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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 following the 2020 United States 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.
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 calendar 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 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. With the release of DALL-E and ChatGPT in 2021 and 2022, generative artificial intelligence applications became widespread, allowing users to instantly generate sophisticated text, 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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On 2 December 2025, during the Yemeni civil war, the Southern Transitional Council (STC)—a secessionist faction backed by the United Arab Emirates—launched a large-scale military offensive across southern Yemen, breaking years of military stalemate in the conflict. The operation began in the Hadhramaut Governorate, which at the time was under the control of the internationally recognized, Saudi-backed government of Yemen.

The STC advanced rapidly, seizing several government-held areas in northern Wadi Hadhramaut, including the cities of Seiyun and Tarim. The offensive then expanded into the neighboring Al-Mahrah Governorate and other adjacent regions. Codenamed "Operation Promising Future", the campaign saw rapid territorial gains, and by 9 December the STC had taken control of most areas spanning the six governorates of the former South Yemen. (Full article...)

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Image 1Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 2View of the Battle of Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (from 2020s)
Image 3Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 4Tesla Model Y (from 2020s)
Image 5 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 62020–21: Korean men in the 1980s- and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 7Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8Israeli air force jets flying over Iran during the Twelve Day War (from 2020s)
Image 9Machine Gun Kelly performing (from 2020s in music)
Image 10Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Nicolas Maduro following his capture, on board USS Iwo Jima (from 2020s in politics)
Image 121960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 13European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, 9 January 2026 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 14Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 15Rising smoke in Beirut following an Israeli airstrike that assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during the Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) (from 2020s)
Image 16Tablets 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 17American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 18All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 19Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 20Oversized workwear-inspired outfit worn by indie rocker Sam Fender in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 21A 2020s custom built desktop gaming PC with MSI manufactured hardware (from 2020s in video games)
Image 22Destruction in Rimal following an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza war (from 2020s)
Image 23Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 24Nintendo Switch (from 2020s in video games)
Image 25Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 26Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 27The 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 28Xbox Series X and S (from 2020s)
Image 29Jack Grealish wearing 5-inch inseams with crew socks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 302021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 31German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the COP30 Climate Summit, in Belém, Brazil, 7 November 2025 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 32"La marcha más grande de Chile" in Santiago, during the 2019 Social Outburst (from 2020s in politics)
Image 33Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 342021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 35Aerial view showing the destruction of Rafah in the Gaza Strip in January 2025 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 36Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 37Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
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 39Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 (from 2020s)
Image 40Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 41A 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 42BRICS leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India, 12 September 2026 (from 2020s in politics)
Image 43 Contemporary Chinese Mao jacket, 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 45View of the Battle of Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (from 2020s)
Image 46Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 47Israeli air force jets flying over Iran during the Twelve Day War (from 2020s)
Image 48K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 49Lauren Sánchez exhibiting Mar-a-Lago face in 2022 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50Taylor 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)

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Jung Kook in February 2026

Jeon Jung-kook (Korean: 전정국; born September 1, 1997), known professionally as Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of South Korean boy band BTS. He has performed three solo songs as part of BTS' discography—"Begin" in 2016, "Euphoria" in 2018, and "My Time" in 2020—all of which charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. He also recorded the soundtrack song "Stay Alive" for the BTS-based webtoon 7Fates: Chakho.

In 2022, Jung Kook featured on American singer Charlie Puth's single "Left and Right", which peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later that year, he became the first South Korean artist to release an official song for the FIFA World Cup soundtrack with "Dreamers", which he subsequently performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. In 2023, Jung Kook released his debut solo single "Seven" featuring Latto, which broke numerous chart and streaming records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200, and the Global Excl. U.S. charts, making him the first Korean solo artist to do so, and eventually became the fastest song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. His follow-up single "3D", featuring Jack Harlow, debuted at number five on both the Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, making Jung Kook the first South Korean solo artist to achieve two consecutive top-five entries on the latter. (Full article...)

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