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{{Short description|Current decade of the Gregorian calendar (2020–2029)}}
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| footer            = From top left, clockwise: '''COVID-19 became a global pandemic''' in 2020 and dominated the early part of the decade, as [[Medicine:COVID-19|the disease]] and [[Biology:SARS-CoV-2|virus that causes the disease]] were deemed an international public health emergency until 2023; The [[Engineering:Antonov An-225 Mriya|Antonov An-225 Mriya]], the largest aircraft ever built, was destroyed during the Battle of Antonov Airport which is a part of the '''Russian invasion of Ukraine'''; An AI image generated artificially by [[Software:DALL-E|DALL-E 2]], following [[AI boom|significant advances]] in '''[[Generative artificial intelligence|generative AI]]''' during the decade; A U.S. Air Force plane carries passengers out of Afghanistan during the '''2021 fall of Kabul''' at the end of the War in Afghanistan; Charles III became King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms, after the '''death of Queen Elizabeth II''' in 2022; In addition to many [[Engineering:Private spaceflight|private]] and public [[Engineering:Spaceflight|spaceflight]] advancements, the '''[[Astronomy:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]]''' launched in 2021.
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The '''2020s''' (pronounced "twenty-twenties"; shortened to "'''the '20s'''" also known as "'''The Twenties'''") is the current [[Physics:Decade|decade]]. It began on January 1, 2020, and will end on December 31, 2029.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2019/12/24/lets-make-the-20s-roar-again/|title=Let's Make The 20s Roar Again!|date=24 December 2019|website=Forbes|first=Wal|last=van Lierop|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231212539/https://www.forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2019/12/24/lets-make-the-20s-roar-again/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/12/31/finally-a-decade-whose-name-we-can-agree-on/|title=Finally, a Decade Whose Name We Can Agree On|first=Andrew|last=Beaujon|website=Washingtonian|date=31 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231212540/https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/12/31/finally-a-decade-whose-name-we-can-agree-on/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2020s began with the COVID-19 pandemic—the first reports of [[Biology:SARS-CoV-2|the virus]] were published on December 31, 2019, though the first cases are said to have appeared nearly a month earlier<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-31 |title=Chinese officials investigate cause of pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pneumonia-idUSKBN1YZ0GP |access-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>—which caused a global economic recession as well as continuing [[Finance:2021–2023 inflation surge|financial inflation concerns]] and [[Finance:2021–2023 global supply chain crisis|a global supply chain crisis]].

Several anti-government demonstrations and [[Social:Rebellion|revolt]]s occurred in the late [[History:2010s|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 [[Biography:Murder of George Floyd|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, Armenia, and Thailand; and many in Belarus, Eswatini, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, and Russia against various forms of governmental jurisdiction, [[Philosophy:Corruption|corruption]] and [[Social:Authoritarianism|authoritarianism]]; along with citizen [[Social:Riot|riot]]s in the United States and Brazil in an attempt to overturn [[Social:Election|election]] results. The world population grew to over 8 billion people, and in 2023, {{wipe|India}} overtook {{wipe|China}} as the most populous country in the world.<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/desa/world-population-reach-8-billion-15-november-2022 World population reach 8 billion] United Nations 15 November 2022</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UN DESA Policy Brief No. 153: India overtakes China as the world's most populous country {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-no-153-india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country/#:~:text=UN%20DESA%20Policy%20Brief%20No,the%20world%27s%20most%20populous%20country&text=Department%20of%20Economic%20and%20Social%20Affairs |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.un.org}}</ref>

Ongoing [[Social:War|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, the Syrian civil war, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine became the largest conventional military offensive in [[Earth:Europe|Europe]] since [[Social:World War II|World War II]], and resulting in a refugee crisis, disruptions to [[Finance:International trade|global trade]], and an exacerbation of economic [[Finance:Inflation|inflation]]. In 2023, a Hamas-led attack marked the first invasion of Israel since 1948, triggering a swift Israeli response with an invasion into Gaza. This conflict has led to the displacement of nearly all 2.3 million Gaza residents, raising international concerns about a humanitarian crisis and sparking global protests against Israel's actions in the war. Smaller conflicts include the insurgency in the Maghreb, the Iraq insurgency, the Philippine drug war, and the Mexican drug war. The year 2021 saw the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul to the [[Religion:Taliban|Taliban]], ending twenty years of war in that country, and leading to the republican loyalist uprising against the new emirate government.

With many [[Earth:Extreme weather|extreme weather]] events magnifying in the early 2020s, several world leaders have called it the "decisive decade" for [[Earth:Climate change mitigation|climate action]] as ecological crises continue to escalate.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e9f81272-3986-44de-9715-e83ec9be2bd2 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e9f81272-3986-44de-9715-e83ec9be2bd2 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=COP26: First day ends with Queen's message of statesmanship|newspaper=[[Social:Financial Times|Financial Times]]|date=1 November 2021|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2021/nov/01/cop26-biden-urges-unity-in-decisive-decade-for-planet-video|title=Cop26: Biden urges unity in 'decisive decade' for planet|work={{wipe|The Guardian}}|date=1 November 2021|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> In February 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 57,000 people in [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]] and [[Place:Syria|Syria]]; this event fell within the top ten deadliest earthquakes of the 21st century.

There were [[AI boom|significant improvements in the complexity of artificial intelligence]], with American companies, universities, and research labs pioneering advances in the field.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Michael |date=September 22, 2023 |title=US Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Can Shape the 21st Century Global Order |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/us-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-can-shape-the-21st-century-global-order/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=The Diplomat |language=en-US |quote=Instead, the United States has developed a new area of dominance that the rest of the world views with a mixture of awe, envy, and resentment: artificial intelligence... From AI models and research to cloud computing and venture capital, U.S. companies, universities, and research labs – and their affiliates in allied countries – appear to have an enormous lead in both developing cutting-edge AI and commercializing it. The value of U.S. venture capital investments in AI start-ups exceeds that of the rest of the world combined.}}</ref> Other technological advances have also been made, impacting many, such as the use of [[Teleconference|teleconferencing]], [[Engineering:Educational technology|online learning]], [[Engineering:Streaming media|streaming services]], [[Social:E-commerce|e-commerce]] and [[Finance:Online food ordering|food delivery services]] to compensate for lockdowns ordered by governments around the world during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. [[5G|5G]] networks have launched around the globe at the start of the decade as well, and became prevalent in [[Engineering:Smartphone|smartphone]]s. Research into outer space greatly accelerated in the 2020s, with the {{wipe|United States}} also dominating [[Astronomy:Space exploration|space exploration]], including the [[Astronomy:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]], [[Engineering:Ingenuity (helicopter)|''Ingenuity'' helicopter]], [[Astronomy:Lunar Gateway|Lunar Gateway]], and [[Astronomy:Artemis program|''Artemis'' program]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Signé |first=Landry Signe |last2=Dooley |first2=Hanna |date=March 28, 2023 |title=How space exploration is fueling the Fourth Industrial Revolution |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-space-exploration-is-fueling-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Politics and wars==

===Major conflicts===
The prominent wars of the decade include:

====International wars====
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! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
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| [[Religion:Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]
* 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
* 2023 Israel–Hamas war
| 14 May 1948
* 6 May 2021
* 7 October 2023
| ''Ongoing''
* 21 May 2021
* ''Ongoing''
| The conflict between Jewish and Arab communities in [[Place:Israel|Israel]] and the West Bank has been ongoing since 1948.<ref name=":7">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm|title=BBC NEWS|publisher=BBC News|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=20 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420155956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_ip_timeline/html/default.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> After [[Place:Israel|Israel]] took control of the West Bank, it began making settlements there, which led to heightened clashes to this day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm|title=Israeli settlement plan denounced|date=18 November 2009|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305212607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8364815.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Kurdish–Turkish conflict
|27 November 1978
|''Ongoing''
|Numerous Kurdish groups, including the Kurdistan Workers' Party (the PKK) have fought for an independent Kurdistan incorporating parts of Turkey. In 2016, Turkey occupied parts of Northern Syria and in 2019, invaded Kurdish-held areas of Northern Syria. In 2020, Turkey launched an insurgency in [[Place:Iraqi Kurdistan|Iraqi Kurdistan]].
|-
| Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
* Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
* 2023 offensive
|February 1988
* 27 September 2020
* 19 September 2023
|1 January 2024
* 10 November 2020
* 20 September 2023
|The region of [[Place:Nagorno-Karabakh|Nagorno-Karabakh]] has been disputed between the governments of [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]] and [[Place:Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]], as well as the breakaway state, the [[Place:Republic of Artsakh|Republic of Artsakh]]. Following the first war's ceasefire cross-border skirmishes persisted including in July 2020, when a series of border skirmishes left at least 15 dead. A second war broke out later that year and ended after another ceasefire. A border crisis and blockade ensued until a 2023 offensive into the region by Azerbaijan. [[Place:Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]] dissolved on 1 January 2024, ending the conflict.
|-
| War on terror
* War in Afghanistan
* Iraq conflict
| 11 September 2001
* 7 October 2001
* 20 March 2003
| ''Ongoing ''
* 30 August 2021
* ''Ongoing''
|-
|Kivu conflict
|2 June 2004
|''Ongoing''
|The Kivu conflict began in 2004 in the eastern Congo as an armed conflict between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and the [[Social:Hutu Power|Hutu Power]] group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has broadly consisted of three phases, the third of which is an ongoing conflict.
|-
| Russo-Ukrainian War
* 2022 Russian invasion
| 20 February 2014
* 24 February 2022
| ''Ongoing''
* ''Ongoing''
| Hostilities between the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine have been ongoing since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. In 2021 and early 2022, tensions escalated between the two countries due to a build up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border. Russia launched a full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
|-
| War against the Islamic State
| 13 June 2014
| ''Ongoing''
| In late-2013, a terrorist organisation called the [[Religion:Islamic State|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] began making rapid advances and territorial gains in Iraq and Syria. It captured Mosul in June<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul|title=Isis insurgents seize control of Iraqi city of Mosul|last=Chulov|first=Martin|date=10 June 2014|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429022223/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/iraq-sunni-insurgents-islamic-militants-seize-control-mosul|url-status=live}}</ref> and made [[Place:Raqqa|Raqqa]] its capital.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php|title=ISIS announces formation of Caliphate, rebrands as 'Islamic State' |work=The Long War Journal |date=29 June 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404155146/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/isis_announces_formation_of_ca.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Various international coalitions were formed to help fight the militants.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/|title=U.S. Forms Anti-ISIS Coalition at NATO Summit|last=Nicks|first=Denver|magazine={{wipe|Time (magazine)}} |access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012154609/http://time.com/3273185/isis-us-nato/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html|title=34 Islamic nations form coalition to fight terrorism|first1=Ed|last1=Payne|first2=Salma|last2=Abdelaziz|publisher=CNN|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507082417/https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/14/middleeast/islamic-coalition-isis-saudi-arabia/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> By December 2017, ISIL had lost much of its former territory.
|-
| Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen
| 26 March 2015
| ''Ongoing''
| During the Yemeni civil war, Saudi Arabia, the [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]], and other countries part of a coalition invaded parts of Yemen in order to depose the Houthi-controlled government.
|-
| Turkish occupation of northern Syria
| 24 August 2016
| ''Ongoing''
| During the Syrian civil war, [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]] invaded parts of northern [[Place:Syria|Syria]] in order to combat the [[Religion:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]], Syrian Democratic Forces, and the PKK.
|}

