayStation Vita (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 138A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 139Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 140Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 141Business casual (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 142Steam Controller (2015) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 143John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 144A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 145Girl wearing steampunk costume, including goggles and pith helmet (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 146Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 147iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from 2010s in video games)
Image 148Brazilian hipster girl wearing leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 149Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 150Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 151Nintendo 3DS (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 152Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 153Ouya (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 154Concerns over economic inequality, greed and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from 2010s)
Image 155American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019. Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 156Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 157Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 158Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from 2010s in video games)
Image 159Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 160Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 161A 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 162Influencer Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 163Musician Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 164Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 165In 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 166Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 167In 2014 the One World Trade Center opened its doors in the Financial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same year Osama bin Laden was killed), the 9/11 Memorial was opened. (from 2010s)
Image 168Flag map of the world from 2015 (from 2010s)
Image 169Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a jacket, black jeans and loafers, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 170Indian actress Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 171Samsung Galaxy Note (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 172Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (from 2010s)
Image 173PlayStation 4 (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 174BRICS, 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 175Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 176P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 177Kim Jong-nam (from 2010s)
Image 178Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 179Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 180American rapper Playboi Carti (from 2010s in music)
Image 181Actress Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 182Indian children, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 183Nintendo Switch (2017) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 184President Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 18528 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 186Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 187Woman wearing popular athleisure trends. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 188Tourist couple wearing casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 189LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)

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Official portrait, 2010

Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ^ⓘ; née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a retired German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office. She previously served as leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as the leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. During her chancellorship, Merkel was frequently referred to the most powerful woman in the world. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, her legacy came under increased scrutiny both in Germany and abroad.

Merkel was born in Hamburg in West Germany. Her family moved to East Germany when she was an infant. Merkel obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. She then entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As the protégée of chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected general secretary of the party. She then became the party's first female leader, and the first female leader of the Opposition, two years later. (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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