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The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand twenties"; shortened to "the '20s" and also known as "The Twenties") is the current decade that began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029.

The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic. The first reports of the virus were published on December 31, 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 for the first time since the 1970s, and a global supply chain crisis.

Several anti-government demonstrations and revolts occurred in the late 2010s and early 2020s, including a continuation of those in Hong Kong against extradition legislation; protests against certain local, state and national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; others around the world, particularly in the United States, against racism and police brutality; one in India against agriculture and farming acts; one in Israel against judicial reforms; another in Indonesia against the omnibus law on jobs; ongoing protests and strikes in France against pension reform; an ongoing political crisis in Peru, Bangladesh, Armenia, and Thailand; and many in Belarus, Eswatini, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela against various forms of governmental jurisdiction, corruption and authoritarianism; along with citizen riots in Japan, the United States, and Brazil in an attempt to overturn election results. The world population grew to over 8 billion people, and in 2023, India overtook China as the most populous country in the world.

Ongoing military conflicts include the Myanmar civil war, the Ethiopian civil conflict, the Kivu conflict, the Mali War, the Yemeni civil war, the Somali Civil War, Sudanese civil war, the Syrian civil war, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the Israel–Hamas war. The year 2021 saw the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, ending nearly 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The Russian invasion of Ukraine became the largest conventional military offensive in Europe since World War II, and resulting in a refugee crisis, disruptions to global trade, and an exacerbation of economic inflation. In 2023, a Hamas-led attack marked the first invasion of Israel since 1948, triggering an Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory. The invasion has led to the displacement of nearly all 2.3 million 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 the Assad regime. Smaller conflicts include the insurgency in the Maghreb, the Iraq insurgency, the Philippine and the Mexican drug wars. (Full article...)

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The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas War. These first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents and cyberwarfare. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The war has resulted in a refugee crisis and tens of thousands of deaths.

In early 2014, the Euromaidan protests led to the Revolution of Dignity and the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Shortly after, pro-Russian unrest erupted in eastern and southern Ukraine, while unmarked Russian troops occupied Crimea. Russia soon annexed Crimea after a highly disputed referendum. In April 2014, Russian-backed militants seized towns in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and proclaimed the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) as independent states, starting the Donbas war. Russia covertly supported the separatists with its own troops, tanks and artillery, preventing Ukraine from fully retaking the territory. In February 2015, Russia and Ukraine signed the Minsk II agreements, but they were never fully implemented in the years that followed. The Donbas war settled into a violent but static conflict between Ukraine and the Russian and separatist forces, with many brief ceasefires but no lasting peace and few changes in territorial control. (Full article...)

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Image 1Swedish 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 22020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 3Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 4Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 5Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 6Swedish 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 7Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8Doja Cat had her breakthrough in 2020 and rose to prominence in the subsequent years, fueled by her music's rap, pop and R&B appeals. (from 2020s in music)
Image 9Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 10Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 11Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 12Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 13Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 14Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 15Cloth COVID-19 masks from Germany, 2020. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 16Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Israel–Hamas war. (from 2020s)
Image 17Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 18The 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 19Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 20French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 21Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 222021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 23Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, grunge-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 24Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 25American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 262020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 27Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 28Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 29British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 30Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 31Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 32US 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 33PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 34Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 35Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 36US 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 37The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 38Blackpink'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 39Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 40Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 41Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 42French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 43Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 442021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 45Actress Úrsula Corberó with wolf cut (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 46Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 47Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 48Taylor Swift continued to dominate the global music industry in the 2020s. She released the million-selling albums 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 49Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 51Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 52Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 532021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 54Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 55Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Israel–Hamas war. (from 2020s)
Image 56An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 57Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 58 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 59PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 60The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 61Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 62Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 63Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 64Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 65Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 66The 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 67Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 68Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 69An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 70The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 71Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 72Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 73All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 741960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 75Actress Dove Cameron sporting early 2020s makeup trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 76K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 77Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 78Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 79Syrian opposition fighters Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 80Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 81Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 82Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 83 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 84Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz [es] wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 85Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 86Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 87Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 88Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 892021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 90Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 91Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 92Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 93Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 94 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 95Japanese duo Yoasobi, one of the most popular artists in anime music of the 2020s (from 2020s in music)
Image 96The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 97Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 98The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 99Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 100Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 101Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 102Syrian opposition fighters Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 1032020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 104Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 105Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)

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James with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022

LeBron Raymone James Sr. (/ləˈbrɒn/; lə-BRON; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, and is frequently at the center of debates regarding the sport's all-time best, often being compared to Michael Jordan. James has won four NBA championships from 10 NBA Finals appearances, having made eight consecutive appearances between 2011 and 2018. He also won the inaugural NBA Cup in 2023 with the Lakers, three Olympic gold medals as a member of the U.S. national team, and the Olympics MVP in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

In addition to being the NBA's all-time leading scorer and ranking fourth in NBA career assists and seventh in NBA career steals, James holds several individual honors: four NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, four NBA Finals MVP Awards, the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, three NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and the inaugural NBA Cup MVP award. He has been named an NBA All-Star a record 21 times, selected to the All-NBA Team a record 20 times (including a record 13 First Team selections) and the All-Defensive Team six times (including five First Team selections), and was a runner-up for the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award twice in his career. The oldest active player in the NBA, he is tied with Vince Carter for the record for the most seasons played in NBA history, with 22, and holds the record for the most minutes played in NBA history. (Full article...)

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