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[[File:Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 montage (1).png|thumb|Montage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War.]]
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[[File:Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport 210821-M-AU949-0155.jpg|thumb|US 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.]]
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[[File:Damage in Gaza Strip during the October 2023.jpg|thumb|Highrise residential building ″Palestine Tower″<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdH7aehL_IY Gaza hit by Israeli strikes, buildings destroyed] AFP News Agency</ref> in Gaza following an Israeli strike during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.]]
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====Civil wars====
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|-
! style="width:130px;"| Name
! style="width:110px;"| Start date
! style="width:110px;"| End date
! Description
|-
|Internal conflict in Myanmar
* Myanmar civil war
|2 April 1948
* 7 September 2021
|''Ongoing''
* ''Ongoing''
|Myanmar's long-running insurgencies escalated significantly into a major civil war in 2021 following the 2021 military coup and the subsequent brutal crackdown on the anti-coup protests.
|-
| War in Darfur
| 26 February 2003
|31 August 2020
| A peace agreement was signed on 31 August 2020 between the Sudanese authorities and several rebel factions to end armed hostilities.
|-
| Mexican drug war
| 11 December 2006
|''Ongoing''
| Following a rise in criminal violence as a result of drug trafficking in the country, Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared a war on drugs in December 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/mexicos-drug-war-is-taking-worse-turn-2015-5|title=Mexico's drug war is getting even worse|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617112719/http://www.businessinsider.com/mexicos-drug-war-is-taking-worse-turn-2015-5|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the start of the war, the death toll from drug violence had sharply increased.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business|title=Counting Mexico's drug victims is a murky business |website=National Catholic Reporter |date=March 2014 |access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528192211/http://ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business|url-status=live}}</ref> Arrests of key cartel leaders led to increasing violence as cartels fought for control of trafficking routes into the United States.<ref>{{cite news|first=Traci|last=Carl|title=Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood|date=10 March 2009|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00|access-date=1 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315080309/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ilIZ5du3hOOeN7yatYIRIhFY-MJAD96RBGO00|archive-date=15 March 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=High U.S. cocaine cost shows drug war working: Mexico|date=14 September 2007|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1422771920070914|access-date=1 April 2009|archive-date=4 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204232646/https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1422771920070914|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=CRS Report for Congress: Mexico and the 112th Congress|chapter=Mexico – U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress|editor-first=Mark P.|editor-last=Sullivan|publisher=Congressional Research Service|pages=2, 13, 14|date=18 December 2008|chapter-url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf|access-date=19 December 2019|archive-date=10 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610113341/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| War in Somalia
* 2023 Las Anod conflict
| 31 January 2009
* 6 February 2023
|''Ongoing''
* ''Ongoing''
| In 2009, [[Religion:Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]], an Islamist militant group, began waging an insurgency against the newly formed Transitional Federal Government. In 2011, the federal government captured [[Place:Mogadishu|Mogadishu]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E7J601H20110806|title=UPDATE 3-Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated|date=6 August 2011|publisher=Reuters|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810134519/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6E7J601H20110806|url-status=dead}}</ref> and subsequently retook several towns across the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20658236|title=Somalia: 'Al-Shabab' militants forced out of Jowhar |publisher=BBC News |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=26 June 2016 |archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910111203/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20658236|url-status=live}}</ref> Since then, the government has attempted to clean out the remaining Al-Shabaab strongholds with help from AMISOM soldiers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace/|title=SOMALIA: President says Godane is dead, now is the chance for the members of al-Shabaab to embrace peace |publisher=RBC Radio |access-date=26 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906202740/http://www.raxanreeb.com/2014/09/somalia-president-says-godane-is-dead-now-is-the-chance-for-the-members-of-al-shabaab-to-embrace-peace/|archive-date=6 September 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Mali War
|16 January 2012
|''Ongoing''
|In January 2012, a rebellion by Tuaregs in Northern Mali began. After Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup d'état, Tuaregs captured Northern Mali,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grilySJ5EdrgURoNp1mt3AIJhTgg?do|title=Mali junta denounces 'rights violations' by rebels|last=Daniel|first=Serge|date=4 April 2012|publisher=AFP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201201147/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grilySJ5EdrgURoNp1mt3AIJhTgg?docId=CNG.915a5505555757d7df5029b5b99451cc.261|archive-date=1 February 2013|access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> and declared it to be the independent state of Azawad.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124644412359539.html|title=Tuaregs claim 'independence' from Mali|publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=7 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407041147/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/04/20124644412359539.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, shortly afterward, various Islamist groups took over Northern Mali from the Tuaregs and imposed sharia law on the region.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9365390/Trouble-in-Timbuktu-as-Islamists-extend-control.html|title=Trouble in Timbuktu as Islamists extend control |first=Zoe |last=Flood |access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706091133/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9365390/Trouble-in-Timbuktu-as-Islamists-extend-control.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| South Sudanese Civil War
| 15 December 2013
|22 February 2020
| On 22 February 2020, rivals Kiir and Machar struck a unity deal and formed a coalition government, after an estimated 400,000 deaths and more than 4 million people displaced by the war.
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| Libyan civil war
| 16 May 2014
|23 October 2020
| Following the factional violence that engulfed Libya after the fall of Muammar al-Gaddafi, a second civil war broke out among rival factions seeking control of the territory and oil of [[Place:Libya|Libya]]. The conflict at the beginning was mostly between the House of Representatives (HoR) government that was controversially elected in 2014, also known as the "Tobruk government"; and the rival General National Congress (GNC) government, also called the "National Salvation Government", based in the capital [[Place:Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]], established after Operation Odyssey Dawn and the failed military coup.
|-
| Yemeni civil war
| 16 September 2014
|''Ongoing''
| Preceded by a decade-long Houthi insurgency,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2015/02/22/yemens-ousted-president-hadi-calls-for-houthis-to-quit-capital/|title=Yemen's ousted president Hadi calls for Houthis to quit capital – World {{!}} The Star Online|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041643/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2015/02/22/yemens-ousted-president-hadi-calls-for-houthis-to-quit-capital/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Yemeni Civil War began between two factions: the then-incumbent Yemeni government, led by Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, and the Houthi militia, along with their supporters and allies. Both claim to constitute the Yemeni government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143295/asher-orkaby/houthi-who|agency=Foreign Affairs|title=Houthi Who?|first=Asher|last=Orkaby|date=25 March 2015|access-date=25 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327115828/http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143295/asher-orkaby/houthi-who|archive-date=27 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Philippine drug war
| 30 June 2016
|''Ongoing''
| Following a rise in political and criminal violence as a result of drug trafficking in the country, the {{wipe|Philippines}} has been engaged in a drug war and escalating terrorism since Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated on 30 June 2016. It had caused more than 5,000 deaths and over 150,000 arrests by the beginning of the decade.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-03/duterte-to-push-ahead-with-name-shame-in-drug-war-as-deaths-rise|title=Duterte to Push Ahead With Name-Shame in Drug War as Deaths Rise|first1=Clarissa |last1=Batino |first2=Cecilia |last2=Yap |date=3 August 2016 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=19 December 2019|archive-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101052252/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-03/duterte-to-push-ahead-with-name-shame-in-drug-war-as-deaths-rise|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="feb19cnn">{{Cite news|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/02/16/SWS-Filipinos-drug-addicts-decrease-2018.html|title=SWS: Most Filipinos believe number of drug addicts decreased in 2018|newspaper=CNN Philippines|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref>
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|Iraqi insurgency
| 9 December 2017
|''Ongoing''
|A part of the larger Iraqi conflict that has been waged since 2003, the [[Religion:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] has been engaged in an insurgency against the Iraqi government and CJTF-OIR since the loss of territorial control in the Iraqi Civil War in 2017.
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|Ethiopian civil conflict
* Tigray War
* War in Amhara
|2 April 2018
* 3 November 2020
* 9 April 2023
|''Ongoing''
* 3 November 2022
* ''Ongoing''
|After years of increased tensions between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments, a full-scale war broke out in November 2020, that has killed an estimated 300,000-500,000 people as of March 2022.<ref name="Ghent_death_toll">{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-tigray-war-has-seen-up-to-half-a-million-dead-from-violence-and/|title=Tigray war has seen up to half a million dead from violence and starvation, say researchers|work=The Globe and Mail|date=14 March 2022}}</ref> On 2 November, both the Ethiopian government and TPLF formally agreed to a cessation of hostilities and systematic, verifiable disarmament<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/african-union-agreement-reached-on-permanent-cessation-of-hostilities-in-ethiopia | title=African Union: Agreement reached on permanent cessation of hostilities in Ethiopia | newspaper=National Post | date=2 November 2022 }}</ref> though Tigrayan authorities allege that Ethiopia continued to launch attacks after the peace deal was signed<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tekle |first=Tesfa-Alem |date=2022-11-04 |title=Ethiopia government accused of drone attacks, shelling after peace deal |url=https://sudantribune.com/article266340/ |access-date= |website=Sudan Tribune |language=en |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104195220/https://sudantribune.com/article266340/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Tigray rebels accuse Ethiopia of attacks after peace deal |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221104-tigray-rebels-accuse-ethiopia-of-attacks-after-peace-deal |access-date= |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
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|War in Sudan
| 15 April 2023
|''Ongoing''
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|Wagner Group rebellion
|23 June 2023
|24 June 2023
|On the 23rd of June, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin lead a "March for Justice" against the Russian government for a supposed attack on his men by the military. A day later however, as his convoy was encroaching on Moscow, Prigozhin called off the rebellion in exchange for amnesty and other unknown reasons.
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[[File:Myanmar_civil_war_(2021–present)_townships_map.svg|thumb|Territorial control during Myanmar civil war (2021–present) as of early 2022.]]
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[[File:Screengrab of refugee camp from Number of Refugees Who Fled Sudan for Chad Double in Week.jpg|thumb|Sudanese refugee camp in Chad during War in Sudan (2023).]]
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[[File:Prigozhin rebellion Rostov tank with flowers in the muzzle June 24.jpg|thumb|A tank with flowers in the muzzle in Rostov-on-Don during the Wagner Group rebellion against the Russian government.]]
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===Revolutions and major protests===

