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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"; shortened to "the '10s" and also known as "The Tens" or "The Teens") was the decade that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 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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Margaret Thatcher's coffin being carried up the steps of St Paul's Cathedral

On 8 April 2013, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87. On 17 April, she was honoured with a ceremonial funeral. Due to polarised opinions about her achievements and legacy, the reaction to her death was mixed across the UK, including contrasting praise, criticism, and celebrations of her life as well as celebrations of her death.

The funeral included a formal procession through Central London followed by a church service at St Paul's Cathedral attended by Queen Elizabeth II. It cost around £3.6 million, including £3.1 million for security. Thatcher's body was subsequently cremated at Mortlake Crematorium. (Full article...)

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Image 1Tool'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 2Norwegian man in slim fitting velvet jacket, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 3American rapper and singer XXXTentacion (from 2010s in music)
Image 4Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 5In 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 6Nintendo 3DS (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 7President Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 8Women in casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 9Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 10Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 11iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from 2010s in video games)
Image 12PlayStation 4 (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 13Musician Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 14Lady Gaga was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 15Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 16Xperia Play (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 17A desktop gaming PC setup from 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 18American man wearing a boater hat in 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 19Influencer Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 20Actress Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 21Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 22Samsung Galaxy Note (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 23Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (from 2010s)
Image 24In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 25Brazilian 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 26TobyMac'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 27German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 28The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 29The 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 30Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 31Ouya (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 32Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 33In 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 34Wii U (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 35Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 363D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 37For 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 38Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 39Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 40Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 41American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019. Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 42Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 43Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 44Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a jacket, black jeans and loafers, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 45Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 46A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 47Geforce GTX 1080 (2016) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 48Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 49Adele 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 50Indian children, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 51Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 52Pitbull 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 53John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 54Somali man wearing waistcoat, tuque and polar fleece (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 55Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 56J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 57LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)
Image 58Muammar al-Gaddafi (from 2010s)
Image 59Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 60Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in politics)
Image 61English-Irish boy band One Direction with preppy-inspired outfits in 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 62Nintendo Switch (2017) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 63Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 64A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 65Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 66Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 67Xbox One (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 68Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 69Brazilian hipster girl wearing leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 70Anwar al-Awlaki (from 2010s)
Image 71PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 72Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 73Business casual (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 74On 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 75Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 76An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 77Three girls with multicolored seapunk inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 78Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 79A 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 80Man wearing hypebeast fashion. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 81Pippa Middleton's form-fitting dress caused a sensation at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 82Edwardian-style Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 83Russian farmer family in 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 84Orlando Bloom with Samurai bun, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 85Two women wearing flared trousers, jeggings and oversized cardigans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 86Boat shoes associated with the preppy look (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 87Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 88In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 89A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 90Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 91Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 92A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 93Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 94South African model Candice Swanepoel wearing pantywaist top and bodycon skirt, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 95Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 96Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 97Vetusta Morla (from 2010s in music)
Image 98Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 99Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 100Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 101Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 102Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 103Jay Chou in 2013 (from 2010s in music)
Image 104German woman wearing hooded fur coat (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 105Andrei Karlov (from 2010s)
Image 106Man wearing shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 107Peruvian hats for the American export market (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 108Tourist couple wearing casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 109Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 110The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 111Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 112Polish women wearing boho- or hippie-inspired dresses, floral prints and peasant blouses, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 113American rapper Kendrick Lamar (from 2010s in music)
Image 114Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from 2010s in music)
Image 115A laptop gaming PC from the 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 116Nintendo Switch (from 2010s in video games)
Image 117Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 118Women 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 119Steam Controller (2015) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 120Girl wearing steampunk costume, including goggles and pith helmet (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 1212011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 122Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 123Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 124Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 125Scene kid with short hardcore punk-inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 126Robe and kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 127Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 128Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 129Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 130Geforce RTX 2080 (2018) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 131Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 132Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 133Indian actress Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 134Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 135Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 136A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 137P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 138Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 139Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 140PlayStation Vita (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 141BRICS, 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 142Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 143Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 144A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 145A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 146American rapper Tyga in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 147K-pop star B.I sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 14828 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 149Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 150Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 151The 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 152Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 153Brazilian indie pop group Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 154Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 155Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 156Woman wearing popular athleisure trends. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 157Concerns 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 158A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 159Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 160The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 161Taylor 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 162Syrian 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 163Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 164Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 165Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from 2010s in video games)
Image 166Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 167An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 168The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 169North 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 170Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 171In 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 172Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 173Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 174Google Stadia controller (2019) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 175Nvidia Shield Portable (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 176K-Pop singer Psy (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 177The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 178Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 179From 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 LGTBQ 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 180David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 181Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 182Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 183The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 184American rapper Playboi Carti (from 2010s in music)
Image 185David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 186Jing Ulrich, a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 187Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 188Sports anchor wearing little black dress and knee-high boots, Mexico, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 189American teenager with hi-top fade and distressed acid wash denim vest (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 190The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 191Mid 2010s Ugandan fashion (from 2010s in fashion)

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Jonathan at the World Economic Forum in 2013

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan GCFR GCON (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and was the first incumbent president in Nigerian history to concede defeat in an election, thus allowing for a peaceful transition of power.

Previously, Jonathan served as the vice president of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 under the administration of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua; and in oil-rich Bayelsa State as governor from 2005 to 2007, and deputy governor from 1999 to 2005. (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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