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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 for the first time since the 1970s, and a global supply chain crisis. The World Health Organization declared the virus a global state of emergency from March 2020 to May 2023. While no longer considered a pandemic, many health critics consider the virus' effects to still be ongoing through new variants.

Several anti-government demonstrations and revolts occurred in the 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; protests and strikes in France against pension reform; political crises 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 the United States, Japan, and Brazil in an attempt to overturn election results. The world population grew to over eight billion people, and in 2023, India overtook China as the most populous country in the world. Among democracies in 2024, its elections saw an 80% loss of incumbent support worldwide, several losses being historic. That year, former U.S. president Donald Trump was reelected to a second, nonconsecutive term.

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 Gaza 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, 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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In telecommunications, 5G is the "fifth generation" of cellular network technology, as the successor to the fourth generation (4G), and has been deployed by mobile operators worldwide since 2019.

Compared to 4G, 5G networks offer not only higher download speeds, with a peak speed of 10 gigabits per second (Gbit/s), but also substantially lower latency, enabling near-instantaneous communication through cellular base stations and antennae. There is one global unified 5G standard: 5G New Radio (5G NR), which has been developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) based on specifications defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the IMT-2020 requirements. (Full article...)

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Image 1The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 2Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 3K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 4Blackpink'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 5Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 6 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 72020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 9Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 10Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 12Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 13Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 14Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 15Swedish 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 16Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
Image 18American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 192021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 20Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 21Tablets 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 22Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 23US 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 24Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 25Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 26French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 27Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 28Aftermath of the Spanish floods at Sedaví, Horta Sud in October 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 29A 2020s custom built desktop gaming PC with MSI manufactured hardware (from 2020s in video games)
Image 30PICO 4 (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 31Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 32Haim and Taylor Swift in glamorous, industrial-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 33Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 34Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 352021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 36American singer Billie Eilish are among the notable examples of Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 37Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 38Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 39Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 40The 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 41Swedish 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 42Fairy Grunge clothing at an Urban Outfitters store (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 43The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 45Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 46Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 47Project 2025 document, published April 21, 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 48The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. (from 2020s)
Image 49British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 51An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 52Taylor 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 53Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 54Confirmed deaths per 100,000 population as of 20 December 2023 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 55Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 56Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 57Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz [es] wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 58The 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 59Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 60Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 61French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 62Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 63Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 64Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 65An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023 (from 2020s)
Image 662020–21: Korean men in the 1980s and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 672021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 68The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 69Nintendo Switch (from 2020s in video games)
Image 70Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 71Jovenel Moïse (from 2020s)
Image 72Japanese man with curtained hair. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 73Hassan Nasrallah (from 2020s)
Image 74Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 751960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 76PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 77Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 782020: example of a Dark Academia outfit. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 79Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 80NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (2022) one the most popular video cards used for gaming PC's during the decade (from 2020s in video games)
Image 81Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″ in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the Gaza war. (from 2020s)
Image 82An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 83Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 84Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 85Actor Finn Wolfhard wearing early 2020s Indie Fashion (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 86Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 87Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 88An earthquake-damaged buildings in Mandalay, Myanmar in March 2025. (from 2020s)
Image 89Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 90 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 91Xbox Series S (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 92Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 93All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 94Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War. (from 2020s)
Image 95Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 962021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 97Roku is one of the most popularly known streaming devices (from 2020s)
Image 98Icelandic pop artist Laufey dressed in a high-collared tank top and jeans (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 99 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 100US 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 101Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 102Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 103Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 104Syrian rebels at Hama Air Base during the Syrian civil war. (from 2020s)
Image 105Aftermath of the earthquake at Wajima morning market in January 2024. (from 2020s)
Image 106Balletcore inspired skirt worn with boho-chic sweater and retro sneakers, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 107The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023. (from 2020s)
Image 108Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)

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Stoltenberg in 2025

Jens Stoltenberg (Norwegian: [jɛns ˈstɔ̀ɫtn̩bærɡ]; born 16 March 1959) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. Since 2025, he has been the Minister of Finance in the Støre Cabinet. He has previously been the prime minister of Norway and secretary general of NATO.

Born in Oslo as the son of diplomat and politician Thorvald Stoltenberg and politician Karin Stoltenberg (née Heiberg), Stoltenberg attended Oslo Waldorf School and Oslo Cathedral School before graduating with a degree in economics from the University of Oslo in 1987. During his studies, he worked as a journalist, and led Labour's youth wing from 1985 to 1989. (Full article...)

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