Successful [[Social:Revolution|revolution]]s and otherwise major protests of the decade include, but are not limited to:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! Event
! Date
! Country
! Events
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
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|Dutch farmers' protests
|1 October 2019 – present
|The Netherlands
|Demonstrations by Dutch farmers, characterised by the use of [[Engineering:Tractor|tractors]] to block roads, and occupy public spaces. The protests were triggered in October 2019 by a proposal in parliament to halve the country's livestock in an attempt to limit [[Earth:Agricultural pollution|agricultural pollution]]. It was related to the Dutch nitrogen crisis. The farmers' protests combines action groups and an amalgamation of larger goals. Also, the party Farmer–Citizen Movement was founded, which has gained power in parliament.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Dutch farmers became the center of a global right-wing culture war |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dutch-farmers-emissions-global-right-wing-culture-war-rcna60269 |date=2022-12-12 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-16 |title=Angry farmers cause Dutch police to close off parliament square |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-farmers-protests/angry-farmers-cause-dutch-police-to-close-off-parliament-square-idINKBN1WV0SZ/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
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|Indonesia omnibus law protests
| 13 January – November 2020
|Indonesia
|Mass popular protests and riots against the deliberation and passage of the controversial Omnibus Law on Job Creation, which was passed on 5 October 2020. The wider policies of President Joko Widodo were also protested against, and resulted in the formation of the new Labour Party.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/9/demonstrations-sweep-indonesia-over-controversial-omnibus-law|title=Demonstrations sweep Indonesia over controversial labour law|work=Al Jazeera|date=2020-10-08|access-date=2020-10-09|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228083250/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/9/demonstrations-sweep-indonesia-over-controversial-omnibus-law|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.tempo.co/read/1394944/police-arrest-5918-allegedly-creating-chaos-omnibus-law-protests|title=Police Arrest 5,918 Allegedly Creating Chaos Omnibus Law Protests|work=Tempo.co|date=2020-10-11|access-date=2020-10-11|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608151829/https://en.tempo.co/read/1394944/police-arrest-5918-allegedly-creating-chaos-omnibus-law-protests|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2020–2021 Belarusian protests
| 24 January 2020 – 25 March 2021
|Belarus
|Mass popular protests and riots against the Belarusian government and President Alexander Lukashenko. The largest anti-government protests in the history of Belarus, the demonstrations began in the lead-up to and during the 2020 presidential election, in which Lukashenko sought his sixth term in office.
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Hrydzin |first=Uladz |date=25 May 2020 |title=Belarusians Protest Against Lukashenka's Run For a Sixth Term As President |url= https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-protests-politcs/30632716.html |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526121826/https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-protests-politcs/30632716.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=17 August 2020 |title=Protestors pack Belarus capital, Russia offers Lukashenko military help |publisher=France 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200817-protestors-pack-belarus-capital-russia-offers-lukashenko-military-help |archive-date=17 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817231733/https://www.france24.com/en/20200817-protestors-pack-belarus-capital-russia-offers-lukashenko-military-help}}</ref>
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|George Floyd protests
|26 May 2020 – 26 May 2021
|United States
|Protests and riots due to the [[Biography:Murder of George Floyd|murder of George Floyd]] spread throughout the United States with international protests in support. The stated goal was to end systemic racism and [[Social:Police brutality|police brutality]]. Sporadic protests in response to racism and police brutality continued throughout the following years, while the street where Floyd was murdered is still under control by protesters.
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |last=Taylor |first=Derrick Bryson |title=George Floyd Protests: A Timeline |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=2 June 2020 |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602235547/https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-protests-timeline.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Burch|first1=Audra D. S.|last2=Harmon|first2=Amy|last3=Tavernise|first3=Sabrina|last4=Badger|first4=Emily|date=21 April 2021|title=The Death of George Floyd Reignited a Movement. What Happens Now?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/george-floyd-protests-police-reform.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/us/george-floyd-protests-police-reform.html |archive-date=28 December 2021 |url-access=limited|access-date=22 April 2021|issn=0362-4331}} </ref>
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| 2020–2021 Thai protests
| July 2020 – November 2021
| Thailand
|Mass popular protests and riots against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the dissolution of the Future Forward Party, changes to the constitution in 2017, and the country's political landscape. Resulted in the detention of leading figures.
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Explainer: What's behind Thailand's protests?|date=15 October 2020|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-protests-reasons-explainer-idUSKBN2700IX|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020004039/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-protests-reasons-explainer-idUSKBN2700IX|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=19 September 2020|title=Thais hold huge protest demanding reforms|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54217284|access-date=19 September 2020|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919183532/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54217284|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
| 9 August 2020 – 11 December 2021
| India
| Protests and riots against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020.
|<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 January 2021|title=Farm Bills have potential to represent significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India: IMF|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|agency=Press Trust of India|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/farm-bills-have-potential-to-represent-significant-step-forward-for-agriculture-reforms-in-india-imf/article33577480.ece|access-date=27 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Gettleman|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Singh|first2=Karan Deep|last3=Kumar|first3=Hari|date=30 November 2020|title=Angry Farmers Choke India's Capital in Giant Demonstrations|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/world/asia/india-farmers-protest.html|url-status=live|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201005737/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/world/asia/india-farmers-protest.html|archive-date=1 December 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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| 2020 Kyrgyz Revolution
| 5–15 October 2020
| Kyrgyzstan
| On 5 October, protests began in Kyrgyzstan in response to the annulled parliamentary election, which protesters felt were unfair with allegations of vote-rigging. A day later, the parliamentary elections were annulled. 6 days later, on 12 October, president Sooronbay Jeenbekov announced a state of emergency. On 15 October, Jeenbekov finally resigned, making way for Sadyr Japarov, who was nominated by parliament on 14 October to be acting prime minister, as also acting president. Following the protests, Japarov was elected president on 10 January 2021, on the same day a referendum was held on the Kyrgyz government system, in which the Kyrgyz voted for a reintroduction of the presidential system. The new constitution, passed by the Supreme Council was approved by voters in another referendum on 11 April 2021. Finally, on 28 November 2021, new parliamentary elections took place.
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pannier |first1=Bruce |title=Backlash Against Kyrgyz Parliamentary Election Results Comes Instantly |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/backlash-against-kyrgyz-parliamentary-election-results-comes-instantly/30876459.html |website=Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty |publisher=RFE/RL, Inc. |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54422884|title=Thousands protest over Kyrgyzstan election result|date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref>
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|2020–21 United States election protests
* United States Capitol attack
|4 November 2020 – 11 April 2021
* 6 January 2021
|United States
|Protests began in multiple cities in the United States following the 2020 United States presidential election between then-President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Vice President Joe Biden, held on 3 November 2020. On 6 January 2021, following the defeat of U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]]
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|-
| 2021 Brazilian protests
| 15 January – December 2021
| Brazil
|President [[Biography:Jair Bolsonaro|Bolsonaro's]] government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic culminated in mass popular protests and riots, with protests occurring in both support and opposition to the government and resulted in a failed impeachment attempt of Bolsonaro.
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Manifestações pró e contra Bolsonaro tomam conta da Esplanada|url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/manifestacoes-pro-e-contra-bolsonaro-tomam-conta-da-esplanada|date=1 May 2021|publisher=Metrópoles|language=pt-br|access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro|date=24 January 2021|agency=APNews|url=https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-coronavirus-pandemic-impeachments-sao-paulo-5ad797067890f06e0fd4d68bda7931fe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/brasil/fora-bolsonaro-falam-ex-apoiadores-em-protestos-por-resposta-do-brasil-a-covid-19,9c7a529f98f887dc9d0cb2a863cfd6d9a5t8gl8j.html |title='Fora Bolsonaro!' falam ex-apoiadores em protestos por resposta do Brasil à Covid-19 |date=2021-01-25 |website=www.terra.com.br|language=pt-BR}}</ref>
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| Myanmar protests (2021–present)
| 2 February 2021 – present
| Myanmar
| Protests triggered after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, during the ongoing internal conflict in Myanmar, and the Myanmar civil war.
|<ref name="Guardian220221">{{cite web|last1=Ratcliffe|first1=Rebecca|date=22 February 2021|title=Myanmar junta warns of lethal force as crowds gather for 'five twos revolution' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/myanmar-junta-warns-of-lethal-force-as-protesters-gather-for-five-twos-revolution|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222050501/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/myanmar-junta-warns-of-lethal-force-as-protesters-gather-for-five-twos-revolution|archive-date=22 February 2021 |access-date=22 February 2021|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Carly|last1=Walsh|first2=Akanksha|last2=Sharma|title=Protests break out in Myanmar in defiance of military coup|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/asia/protests-myanmar-military-coup-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=7 February 2021|website=CNN|date=6 February 2021|archive-date=21 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221153148/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/06/asia/protests-myanmar-military-coup-intl-hnk/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2021–2023 Eswatini protests
| 20 June 2021 – present
| Eswatini
|A series of protests in Eswatini against the monarchy and for democratization began as a peaceful protest on 20 June, then escalated after 25 June into violence and looting over the weekend as the government took a hardline stance against the demonstrations and prohibited the delivery of petitions.
|<ref name="AlJ">{{cite web |title=Tensions run high in Eswatini as pro-democracy protests continue |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/30/tensions-run-high-eswatini-pro-democracy-protests-continue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712050005/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/30/tensions-run-high-eswatini-pro-democracy-protests-continue |archive-date=12 July 2021 |access-date=30 June 2021 |website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref>
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| 2021–2022 Iranian protests
* Mahsa Amini protests
| 15 July 2021 – 15 September 2022
* 16 September 2022 – present
| Iran
| Throughout 2021 and 2022, crackdowns on the Iranian Democracy Movement, electricity blackouts, and economic conditions led to nationwide demonstrations, including protests over water scarcity as well as protests over food price hikes. The protests escalated rapidly in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who detained by the "[[Religion:Guidance Patrol|morality police]]" for not wearing a [[Religion:Hijab|hijab]]. The movement has led to a large government crackdown, a death toll over 500, and international condemnation for the government's response while also fueling the ongoing anti-hijab movement in Iran and Iranian Democracy Movement.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=The Ebrahim Raisi government just jacked up food prices. Iranians are understandably angry. |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/the-ebrahim-raisi-government-just-jacked-up-food-prices-iranians-are-understandably-angry/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512210654/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/the-ebrahim-raisi-government-just-jacked-up-food-prices-iranians-are-understandably-angry/ |archive-date=2022-05-12 |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Nimoni-BBC-anniversary-2023">{{cite news |last1=Nimoni |first1=Fiona |date=16 September 2023 |title=Mahsa Amini: Protesters mark one year since death of Iranian student |agency=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66834156 |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
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| 2022 Kazakh unrest
| 2–11 January 2022
| Kazakhstan
| Protests erupt in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in liquefied gas prices following the lifting of a government-enforced price cap on 1 January.
|<ref name="apnews.com">{{Cite web |last=Litvinova |first=Dasha |date=2022-01-10 |title=Nearly 8,000 detained in Kazakhstan amid unrest |url=https://apnews.com/article/kazakhstan-europe-national-security-terrorism-2c026ecb00584aba668f320d4482d0f1 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
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| Canada convoy protest
| 22 January – 23 February 2022
| Canada
| A series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions, called the Freedom Convoy.
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Seto |first=Chris |date=27 January 2022 |title='Freedom Convoy' highlights frustrations over COVID-19 mandates |url=https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/01/27/freedom-rally-to-roll-through-waterloo-region-thursday-morning.html|access-date=28 January 2022 |website=therecord.com |language=en}}</ref>
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| Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
* 2022 anti-war protests in Russia
| 24 February 2022 – present
| Russia
| A series of protests and anti-war demonstrations held in Russia and worldwide against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia.
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Franklin |first=Jonathan |date=6 March 2022 |title=Thousands have been detained in anti-war protests across Russia |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/06/1084818519/russia-protests-detainments |url-status=live |access-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308030512/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/06/1084818519/russia-protests-detainments |archive-date=8 March 2022}}</ref>
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| 2022 Sri Lankan protests
| 15 March – 14 November 2022
| Sri Lanka
| Since 2019, Sri Lanka has been facing its worst economic crisis since its independence. The ongoing economic crisis culminated in mass popular protests and riots against the incumbent government and the [[Social:Rajapaksa family|Rajapaksa family]], which eventually forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and resign in July. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe succeeded Rajapaksa as the President amidst the protests.
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka's Leaderless Protests |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/sri-lankas-leaderless-protests/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 April 2022 |title=Sri Lanka: The protesters |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/sri-lanka-the-protesters-7872646/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-10 |title=Sri Lanka: Protesters 'will occupy palace until leaders go' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62111900 |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref>
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| 2022 Karakalpak protests
| 1–3 July 2022
| Karakalpakstan
|Spurred by a draft of a new version of the Constitution of Uzbekistan, in which the word "sovereign" was removed from the description of the status of Karakalpakstan, and the mention of the republic's right to secede from Uzbekistan was also removed. These were later withdrawn.
|<ref name="Eurasianet">{{cite news |last1=Lillis |first1=Joanna |date=7 July 2022 |title=Karakalpakstan: Dazed, confused and angry after deadly turmoil |website=Eurasianet |url=https://eurasianet.org/karakalpakstan-dazed-confused-and-angry-after-deadly-turmoil |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
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| 2022 Sierra Leone protests
| 10–12 August 2022
| Sierra Leone
| Thirty-one people, including 25 civilians and six police officers, died during violent protests and riots in the [[Place:West Africa|West Africa]]n country of Sierra Leone. The protests were sparked by the nation's cost-of-living crisis.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=Deadly anti-government protests erupt in Sierra Leone |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/10/deadly-anti-government-protests-erupt-in-sierra-leone |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>
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| 2022–23 Brazilian election protests
* 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
| 31 October 2022 – 9 January 2023
* 8 January 2023
| Brazil
| The 2022 Brazilian election protests began shortly after the conclusion of the 2022 Brazilian general election's second round on 30 October, in which Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president. Supporters of [[Biography:Jair Bolsonaro|Jair Bolsonaro]], the [[Social:Lame duck (politics)|outgoing]] incumbent president, started blocking roads and [[Engineering:Highway|highway]]s in the country. At least 23 Brazilian states, plus the Federal District, recorded roadblocks as of 1 November, adding up to at least 267 roadblocks according to data from Federal Highway Police (PRF). Dozens of Bolsonaro supporters storm the Three Powers Plaza in the capital [[Engineering:Brasília|Brasília]], cause enormous damage. President Lula was not there, nor was Bolsonaro or members of Congress.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Após derrota de Bolsonaro, país tem 236 bloqueios em estradas |url=https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/eleicoes-2022/apos-derrota-de-bolsonaro-pais-tem-236-bloqueios-em-estradas |access-date=2022-12-08|website=www.metropoles.com |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rodovias têm 167 bloqueios com protestos de bolsonaristas; veja situação por estado |url=https://valorinveste.globo.com/mercados/brasil-e-politica/noticia/2022/11/01/rodovias-tem-271-bloqueios-com-protestos-de-caminhoneiros-veja-situacao-por-estado.ghtml |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Valor Investe |date=November 2022 |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Caminhoneiros são reféns de grupos bolsonaristas armados', diz entidade do setor |language=pt-BR |work=BBC News Brasil |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-63460011 |access-date=2022-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-31 |title=Manifestantes se concentram em frente ao Quartel-General do Exército em Brasília |url=https://noticias.r7.com/eleicoes-2022/manifestantes-se-concentram-em-frente-ao-quartel-general-do-exercito-em-brasilia-02112022|access-date=2022-12-08 |website=noticias.r7.com/ |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court |title=Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's presidential palace and supreme court |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=8 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |access-date= |quote= |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108191923/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite web |title=Manifestantes furam bloqueio, entram na Esplanada e invadem o Congresso Nacional |last=Rocha |first=Lucas |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/manifestantes-furam-bloqueio-e-entram-na-esplanada-em-brasilia/ |trans-title=Protesters break through the blockade, enter the Esplanade and invade the National Congress |newspaper=CNN Brazil |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108184449/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/politica/manifestantes-furam-bloqueio-e-entram-na-esplanada-em-brasilia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2022 COVID-19 protests in China
| 2 November – 5 December 2022
| China
| A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in mainland China on 15 November 2022. The protests began in response to measures taken by the Chinese government to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country, including implementing a zero-COVID policy. Discontentment towards the policy has grown since the beginning of the pandemic, which confined many people to their homes without work, leaving them unable to purchase daily necessities and subjecting them to harsh restrictions. Protests escalated on 24 November 2022 following a fire in an apartment building in [[Place:Ürümqi|Ürümqi]] which killed 10 people, with protesters blaming China's policies for the deaths.
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Xinjiang residents complain of hunger after 40-day COVID lockdown |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/15/xinjiang-residents-complain-of-hunger-after-40-day-covid-lockdown |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Engineering:Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera English]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Jiang |first=Steven |date=2022-04-19 |title=Hunger and anger in Shanghai's unending lockdown nightmare |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/china/shanghai-covid-lockdown-nightmare-intl-dst-hnk/index.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| Peruvian protests (2022–2023)
| 7 December 2022 – 24 March 2023
| Peru
|Protests erupted against the government of Dina Boluarte and the Congress of Peru called by supporters of the ousted president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, organized by social organizations and indigenous peoples who felt they experienced political disenfranchisement, specifically on the politically left-wing to far left. The government's authoritarian response was widely criticized, with further discontent following the Supreme Court's decision to declare protesting in Peru to be illegal.
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Continúan marchas en la ciudad exigiendo Elecciones Generales |url=https://diarioelpueblo.com.pe/index.php/2022/12/09/continuan-marchas-en-la-ciudad-exigiendo-elecciones-generales/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Diario El Pueblo |language=es |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210015635/https://diarioelpueblo.com.pe/index.php/2022/12/09/continuan-marchas-en-la-ciudad-exigiendo-elecciones-generales/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Seguidores de Pedro Castillo se manifiestan en Lima: "Lo que vemos ahora es una dictadura" |url=https://www.24horas.cl/internacional/noticias/seguidores-de-pedro-castillo-se-manifiestan-en-lima |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=24 Horas |language=es-CL |archive-date=13 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213201613/https://www.24horas.cl/internacional/noticias/seguidores-de-pedro-castillo-se-manifiestan-en-lima |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pari |first=Wilder |date=9 December 2022 |title=Manifestantes en Panamericana Sur de Arequipa indican ser autoconvocados y no tienen dirigentes |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/12/09/manifestantes-en-panamericana-sur-de-arequipa-indican-ser-autoconvocados-y-que-no-tienen-dirigentes-lrsd/ |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=La República |language=es |archive-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212061917/https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2022/12/09/manifestantes-en-panamericana-sur-de-arequipa-indican-ser-autoconvocados-y-que-no-tienen-dirigentes-lrsd/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabrera |first=Gerardo |date=9 December 2022 |title=La izquierda se moviliza para minimizar la responsabilidad de Pedro Castillo en su autogolpe |url=https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/20221209/izquierda-moviliza-minimizar-responsabilidad-pedro-castillo-autogolpe/724427738_0.html |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=El Español |language=es |archive-date=11 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211093631/https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/20221209/izquierda-moviliza-minimizar-responsabilidad-pedro-castillo-autogolpe/724427738_0.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Noriega |first=Carlos |date=2023-05-17 |title=Perú: la Corte Suprema prohíbe el derecho a la protesta {{!}} Un paso más en la ofensiva authoritaria |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/550438-peru-la-corte-suprema-prohibe-el-derecho-a-la-protesta |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=Página 12 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Israeli judicial reform protests
|7 January 2023 – 12 October 2023
|Israel
|Mass protests, strikes and civil disobedience campaigns occurred across the country in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right wing government's plan to overhaul the Israeli Judiciary system, which have been criticized for removing the checks and balances on the government and giving it unrestrained power.
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=Israel: mass protests after sacking of minister who opposed judicial overhaul|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-fires-defence-minister-yoav-gallant-judicial-overhaul|date=26 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Crisis Battle for Country's Identity|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65097625|date=29 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=13th Week of Anti-Overhaul Protests|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/13th-week-of-anti-overhaul-protests-as-in-poland-government-is-just-reorganizing/|date=1 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023 French pension reform unrest
| 19 January 2023 – present
|France
|A series of civil unrest incidents occurred in {{wipe|France}} in response to a pension reform bill proposed by the Borne government, which would increase the [[Finance:Retirement age|retirement age]] from 62 to 64 years old. Strikes and protests have led to widespread disruption, including garbage piling up in the streets and public transport cancellations. In March, the government used Article 49.3 of the constitution to force the bill through the French Parliament, sparking more protests and two failed no confidence votes.
|<ref name="ITV23">{{cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Mass strikes spark shutdowns in France as pension age protesters rally |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2023-03-23/mass-strikes-spark-shutdowns-in-france-as-pension-age-protesters-rally |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323150051/https://www.itv.com/news/2023-03-23/mass-strikes-spark-shutdowns-in-france-as-pension-age-protesters-rally |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=ITV News}}</ref><ref name="France24Dodman">{{cite web |last=Dodman |first=Benjamin |date=17 March 2023 |title=Bitter pension battle turns to democratic crisis as Macron bypasses French parliament |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230317-bitter-pension-battle-turns-to-democratic-crisis-as-macron-bypasses-french-parliament |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317235954/https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230317-bitter-pension-battle-turns-to-democratic-crisis-as-macron-bypasses-french-parliament |archive-date=17 March 2023 |access-date=18 March 2023 |website=France24}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Georgian protests
|6–10 March 2023
|Georgia
|A series of street demonstrations taking place throughout [[Place:Georgia (country)|Georgia]] over parliamentary backing of a proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", which requires NGOs to register as "agents of foreign influence" if the funds they receive from abroad amount to more than 20% of their total revenue. Police have been reported as using water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protests, especially in the capital [[Place:Tbilisi|Tbilisi]]. The parliament retracted the bill as a result of protests on 10 March 2023.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 March 2023 |title=Law on "Transparency of Foreign Funding" Passes 76–13 in the First Reading |work=Civil Georgia |url=https://civil.ge/archives/529567}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 March 2023 |title=Georgian police use tear gas on protests against 'foreign agents' law |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parliament-georgia-gives-initial-approval-foreign-agents-law-2023-03-07/ |via=www.reuters.com}}</ref><ref name="abc news">{{Cite web |title=Georgians protest against draft law on media, nonprofits |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/georgians-protest-draft-law-media-nonprofits-97688325 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchie |first=Rhea Mogul, Sophie Tanno, Niamh Kennedy, Hannah |date=9 March 2023 |title=Georgia withdraws 'foreign influence' bill but opposition vows more protests |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/europe/georgia-bill-protests-withdrawn-intl-hnk/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref>
|}

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[[File:Minneapolis 05-28-20 (49947863357).jpg|thumb|Protesters in&nbsp;Minneapolis&nbsp;where George Floyd was murdered and the unrest began on 26 May 2020.]]
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[[File:2021 Myanmar Protest in Hleden.jpg|thumb|2021 Myanmar coup d'état culminated an ongoing protests, thousands of protesters participating in an anti-junta rally in Yangon in February 2021]]
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[[File:Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka 2022.jpg|thumb|Sri Lankans protesting in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on 13 April 2022.]]
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[[File:Caminhoneiros paralisados por protestos contra o resultado das eleições presidenciais de 2022 na BR-381 em Timóteo MG.JPG|thumb|Truckers protesting against the result of the 2022 Brazilian presidential elections in the BR-381 in Timóteo, Minas Gerais]]
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===Terrorist attacks===
''Note: To be included, entries must be [[Social:Notability in the English Wikipedia|notable]] (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism". They also must have 100 or more fatalities reported.''

The most prominent terrorist attacks committed against civilian populations during the decade include, but are not limited to:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Event
!Date
!Country
!Deaths
!Injuries
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|Koshebe massacre
|28 November 2020
|Nigeria
|110
|6
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55120638|title=Dozens of farm workers killed in 'insane' Nigeria attack|newspaper=BBC News|date=30 November 2020|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021 Kabul school bombing
|8 May 2021
|Afghanistan
|90
|240
|<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Jennifer|last1=Deaton|first2=Sheena|last2=McKenzie|title=Death toll rises to 85 in Afghanistan girls' school bomb attack |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/asia/afghanistan-girls-school-attack-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2021-06-02 |website=CNN|date=10 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
|2021 Kabul airport attack
|26 August 2021
|Afghanistan
|183
|200+
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Pasko |first=Simcha |date=26 August 2021 |title=Suicide bombing kills, injures several at Kabul airport |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/large-explosion-at-abbey-gate-at-the-kabul-airport-report-677790 |access-date=26 August 2021 |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>
|-
|October 2022 Mogadishu bombings
|29 October 2022
|Somalia
|121+
|300+
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yamour |first=Idris Mukhtar, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Heather |date=2022-10-30 |title=Explosions near Somalia's education ministry kill 100 people |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/africa/explosions-somalia-education-ministry-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Peshawar mosque bombing
|30 January 2023
|{{wipe|Pakistan}}
|101
|220+
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mehsud |first=Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul, Saleem |date=2023-01-31 |title=Death toll from blast in Pakistan mosque rises to at least 100 as country faces 'national security crisis' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/asia/pakistan-peshawar-mosque-blast-tuesday-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Re'im music festival massacre
|7 October 2023
|[[Place:Israel|Israel]]
|364
|Unknown
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=TV: Police probe of Re’im massacre shows terrorists didn’t know about party in advance |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tv-police-probe-of-reim-massacre-shows-terrorists-didnt-know-about-party-in-advance/ |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref>
|-
|2024 Kerman bombings
|3 January 2024
|[[Religion:Iran|Iran]]
|94
|284
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=Iran identifies alleged bomb-maker behind last week's IS twin suicide attack that killed dozens |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-bombing-ringleader-tajikistan-4dec3cf4b1479a0222b2853bbb2f72bb |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
|}


===Political trends===
{{Further|History:2020s in political history}}

====Electoral trends====
Having suffered decline in the years after the Great Recession, the [[Social:Centre-left politics|centre-left politics]] and the [[History:1990s#Political trends|1990s political model]] (like [[Philosophy:Progressivism|progressivism]], [[Philosophy:Liberalism|liberalism]], [[Philosophy:Social democracy|social democracy]], and [[Philosophy:Third Way|third way]] policies) experienced a resurgence across [[Earth:Europe|Europe]] and the [[Place:Anglosphere|Anglosphere]] in the early 2020s, with ''New Statesman'' suggesting various causes, including natural shifts in the electoral cycle and conservatives' unpopularity among university graduates and voters under the age of 40.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eaton |first=George |date=2022-05-22 |title=Why is the right losing everywhere? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/05/why-is-the-right-losing-everywhere |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Deaths====
Sitting leaders that died in office:

In '''2020''': Sheik Sabah al-Sabah, [[Religion:Sultan|Sultan]] Qaboos bin Said,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-11|title=Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Arab world's longest-serving ruler, dies aged 79 |publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|access-date=2021-03-22}}</ref> and Pierre Nkurunziza.

In '''2021''': Idriss Déby, John Magufuli, and Jovenel Moïse.

In '''2022''': Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Elizabeth II

In '''2023''': Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Former world leaders who died:

In '''2020''': Hosni Mubarak,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/president-egypt-hosni-mubarak-dies-91/|title=Former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak dies at 91|date=25 February 2020|work=ABC News|first=Hatem |last=Maher|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/europe/valery-giscard-destaing-dead.html?|title=Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 94, Is Dead; Struggled to Transform France|date=2 December 2020|website=The New York Times|first=Jonathan|last=Kandell|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> John Turner, Daniel arap Moi, Pranab Mukherjee, Amadou Toumani Touré, Jerry Rawlings, Mamadou Tandja, Tabaré Vázquez, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pierre Buyoya, John Cremona, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Kuniwo Nakamura, Litokwa Tomeing, Moussa Traoré, Pascal Lissouba, Branko Kostić, Lee Teng-hui, Benjamin Mkapa, Miloš Jakeš, Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Mike Moore, and Janez Stanovnik.

In '''2021''': Gustavo Noboa, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Moudud Ahmed, Didier Ratsiraka, Bonfoh Abass, Mamnoon Hussain, Arturo Armando Molina, Hissène Habré, Jorge Sampaio, Abdelkader Bensalah, Kenneth Kaunda, Anerood Jugnauth, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Enrique Bolaños, Roh Tae-woo, Chun Doo-hwan, Benigno Aquino III, Carlos Menem, [[Biography:F. W. de Klerk|F. W. de Klerk]], James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Norodom Ranariddh, Kinza Clodumar, and Karolos Papoulias.

In '''2022''': Toshiki Kaifu, Ernest Shonekan, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Christos Sartzetakis, Amos Sawyer, Rupiah Banda, Karl Offmann, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ayaz Mutallibov, Dušan Čkrebić, Mwai Kibaki, Leonid Kravchuk, Ciriaco De Mita, Stanislav Shushkevich, Romeo Morri, Bujar Nishani, Evaristo Carvalho, Jacob Nena, Shinzo Abe, José Eduardo dos Santos, Luis Echeverría, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Fidel V. Ramos, [[Biography:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]], Balakh Sher Mazari, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Jiang Zemin, Adolfas Šleževičius, Edgar Savisaar and [[Biography:Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]].

In '''2023''': Abdelsalam Majali, Constantine II of Greece, Álvaro Colom, Sherif Ismail, Pervez Musharraf, Lubomír Štrougal, Ivan Silayev, Sergey Tereshchenko, Hans Modrow, Ahmed Qurei, Gérard Latortue, Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Pascoal Mocumbi, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, Mudar Badran, Nikica Valentić, Rifat Rastoder, Silvio Berlusconi, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Sir Tapley Seaton, Milan Milutinović, Arnaldo Forlani, Rachid Sfar, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Surat Huseynov, Henri Konan Bédié, Mircea Snegur, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Giorgio Napolitano, Marouf al-Bakhit, László Sólyom, [[Biography:Martti Ahtisaari|Martti Ahtisaari]], Bill Hayden, Li Keqiang, Henri Lopes, Antoni Martí, Rahim Huseynov, Faustin Twagiramungu, Paulin Obame-Nguema and Sir Michael Hardie Boys.

===Prominent political events===

====Coups====
''Coups d'état'' against ruling governments during the decade include:

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! Event
! Date
! Country
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 2020 Malian coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|8|18}}
| Mali
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Mali coup: Military promises elections after ousting president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53833925 |access-date=19 August 2020 |website=BBC News |date=19 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181937/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53833925 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|2|1}}
| Myanmar
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Chappell |first1=Bill |last2=Diaz |first2=Jaclyn |title=Myanmar Coup: With Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Military Takes Over Government |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962758188/myanmar-coup-military-detains-aung-san-suu-kyi-plans-new-election-in-2022 |website=NPR |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208000452/https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962758188/myanmar-coup-military-detains-aung-san-suu-kyi-plans-new-election-in-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Strangio |first1=Sebastian |title=Protests, Anger Spreading Rapidly in the Wake of Myanmar Coup |url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/protests-anger-spreading-rapidly-in-the-wake-of-myanmar-coup/ |website=The Diplomat |access-date=8 February 2021 |date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208065928/https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/protests-anger-spreading-rapidly-in-the-wake-of-myanmar-coup/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Malian coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|5|24}}
| Mali
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57236104|title=UN calls for immediate release of Mali President Bah Ndaw|work=BBC News|date= 24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524232247/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57236104 |archive-date=2021-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=FR24>{{cite news|url=http://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210524-mali-soldiers-arrest-president-prime-minister-after-govt-reshuffle|title=UN mission in Mali calls for immediate release of detained president and PM|work=France 24|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=24 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524210824/http://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210524-mali-soldiers-arrest-president-prime-minister-after-govt-reshuffle |archive-date=2021-05-24 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Tunisian self-coup
| 25 July 2021
| Tunisia
| <ref>{{Cite news|last1=Amara|first1=Tarek|last2=Mcdowall|first2=Angus|date=26 July 2021|title=Tunisian democracy in turmoil after president sacks government|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/tunisian-democracy-crisis-after-president-ousts-government-2021-07-26/|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Guinean coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|9|5}}
| Guinea
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-guinea-capital-conakry-reuters-witness-2021-09-05/|title=Elite Guinea army unit says it has toppled president|date=5 September 2021|website=Reuters|access-date=5 September 2021|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905165127/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-guinea-capital-conakry-reuters-witness-2021-09-05/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Sudan coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|10|25}}
| Sudan
| <ref>{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/sudan-coup-fears-amid-claims-military-have-arrested-senior-government-officials |title=Sudan's PM and other leaders detained in apparent coup attempt |date=25 October 2021 |newspaper={{wipe|The Guardian}} |location=Sudan |access-date=25 October 2021 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025061119/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/sudan-coup-fears-amid-claims-military-have-arrested-senior-government-officials |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|01|23}}
| Burkina Faso
| <ref>{{Cite web|date=25 January 2022|title=Burkina Faso's writer-colonel coup leader starts a new chapter in country's history|url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220125-burkina-faso-s-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-country-s-history|access-date=26 January 2022|publisher=France 24|language=en|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125221347/https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220125-burkina-faso-s-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-country-s-history|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2022 Ukrainian coup d'état attempt
| January - February 2022
| Ukraine
|<ref name="fsb">{{cite web |date=13 February 2022 |title=Russia's FSB agency tasked with engineering coups in Ukrainian cities, UK believes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/russias-fsb-agency-engineering-coups-ukrainian-cities |website=TheGuardian.com}}</ref>
|-
| September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|09|30}}
| Burkina Faso
| <ref name="Ndiaga Mimault">{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-burkina-faso-capital-reuters-witnesses-2022-09-30/ |title=Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government |first1=Thiam |last1=Ndiaga |first2=Anne |last2=Mimault |work=Reuters |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001004302/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/heavy-gunfire-heard-burkina-faso-capital-reuters-witnesses-2022-09-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="France24">{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220930-%F0%9F%94%B4-burkina-faso-army-captain-on-state-tv-announces-overthrow-of-military-government |title=Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government |work=France24 |date=30 September 2022 |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001221350/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220930-%F0%9F%94%B4-burkina-faso-army-captain-on-state-tv-announces-overthrow-of-military-government |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2022 German coup d'état plot
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|12|07}}
| Germany
|<ref name="Kirby">{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Paul |date=7 December 2022 |title=Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63885028 |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt
| {{dts|format=dmy|2022|12|07}}
| Peru
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=7 December 2022 |title=Presidente Pedro Castillo disuelve temporalmente el Congreso de Perú |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/12/07/presidente-pedro-castillo-cierra-temporalmente-el-congreso-de-peru/ |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=CNN |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Rodrigo |last=Chillitupa Tantas |title=Presidente de Perú disuelve Congreso, declara "gobierno de excepción" y llama a elecciones |date=7 December 2022 |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/presidente-de-peru-pedro-castillo-disuelve-el-congreso-/6866334.html |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=Voz de América |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garzón |first=Aníbal |date=2023-01-01 |title=Peru's permanent coup |url=https://mondediplo.com/2023/01/13peru |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Le Monde diplomatique |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Wagner Group rebellion
|23 June 2023
|Russia
|<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last=Sheftalovich |first=Zoya |date=24 February 2022 |title=Putin announces 'special military operation' in Ukraine |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-announces-special-military-operation-in-ukraine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224064603/https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-announces-special-military-operation-in-ukraine/ |archive-date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022 |website=Politico}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Nigerien coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|07|26}}
| Niger
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66320895|title=Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV|work=BBC News |date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Gabonese coup d'état
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|08|30}}
| Gabon
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/|title=Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained|work=BBC News |date=August 30, 2023}}</ref>
|}

====Africa====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
! style="width:60px;"| Country
! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
! References
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|Western Saharan clashes (2020–present)
|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Morocco
|8 November 2020 – ongoing
|Following protests in the border town of Guerguerat in the disputed Western Sahara region, the Moroccan armed forces captured the town to ensure traffic could resume through the area. Since then, fighting and bombardments across the Moroccan Berm have taken place, with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic declaring war against Morocco. It is the largest escalation in the conflict since the end of the Western Sahara War in 1991.
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2020 |title=Moroccan army launches operation in Western Sahara border zone |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1762466/middle-east |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114141349/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1762466/middle-east |archive-date=14 November 2020 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=Arab News |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021–2022 Somali political crisis
|Somalia
|8 February 2021 – 10 January 2022
|President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed stayed in power past the end of his term and postponed elections scheduled for 2021. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble then called for the president to immediately step down. The president later dismissed Roble for alleged corruption. Protests were reported across the country in favor and opposed to the president. A deal to hold elections in May 2022 was reached in January which resulted in the incumbent president losing his bid for reelection.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia's leaders agree to hold delayed election by February 25 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/9/somalias-leaders-agree-to-hold-delayed-election-by-february-25 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Nigerien crisis
| Niger ECOWAS
|26 July 2023 – ongoing
|The 2023 Nigerien coup d'état led to a severe diplomatic crisis between the putschists in Niger and the member states of [[Organization:ECOWAS|ECOWAS]].
|
|}

====Americas====

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
! style="width:60px;"| Country
! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
! References
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| First impeachment of Donald Trump
| United States
| 24 September 2019 – 5 February 2020
| Under Article I, Section 3, Clause 6, of the U.S. Constitution, President Donald Trump was impeached for [[Social:Abuse of power|abuse of power]] and obstruction of Congress on 18 December 2019 by the United States House of Representatives. The United States Senate trial began on 16 January 2020 and ended on 5 February 2020, concluding with an acquittal on both charges.
| <ref>{{citation|website=Politico|date=5 February 2020 |title=Trump acquitted on impeachment charges, ending gravest threat to his presidency |first1=Kyle |last1=Cheney |first2=Andrew |last2=Desiderio |first3=John |last3=Breshahan |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805 |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617023326/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/05/trump-impeachment-vote-110805|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 Salvadoran political crisis
| El Salvador
| 9 February 2020
|During a political crisis, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent forty soldiers of the Salvadoran Army into the Legislative Assembly building in an effort to coerce politicians to approve a loan request of $109 million from the {{wipe|United States}} for Bukele's security plan for the country.
The event has been condemned by foreign governments, the political opposition, and human rights organizations and is considered the first major political crisis in the country since the conclusion of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992 and has been referred to as a coup attempt.
| <ref name="BBC English Aftermath">{{cite web|date=11 February 2020|title=El Salvador Parliament Denounces President's 'Attempted Coup'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-51458947|access-date=9 February 2021|website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2020 United States presidential election and subsequent events
|United States
|3 November 2020 – 13 February 2021
|The 59th United States presidential election was held on 3 November 2020. Democrat and former Vice-president Joe Biden defeated Republican and then-incumbent President Donald Trump, with the Electoral College formally declaring Biden the winner on 14 December 2020. Trump refused to concede, and filed lawsuits challenging the results in several states,<ref name=":1">{{cite news |first=Miles|last=Parks|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933112418/the-trump-campaign-has-had-almost-no-legal-success-this-month-heres-what-they-ve |title=Trump Election Lawsuits Filed So Far |publisher=NPR |date=2020-11-10 |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> though most of the legal challenges were either dismissed or dropped, with judges citing lack of evidence to suggest voter fraud occurred. Trump had also unsuccessfully attempted to undo the election results by forcing government officials to stop Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia from certifying Biden as the winner, and urging his supporters to "walk" to the United States Capitol to demand Trump be declared the winner of the election.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-01-13/transcript-of-trumps-speech-at-rally-before-us-capitol-riot |title=Transcript of Trump's Speech at Rally Before US Capitol Riot |date=13 January 2021 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> This was one of the reasons for the decision of a group of his supporters to gather in [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C]] on 6 January 2021 and break into the Capitol building during a Joint session of Congress. The January 6 United States Capitol attack disrupted Congress while certifying the election, forcing both chambers to undergo lockdown lasting for four hours. On the same day, Trump coerced then-incumbent Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election results to which Pence refused. During the attack, Trump tweeted directly to his supporters falsely claiming Congress was attempting to assist in stealing the election. [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] responded by suspending Trump's account permanently following Trump's tweet. [[Company:Facebook|Facebook]], [[Software:Instagram|Instagram]], [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]], and [[Software:Snapchat|Snapchat]] all also suspended Trump from using their platforms worrying his posts may incite additional violence to the Capitol attacks. In relation to this, Trump was impeached for the second time by the House of Representatives and became the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. Meanwhile, Joe Biden was sworn in as the United States President on 20 January 2021. The Senate impeachment trial ended on 13 February 2021, one month after its start, resulting in Trump being found not guilty of inciting the attack on the Capitol. On August{{nbsp}}1, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on four charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstructing an official proceeding related to the certification of the election results on January 6, 2021, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, and [[Social:Conspiracy against rights|conspiracy against rights]].
|-
|8th Congress of the Communist Party
| Cuba
| 16–19 April 2021
| At the 8th Congress of the Communist Party, Raúl Castro officially resigned as the First Secretary, the most powerful position in Cuba. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is officially named First Secretary of the Communist Party following the resignation of Raúl Castro. He is the first person not of the Castro family to hold the top position since the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission'|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cubas-raul-castro-confirms-stepping-head-communist-party-rcna689 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=2021-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56802129|publisher=BBC News |access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Salvadoran political crisis
| El Salvador
| 1 May 2021
|The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to remove several judges from the Supreme Court and remove the Attorney General, both of which had been vocal opponents to the presidency of Nayib Bukele.
|<ref name="CNN2">{{cite web |last=Pozzebon |first=Stefano |date=5 May 2021 |title=What to Know About the Political Drama Raising Fears over El Salvador's Democracy |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517185336/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/americas/el-salvadors-political-crisis-intl-latam/index.html |archive-date=17 May 2021 |access-date=17 May 2021 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Canadian federal election
| Canada
| 20 September 2021
| Incumbent prime minister Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party, is re-elected in Canada's federal election, continuing as a minority government.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364|title=Canadians have re-elected a Liberal minority government|website=CBC|access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref>
|-
| Barbados's transition to a republic
| Barbados
| 30 November 2021
|Barbados became the newest republic in the world on 30 November 2021, its 55th Independence Day, when the already elected, previous Governor-General of Barbados, Sandra Mason, was sworn into office as the first president of the Caribbean country. This ended Queen Elizabeth II's 55-year tenure as monarch of an independent Barbados.
|<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=30 September 2021 |title=In Barbados, parliament votes to amend constitution, paving the way to republican status |url=http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008170938/http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status#:~:text=republican%20status%20%7C%20ConstitutionNet-,In%20Barbados%2C%20parliament%20votes%20to%20amend%20constitution%2C%20paving,the%20way%20to%20republican%20status&text=Parliament%20voted%20by%20a%2025,into%20force%20by%20November%2030 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=9 October 2021 |publisher=ConstitutionNet}}</ref>
|-
|2022 Colombian presidential election
|Colombia
|19 June 2022
|Former [[Social:19th of April Movement|19th of April Movement]] [[Social:Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla fighter]] and incumbent Senator Gustavo Petro defeats businessman and former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, in the second round of the presidential election and becomes the first [[Social:Left-wing politics|left-wing]] President in Colombian history.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Marelen Castillo thanks Rodolfo Hernández voters: "their votes have not been in vain" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Infobae |date=20 June 2022 |language=es |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620074316/https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2022/06/20/marelen-castillo-agradece-a-votantes-de-rodolfo-hernandez-sus-votos-no-han-sido-en-vano/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Seré opositora si no se le cumple al pueblo colombiano": Marelen Castillo irá a la Cámara |url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |work=Semana |date=20 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220815030826/https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/sere-opositora-si-no-se-le-cumple-al-pueblo-colombiano-marelen-castillo-ira-a-la-camara/202218/ |archive-date=15 August 2022|url-status=live|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pozzebon |first1=Stefano |title=Left-wing candidate and former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidential race |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=CNN |date=20 June 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220930114305/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/17/americas/gustavo-petro-profile-intl-latam/index.html|archive-date=30 September 2022|url-status=live|location=[[Place:Bogotá|Bogotá]]}}</ref>
|-
|2022 Brazilian general election
|Brazil
|3–30 October 2022
|Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeats the incumbent president of [[Biography:Jair Bolsonaro|Jair Bolsonaro]] in the second round of the presidential election; he becomes the first elected to three terms and the oldest president in {{wipe|Brazil}}ian history.
|<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellsworth|first1=Brian|last2=Paraguassu|first2=Lisandra|date=30 October 2022|title=Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidency again|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-votes-heated-bolsonaro-vs-lula-presidential-runoff-2022-10-30/|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lu|first=Christina|date=31 October 2022|title=Lula Narrowly Defeats Bolsonaro|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/31/brazil-election-lula-bolsonaro-result/|access-date=31 October 2022|magazine=Foreign Policy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Camilo Rocha|first1=Vasco|last2=Cotovio |first2=Tara John |date=30 October 2022 |title=Brazil's Lula da Silva wins fiercely contested presidential run-off vote |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/americas/brazil-election-polls-open-intl/index.html |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nugent |first=Ciara |date=30 October 2022 |title=Here's How Lula Won Brazil's Most Crucial Vote in Decades |url=https://time.com/6226269/how-lula-won-brazil-election/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |magazine=Time}}</ref>
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[[File:2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063) (retouched).jpg|thumb|On 6 January 2021, the U.S. Capitol attack occurred two weeks before Joe Biden was sworn into office. The event resulted in the Second impeachment of Donald Trump and a group of televised public hearings.]]
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[[File:Biden oath of office.jpg|thumb|Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president on January 20, 2021; he became the oldest president in U.S. history. ]]

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====Asia====

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:130px;" | Event
! style="width:60px;" | Country
! style="width:100px;" | Date
! Description
! Reference
|-
| 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
| Iran, United States
| 5 May 2019
| The Persian Gulf region saw tensions between the {{wipe|United States}} and the Islamic Republic of Iran escalate in mid-2019. The crisis saw [[Engineering:Oil tanker|oil tanker]]s in the Strait of Hormuz sabotaged and seized, drone shootdowns, and efforts by the U.S. and {{wipe|United Kingdom}} to pursue military patrols to protect shipping in the gulf, known as the [[Organization:International Maritime Security Construct|International Maritime Security Construct]]. On 31 December 2019 tensions reached a breaking point as Iranian-backed Shiite militia stormed into the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, leading to the targeted killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike on 3 January 2020.
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf|title=UK joins US in mission to protect oil tankers in Gulf|date=5 August 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130162619/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/aug/05/uk-joins-us-in-mission-to-protect-oil-tankers-in-gulf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/us-embassy-stormed-in-baghdad|title=Trump accuses Iran over storming of US embassy compound in Baghdad|date=31 December 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231145300/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/us-embassy-stormed-in-baghdad|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/column-what-the-killing-of-qassem-soleimani-could-mean-for-iran|title=Column: What the killing of Qassem Soleimani could mean|date=3 January 2020|work=PBS NewsHour|access-date=8 January 2020|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107214212/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/column-what-the-killing-of-qassem-soleimani-could-mean-for-iran|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis
|Malaysia
|22 February 2020 – 24 November 2022
|Political infighting and party switching within Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional led to the inability to form a stable majority government.  After the collapse of 2 successive governments and a snap general election held, the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet was formed, the first unity government in the history of Malaysia.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malaysia's Muhyiddin resigns after troubled 17 months in power |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/16/malaysias-muhyiddin-resigns-after-troubled-17-months-in-power |access-date=2021-08-16 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
| China, India
| 5 May 2020 – 20 January 2021
| Since 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops have engaged in aggressive melee, face-offs, and skirmishes at locations along the Sino-Indian border, including near the disputed Pangong Lake in Ladakh and the Tibet Autonomous Region, and near the border between Sikkim and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Additional clashes also took place at locations in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/defence/chinese-troops-challenge-india-at-multiple-locations-in-eastern-ladakh-standoff-continues/428304/|title=Chinese troops challenge India at multiple locations in eastern Ladakh, standoff continues|date=24 May 2020|work=The Print|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=27 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527163514/https://theprint.in/defence/chinese-troops-challenge-india-at-multiple-locations-in-eastern-ladakh-standoff-continues/428304/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2021 Kyrgyz-Tajik clashes
|Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
|28 April – 1 May and 9 July 2021
|A 3-day border conflict with clashes occurred in late April 2021 between the two Central Asian countries Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The reason why the fighting broke out is disputed, but it is due either to an old water dispute or to local people's dissatisfaction with the installation of surveillance cameras near the border. After 3 days of intense clashes, that left more than 50 people dead and also more than 40,000 displaced civilians, the two countries agreed on a ceasefire. After the ceasefire, however, there was a fatal incident on 9 July.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Imanaliyeva |first1=Ayzirek |last2=Ibragimova |first2=Kamila |last3=Leonard |first3=Peter |date=29 April 2022 |title=Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan forces exchange gunfire in worst border flareup in years |url=https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-forces-exchange-gunfire-in-worst-border-flareup-in-years |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=eurasianet.org |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
|Israel,Palestine
|6–21 May 2021
|Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem lead to eleven days of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
|<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 May 2021|title=Israel-Gaza ceasefire holds despite Jerusalem clash|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57195537|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2021 Taliban offensive
|Afghanistan
|1 May – 15 August 2021
|Beginning on 1 May 2021, the [[Religion:Taliban|Taliban]] and allied militant groups made a final offensive against the [[Place:Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] and its allies, coinciding with the withdrawal of most United States and allied troops from Afghanistan. It resulted in the ''de facto'' takeover of the country and the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, ending the twenty-year-long War in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021.
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Seir |first1=Ahmed |last2=Faiez |first2=Rahim |last3=Akghar |first3=Tameem |last4=Gambrell |first4=John |date=15 August 2021 |title=Official: Taliban negotiators head to presidential palace |url=https://apnews.com/article/taliban-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815031639/https://apnews.com/article/taliban-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=Associated Press }}</ref>
|-
|2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis
|Iraq
|5 November 2021 – 28 October 2022
|The parliamentary election in October 2021 resulted in deadlock as members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq were unable to form a stable government or elect a new president. Ended in the election of Abdul Latif Rashid as president and Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani as prime minister.
|<ref name="reut">{{cite web |date=2022-10-27 |title=Iraqi parliament approves new government headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iraq-lawmakers-approve-government-prime-minister-designate-sudani-2022-10-27/ |access-date=23 February 2023 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
|-
|2022 Kyrgyz-Tajik clashes
|Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
|27 January – 20 September 2022
|The sporadic fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which had started in 2021, began again in late January 2022 and the bloody clashes resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries on 27 January, 10 March, 3 June and 14 June. In September, the fighting escalated and the 6 days of fighting between 14 and 20 September, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries, finally ended on 20 September when the two countries signed a peace deal.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miner |first=Louise |date=20 September 2022 |title=Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign peace deal after deadly border clashes |work=Euronews |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/20/tajikistan-and-kyrgyzstan-sign-peace-deal-after-deadly-border-clashes |url-status=live |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922024137/https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/20/tajikistan-and-kyrgyzstan-sign-peace-deal-after-deadly-border-clashes |archive-date=22 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2022–2023 Pakistan political unrest
|Pakistan
|3 April 2022 – ongoing
|Began with a constitutional crisis in April 2022 after a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan was dismissed by the deputy speaker, citing foreign interference by the United States. The Supreme Court ruled this action unconstitutional and parliament reconvened and passed the motion, making Khan the first Prime Minister of Pakistan to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence. Khan would call for general elections to be held, but soon after he was the target of an assassination attempt and two arrests. Nationwide protests in support of Khan erupted after his arrests, culminating in the May 9 riots and a crackdown by the government.
|<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web |last=Chaudhry |first=Fahad |date=9 April 2022 |title=Imran Khan loses no-trust vote, prime ministerial term set for unceremonious end |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1684168 |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
|}

====Europe====

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|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
! style="width:60px;" | Country
! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
! References
|-
| Brexit
| UK
| 31 January 2020
| The {{wipe|United Kingdom}} and [[Place:Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] formally withdrew from the [[Social:European Union|European Union]] at 11PM (GMT).
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430 |title=Brexit: European Parliament overwhelmingly backs terms of UK's exit |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129175943/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51287430 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Eighth NATO enlargement
| North Macedonia
| 27 March 2020
| North Macedonia became a member state of NATO after the 2018 Prespa Agreement.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2020 |title=North Macedonia's Leader Inks Final Accession Document |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/20/us/politics/ap-eu-north-macedonia-nato.html |access-date=21 March 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|2020 Belarusian presidential election
| Belarus
|9 August 2020
| The once again rigged presidential elections in {{wipe|Belarus}} in 2020 led to the largest mass protests in the history of Belarus. The protests were eventually put down with violence. As a result of these events, Belarus developed into a totalitarian repressive state in the following years, where any criticism of ruler Alexander Lukashenko is brutally suppressed. Numerous states, including the member countries of the [[Social:European Union|European Union]] and the EU itself, imposed sanctions against Lukashenko's regime.
|
|-
|[[Social:2021–2023 Bulgarian political crisis|2021–2023 Bulgarian political crisis]]
|Bulgaria
|4 April 2021 – 6 June 2023
|A series of unstable governments and a gridlock resulted in five elections occurring over two years. A rotation government was eventually approved on 6 June 2023.
|<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |date=2023-01-24 |title=Bulgaria gears for its fifth election in two years on April 2 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bulgaria-hold-early-elections-april-2-president-2023-01-24/ |access-date=2023-01-26}}</ref>
|-
|Belarus–European Union border crisis
| Belarus, European Union
|7 July 2021 – ongoing
|A migrant crisis and humanitarian disaster involving an influx of coordinated groups of immigrants, primarily from Iraq and elsewhere in the [[Place:Middle East|Middle East]] and [[Place:North Africa|North Africa]], to {{wipe|Poland}}, Lithuania and Latvia via their borders with {{wipe|Belarus}}. The crisis was triggered by the severe deterioration in Belarus–European Union relations following the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, the Ryanair Flight 4978 incident and subsequent sanctions on Belarus, as well as the attempted forced repatriation of Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya from the Olympic Games in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], {{wipe|Japan}}. Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko deliberately had immigrants from the [[Place:Middle East|Middle East]] flown into Belarus in order to "flood [[Earth:Europe|Europe]] with migrants and drugs."
|
|-
| Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II
| United Kingdom
| 6 February 2022
| Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, which marked the 70th anniversary of her accession.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/news-archive/2012/Queen-celebrates-Jubilee-at-St-Pauls-images|title=Platinum Jubilee: Queen pictured at work in image released for historic 70th anniversary|website=www.news.sky.com|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
| July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
| United Kingdom
| 5–7 July 2022
| Several officials resigned from their positions in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's second ministry, culminating in Johnson announcing his resignation on 7 July and a leadership election called to decide the next leader of the Conservative Party.
| <ref name="resign">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/boris-johnson-resignation-intl/index.html|website=CNN|first1=Jack|last1=Guy|first2=Luke|last2=McGee|first3=Ivana|last3=Kottasová|date=7 July 2022|title=UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns after mutiny in his party|access-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707173327/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/boris-johnson-resignation-intl/index.html|archive-date=7 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Death of [[Biography:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]]
|Russia
|30 August 2022
|A Russian and Soviet politician who served as the last leader of the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]], Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 91.
|<ref name="TheGuardianTributes">{{Cite web |last=Farrer |first=Martin |date=30 August 2022 |title=Mikhail Gorbachev: tributes pour in for 'one-of-a kind' Soviet leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/mikhail-gorbachev-tributes-pour-in-for-one-of-a-kind-soviet-leader |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831023447/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/mikhail-gorbachev-tributes-pour-in-for-one-of-a-kind-soviet-leader |archive-date=31 August 2022 |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
|-
|Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II and accession of Charles III
|United Kingdom
|8 September 2022
|Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, the longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch, reigning from 6 February 1952 to 8 September 2022, died of natural causes at the age of 96. Her son, Charles acceded to the throne as King Charles III immediately, after serving as heir apparent for 70 years, the longest in British history.
|<ref name="BBCNewsInfo">{{Cite news |date=8 September 2022 |title=Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announces |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886 |url-status=live |access-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908173308/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61585886 |archive-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2022 Italian general election
|Italy
|25 September 2022
|The right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy won an absolute majority in both houses. On 22 October, Meloni was appointed Prime Minister, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
|<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=21 October 2022 |title=Presidential palace says Giorgia Meloni forms government, giving Italy first far-right-led coalition since World War II |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022000948/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/presidential-palace-giorgia-meloni-forms-government-giving-italy-91866408 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=21 October 2022 |title=Far-right Meloni set to become Italy's first woman PM |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021100236/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221021-far-right-meloni-set-to-become-italy-s-first-woman-pm |archive-date=21 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=France 24 |publisher=Agence France-Presse}}</ref>
|-
| Golden Jubilee of Margrethe II
| Denmark
| 2022
| Queen Margrethe II celebrated her Golden Jubilee, which marked the 50th anniversary of her accession.
|<ref name="hny">{{Cite web |title=Queen Margrethe of Denmark's Golden Jubilee: Everything we know so far |url=https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/queen-margrethe-of-denmark-golden-jubilee-2022-50-year-reign-explainer/1b7bdb45-da97-417d-91a7-c44193e74b0f |access-date=5 April 2022 |work=9Honey|date=11 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis
|United Kingdom
|14–20 October 2022
|Only six weeks into her premiership, conservative MPs in the United Kingdom cited a loss in public confidence in Prime Minister Liz Truss's ministry following her September mini-budget. This culminated in Truss announcing her resignation on 20 October and a leadership election was called to decide the next leader of the Conservative Party.
|<ref name="sky resign">{{Cite news |date=20 October 2022 |title=Liz Truss resigns as prime minister |language=en-GB |work=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-to-resign-as-prime-minister-sky-news-understands-12723236 |url-status=live |access-date=20 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020124052/https://news.sky.com/story/liz-truss-to-resign-as-prime-minister-sky-news-understands-12723236 |archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
|Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI
|Vatican City
|31 December 2022
|[[Religion:Pope|Pope]] Emeritus Benedict XVI, who resigned in 2013 as the first Pope to do so in more than 600 years, dies at the age of 95.
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winfield |first=Nicole |date=31 December 2022 |title=Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95 |language=en |work=Associated Press News |url=https://apnews.com/article/pope-benedict-xvi-dead-9d486fd9b12eab1177b9eb8ab7be22f4 |url-status=live |access-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231095923/https://apnews.com/article/pope-benedict-xvi-dead-9d486fd9b12eab1177b9eb8ab7be22f4 |archive-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Czech presidential election
|Czech Republic
|28 January 2023
|[[Social:Independent politician|Independent]] candidate Petr Pavel wins the 2nd round of the presidential election against former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the ANO 2011.
|
|-
|2023 Montenegrin presidential election
|Montenegro
|2 April 2023
|Europe Now! candidate Jakov Milatović wins the 2nd round of the presidential election against incumbent president Milo Đukanović of the DPS. Đukanović, who had ruled the country almost continuously since 1991 either as President or Prime Minister, thus lost power for the first time after more than 32 years. Milatović's victory was also the first time that the DPS lost a presidential election since 1990.
|<ref>[https://rtcg.me/predsjednickiizbori/413500/jakov-milatovic-ubjedljivo-pobijedio-dobio-601-odsto-glasova-djukanovic-399-.html Jakov Milatović ubjedljivo pobijedio: Dobio 60,1 odsto glasova, Đukanović 39,9 %], RTCG, 2 April 2023</ref>
|-
|2023 Finnish parliamentary election
|Finland
|2 April 2023
||Kokoomus won the elections and got 48 MP seats with 20.8 percent support. Finns Party, came second with 20.1 percent support and 46 MP seats. The main government party SDP came in third with 19.9 percent support and 43 MP seats.
|-
| Ninth NATO enlargement
| Finland
| 4 April 2023
|{{wipe|Finland}} applied to join NATO in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was formally accepted the following year. This ended Finland's position as a [[Social:Neutral country|neutral state]] that had existed since the Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948.
|<ref name="fastest">{{Cite web |last=Laverick |first=Evelyn |date=2023-04-04 |title=Finland joins NATO in the alliance's fastest-ever accession process |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/04/finland-joins-nato-in-the-alliances-fastest-ever-accession-process |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404135547/https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/04/finland-joins-nato-in-the-alliances-fastest-ever-accession-process |archive-date=4 April 2023 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Euronews |publisher=}}</ref>
|-
| Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
| United Kingdom
| 6 May 2023
|The coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, took place on 6 May. Charles III acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. This was the first coronation of a British monarch since Elizabeth II was crowned 70 years earlier, in 1953 and was the first coronation of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.
|-
|2023 Turkish general election
|Turkey
|28 May 2023
|Incumbent [[Biography:Recep Tayyip Erdoğan|Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] of the Justice and Development Party was re-elected in the presidential election, defeating Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Republican People's Party.
|
|-
|Golden Jubilee of Carl XVI Gustaf
|Sweden
|15 September 2023
|King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrated his Golden Jubilee, which marked the 50th anniversary of his accession.
|
|-
|2023 Polish parliamentary election
|Poland
|15 October 2023
||The United Right secured the highest number of seats in the election, but failed to achieve a majority in the Sejm. Meanwhile, the opposition, headed by Donald Tusk, successfully garnered a parliamentary majority. This represents a shift in the Sejm's majority for the first time in eight years in Poland.
|
|-
|2023 Serbian parliamentary election
|Serbia
|17 December 2023
||The SNS coalition secured the highest number of seats in the election. According to international election observers, fraud occurred in the election, and thousands of citizens began to demonstrate against the election result.
|
|-
|Abdication of Margrethe II
|Denmark
|14 January 2024
||
|
|}
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[[File:Suomen ja Ruotsin suurlähettiläät jättävät kiinnostuksenosoituksensa Natoon liittymisestä - 52082038874.jpg|thumb|Finnish and Swedish ambassadors submit their applications to join NATO to secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
[[File:20220908-Buckingham Palace Elizabeth II death reactions (07).jpg|thumb|Crowds at Buckingham Palace following the death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, shortly after the Platinum Jubilee celebration which marked the 70th anniversary of her accession.]]
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[[File:Ratzinger funeral (09).jpg|thumb|Crowds at St. Peter's Square following the death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI.]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
[[File:2023 Coronation Balcony.jpg|thumb|King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their coronation in 2023.]]
|}

====Oceania====

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:130px;"| Event
! style="width:60px;" | Country
! style="width:100px;"| Date
! Description
! References
|-
|2021 Samoan constitutional crisis
|Samoa
|22 May – 23 July 2021
|Following a general election, the results were in stasis while incumbent prime minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi refused to step down. The Supreme Court of Samoa decided the matter, and the FAST party and its leader Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa was declared the winner.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |title=Samoa election crisis: What you need to know |first=Russel |last=Palmer |publisher=RNZ |date=27 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530013925/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/443472/samoa-election-crisis-what-you-need-to-know |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2021 Solomon Islands unrest
|Solomon Islands
|24–27 November 2021
|A period of unrest began due to a variety of factors, notably the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the decision to retract diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and instead recognize {{wipe|China}}.
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia sends police and troops to Honiara as violent protests continue in Solomon Islands |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 November 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/honiaras-chinatown-targeted-as-violent-protests-break-out-for-second-day-in-solomon-islands |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108191638/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/honiaras-chinatown-targeted-as-violent-protests-break-out-for-second-day-in-solomon-islands |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
|Kiribati
|May – October 2022
|A crisis began when High Court Judge David Lambourne was suspended in May 2022 and Chief Justice Bill Hastings was suspended on 30 June 2022, both over allegations of misconduct. In October 2022, the President Taneti Maamau appointed Attorney General Tetiro Semilota as Acting Chief Justice.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Kiribati suspends all remaining senior judges after row over Australian justice's deportation |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=2022-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906003705/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2022 |title=Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |access-date=12 August 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812140947/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022 Fijian general election
|Fiji
|14 December 2022
|16-year incumbent prime minister Frank Bainimarama of the FijiFirst party was unable to form a government after winning a plurality of seats. Former prime minister and leader of the 1987 military coups Sitiveni Rabuka of the newly established People's Alliance returned to the position.
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 December 2022 |title=Sitiveni Rabuka is Fiji's new prime minister |language=en-AU |work=Radio New Zealand |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/481392/sitiveni-rabuka-is-fiji-s-new-prime-minister |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224070042/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/481392/sitiveni-rabuka-is-fiji-s-new-prime-minister |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

===World leaders===
{{hlist| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024<!-- Add these wikilinks when they are created: | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 -->}}

==Assassinations and attempts==

[[File:Qasem Soleimani with Zolfaghar Order.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|Qasem Soleimani]]
[[File:Kelly Craft poses a photo with Haitian President Moise (cropped).jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|Jovenel Moïse]]
[[File:Shinzō Abe Official.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|Shinzo Abe]]
[[File:Ayman al-Zawahiri portrait.JPG|thumb|120px|upright|right|Ayman al-Zawahiri]]

Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
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! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Description
|-
| 3 January 2020<!-- UTC; 3rd local time -->
| Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general, and leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, is killed in an airstrike conducted by the United States near Baghdad International Airport.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported |title=Trump orders attack that kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, other military officials in Baghdad, Pentagon says |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224000443/https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 27 November 2020<!-- UTC; 28th local time -->
| Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior official in the nuclear program in Iran, is killed in an ambush against his motorcade in Absard.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alleged head of Iran's nuclear weapons program is assassinated near Tehran |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-nuclear-weapons-program-said-assassinated-near-tehran/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=27 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127140146/https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-irans-nuclear-weapons-program-said-assassinated-near-tehran/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 22 February 2021
| Luca Attanasio, Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is killed by gunmen while traveling in North Kivu.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Specia|first1=Megan|last2=Pianigiani|first2=Gaia|date=22 February 2021|title=Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/africa/italy-ambassador-killed-congo-ambush.html|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref>
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| 20 April 2021
| Idriss Déby, 6th President of Chad, is killed while commanding forces against rebels during the Insurgency in Northern Chad, and is succeeded by transitional president and military general, Mahamat Kaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210420-chadian-president-idriss-d%C3%A9by-has-died-of-injuries-suffered-on-the-frontline-army|title=Chadian President Idriss Deby dies on frontline, rebels vow to keep fighting|date=20 April 2021|website=France 24}}</ref>
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| 6 May 2021
| Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of the [[History:Maldives|Maldivian]] People's Majlis, is wounded in an explosion alleged by Maldivian authorities to have been conducted by religious extremists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://avas.mv/en/99833 |title=May 6 blast suspects remanded into custody |website=avas.mv |access-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511055446/https://avas.mv/en/99833 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 7 July 2021
| Jovenel Moïse, 43rd President of Haiti, is killed by gunmen at his private residence. First Lady Martine Moïse is severely wounded.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/07/americas/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-attack-intl/index.html | title=Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence |website=CNN | date=7 July 2021 }}</ref>
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| 15 October 2021
| David Amess, British [[Finance:Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] MP, is killed by an Islamic terrorist during a constituency surgery.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58930593 | title=Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death | work=BBC News | date=15 October 2021 }}</ref>
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| 7 November 2021
| |Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Prime Minister of Iraq, survives a drone attack that injures six in his security detail.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/drone-attack-targets-iraq-pm-who-escapes-unhurt-iraq-military-2021-11-07/ | title=Iraqi PM safe after drone attack on residence, military says | newspaper=Reuters | date=7 November 2021 | last1=Davison | first1=John | last2=Rasheed | first2=Ahmed }}</ref>
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|3 February 2022
| Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 2nd Caliph of the [[Religion:Islamic State|Islamic State]], is killed in Atme during a counter-terrorism raid by {{wipe|United States}} special forces in north-western [[Place:Syria|Syria]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60246129 | title=Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says | work=BBC News | date=3 February 2022 }}</ref>
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|8 June 2022
| Brett Kavanaugh, a United States Supreme Court Justice, is the target of an assassination attempt in which the alleged assassin was motivated by a [[Organization:Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization#Leaked draft opinion|leaked Supreme Court decision]] that was poised to overrule ''Roe v. Wade'', the 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion as a right.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/calif-man-indicted-attempting-assassinate-brett-kavanaugh-arrest/story?id=85423002|title=Calif. man indicted for allegedly attempting to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh at his home|website=ABC News|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>
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|8 July 2022
| Shinzo Abe, former Prime Minister of Japan, is killed while giving a campaign speech by a former navy sailor who held a grudge against the South Korean-based [[Religion:Unification Church|Unification Church]].<ref name="NHKWorld">{{cite news |date=8 July 2022 |title=Man taken into custody after former Japanese PM Abe Shinzo collapses |work=NHK World |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_19/ |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708032135/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_19/ |archive-date=8 July 2022}}</ref>
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|31 July 2022
| [[Biography:Ayman al-Zawahiri|Ayman al-Zawahiri]], the leader of the [[Religion:Salafi jihadism|Salafi-jihadist]] group [[Religion:Al-Qaeda|al-Qaeda]], is killed by a drone strike conducted by the US-based CIA in [[Place:Kabul|Kabul]], Afghanistan.<ref name="NYTimesInfo">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills Ayman al-Zawahri, Top Qaeda Leader |date=1 August 2022 |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Cooper |first2=Helene |last3=Barnes |first3=Julian |last4=Schmitt |first4=Eric |work=The New York Times |access-date=1 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801215209/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|12 August 2022
| [[Biography:Salman Rushdie|Salman Rushdie]], an Indian-born British-American novelist, is stabbed multiple times as he is about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. Rushdie has been the subject of a fatwā written by Supreme Leader of Iran [[Biography:Ruhollah Khomeini|Ruhollah Khomeini]] calling for his death since 1989.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=Joshua|date=12 August 2022|title=Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York|url=https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-attacked-9eae99aea82cb0d39628851ecd42227a|access-date=12 August 2022|publisher=Associated Press |language=en|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812152059/https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-attacked-9eae99aea82cb0d39628851ecd42227a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Staniszewski|first=Eugene J.|date=12 August 2022|title=State Police are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie|url=https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-are-investigating-an-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie.htm|access-date=12 August 2022|publisher=New York State Police Newsroom|language=en|archive-date=12 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812214959/https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-are-investigating-an-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|1 September 2022
| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former Vice President and former President of Argentina, survives an attempt on her life after the assailant's weapon malfunctions.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/world/americas/cristina-kirchner-attack.html | title=Argentina's Vice President Unharmed After Assassination Attempt | newspaper=The New York Times | date=2 September 2022 | last1=Nicas | first1=Jack | last2=Alcoba | first2=Natalie }}</ref>
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|15 October 2022
|Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 3rd Caliph of the [[Religion:Islamic State|Islamic State]], is killed by wearing and detonating a suicide vest during battle against Free Syrian Army rebels in the city of Jasim in Daraa Governorate, [[Place:Syria|Syria]]. He is succeeded by Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
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|28 October 2022
| Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is the target of a failed assassination attempt when a man armed with a hammer breaks into her residence. He instead assaults her husband, causing serious injuries as she was not home at the time of the attempt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Suspect-in-Paul-Pelosi-attack-was-looking-for-17545493.php|title=Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack was looking for wife Nancy in S.F. home, D.A. Jenkins confirms|first=Nora|last=Mishanec|date=30 October 2022|website=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
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|3 November 2022
| Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, is shot in the leg while traveling in a convoy in Wazirabad amid anti-government protests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/imran-khan-shot-in-assassination-attempt-in-pakistan|title=Imran Khan wounded in 'assassination attempt' in Pakistan|date=3 November 2022|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
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| 3 May 2023
| Vladimir Putin, President of {{wipe|Russia}}, is alleged to have been the target of an unsuccessful drone attack on the Kremlin according to Russian authorities. Ukraine, which is at war with Russia, denied responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65471904|title=Kremlin drone: Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow|work=BBC News |date=3 May 2023|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref>
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| 9 August 2023
| Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadorian politician and candidate for President of Ecuador, is shot to death following a campaign event in [[Place:Quito|Quito]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hallam |first=Jonny |last2=Cañizares |first2=Ana Maria |last3=Suarez |first3=Karol |last4=Regan |first4=Helen |date=2023-08-10 |title=Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated at campaign event |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/americas/ecuador-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
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| 23 August 2023
| Key figures in the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group, including its founder and leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, are killed in a plane crash widely believed to have been an assassination carried out by the Russian government after an attempted rebellion by Prigozhin earlier in the summer.<ref name="PutinDuh">{{cite news |date=24 August 2023 |last=Fornusek |first=Martin |title=Zelensky: 'Everyone understands' who is behind Prigozhin's reported death |url=https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-everyone-understands-who-is-related-to-prigozhins-death/ |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=The Kyiv Independent |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824145620/https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-everyone-understands-who-is-related-to-prigozhins-death/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War|access-date=13 September 2023|archive-date=25 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2 January 2024
|{{wipe|South Korea}} opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck during a visit to Busan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Han-joo |first=Kim |date=2024-01-02 |title=(LEAD) Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung attacked during visit to Busan |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240102003451315 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}</ref>
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==Disasters==
{{category tree all|2020s disasters|mode=all|depth=1}}

===Non-natural disasters===
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| Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
| 8 January 2020
| Iran
| Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down shortly after take-off from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]], by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who claimed to have mistaken it for a cruise missile. All 176 people on board were killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html|title=Iran Says It Unintentionally Shot Down Ukrainian Airliner|date=10 January 2020|newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}}|url-status=live|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111072451/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/world/middleeast/missile-iran-plane-crash.html|archive-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
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| Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
| 22 May 2020
| Pakistan
| Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashed into a neighborhood in [[Place:Karachi|Karachi]] while attempting to land, killing 97 of the 99 people on board plus 1 person on the ground.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite news |last1=Ellis-Petersen |first1=Hannah |last2=Baloch |first2=Shah Meer |date=22 May 2020 |title=Dozens killed as passenger plane crashes near Karachi airport |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/pakistan-passenger-plane-crashes-near-karachi|access-date=22 May 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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| Sriwijaya Air Flight 182
| 9 January 2021
| Indonesia
| Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after take-off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]], killing all 62 people on board.<ref name=Reuters>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash/indonesia-halts-search-for-victims-of-sriwijaya-air-crash-idUSKBN29Q1ER |title=Indonesia halts search for victims of Sriwayaja Air crash |date=21 January 2021 |work=Reuters |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ramzy|first1=Austin|title=Indonesia Crash: What to Know About the Boeing Plane|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/boeing-737-indonesia-plane.html|access-date=11 January 2021|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 January 2021|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113120622/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/boeing-737-indonesia-plane.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
| 21 March 2022
| China
| China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into the ground near Wuzhou mid-flight, killing all 132 people on board.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Cite news |first1=Catherine|last1=Larkin|first2=Keith|last2=Laing|date=2022-05-17 |title=China Eastern Plane Crash Data Suggest Intentional Dive, WSJ Says|work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/boeing-rises-on-report-that-china-plane-crash-looks-intentional/ |access-date=2022-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2022-05-17 |title=Flight data from China Eastern jet points to intentional nosedive -WSJ |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/flight-data-china-eastern-jet-points-intentional-nosedive-wsj-2022-05-17/ |access-date=2022-05-17}}</ref>
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| Yeti Airlines Flight 691
| 15 January 2023
| Nepal
| Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes into a gorge while attempting to land in Pokhara, killing all 72 people on board.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/asia/nepal-plane-crash-yeti-airlines-video-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Video inside cabin purportedly shows moments before Nepal plane crash | website=CNN | date=17 January 2023 }}</ref>
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| 2020 Beirut explosion
| {{dts|4 August 2020}}
| Lebanon
|A massive explosion occurred in the port of Beirut. The blast was so loud that it was even reported to be heard in [[Place:Cyprus|Cyprus]], which is approximately 240&nbsp;km from the location of the explosion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/impact-of-beirut-blast-massive-shockwaves-felt-240-km-away-in-cyprus-reports-1707846-2020-08-05 |title=Impact of Beirut blast massive, shockwaves felt 240 km away in Cyprus: Reports |access-date=5 August 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805035401/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/impact-of-beirut-blast-massive-shockwaves-felt-240-km-away-in-cyprus-reports-1707846-2020-08-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> The windows of major buildings in a 6-mile radius were shattered and roads were filled with debris. According to initial findings, it was estimated that a warehouse with 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded, which was confiscated by the Lebanese government from the abandoned ship MV ''Rhosus'' and then stored in the port without proper safety measures for six years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/lebanon-pm-hassan-diab-on-beirut-blasts-2-750-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-exploded-2274291 |title=2,750 Tonnes Of Ammonium Nitrate Exploded: Lebanon PM On Beirut Blasts |access-date=5 August 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805030139/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/lebanon-pm-hassan-diab-on-beirut-blasts-2-750-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-exploded-2274291 |url-status=live }}</ref> 220 deaths were confirmed, more than 110 people were missing and at least 7,000 were reported injured.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/huge-explosion-beirut-lebanon-shatters-windows-rocks-buildings |title=Lebanon: at least 78 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut |access-date=5 August 2020 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804160549/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/huge-explosion-beirut-lebanon-shatters-windows-rocks-buildings |url-status=live }}</ref> Beirut governor Marwan Abboud estimated that up to 300,000 people were left homeless by the explosions and there was $10–15 billion USD in property damage.
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| Surfside condominium collapse
| {{dts|24 June 2021}}
| United States
|A 12-story beachfront condominium in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed. As of 22 July 2021, a total of 98 people are confirmed to have died, while 11 were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 July 2021|title=Condo building collapse last victim ID'd: family|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/family-last-victim-id-florida-condo-building-collapse|access-date=26 July 2021|website=Associated Press|language=en-US}}</ref> One person was rescued from the rubble, and about 35 people were rescued on 24 June from the uncollapsed portion of the building, which was demolished 11 days later as a safety precaution due to the approach of Hurricane Elsa. On 7 July, authorities announced that the objective of the search was transitioning from rescue to recovery and that the missing victims are presumed dead.
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| 2022 Yerevan explosion
| {{dts|14 August 2022}}
| Armenia
|A large explosion took place in the Surmalu shopping centre in the [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]]n capital of [[Place:Yerevan|Yerevan]]. It caused widespread destruction and fire, leaving dozens of dead and injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death toll in fireworks depot blast in Armenia reaches 7 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-armenia-reaches-88390635 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815171518/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-fireworks-depot-blast-armenia-reaches-88390635 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> The explosion killed 16 people and injured 63, with nine missing as of 20 August.<ref>{{cite web |title=Число жертв взрыва в ТЦ "Сурмалу" достигло 16: без вести пропали 9 граждан |url=https://www.panorama.am/ru/news/2022/08/16/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B2-17/2719511 |website=panorama.am |access-date=17 August 2022 |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yerevan market explosion: Search and rescue operations resume |url=https://news.am/eng/news/716738.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=news.am |language=en}}</ref>
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| Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
| {{dts|6 June 2023}}
| Ukraine
|Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson is destroyed, threatening the region with devastating floodwaters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2023 |title=Russia has blown up major Ukrainian dam, says Kyiv|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65816109 |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2023 |title=Russia-Ukraine war live: evacuations under way near Kherson after destruction of dam prompts flooding|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/06/russia-ukraine-war-live-dam-near-kherson-blown-up-by-russian-forces-ukrainian-military-says |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>
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|Derna dam collapses
| 10 – 11 September 2023
| Libya
|The Derna dam collapses were the catastrophic failures of two dams in Derna, [[Place:Libya|Libya]] on the night of 10–11 September 2023, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The dam collapses released an estimated 30 million cubic metres (39 million cubic yards) of water, causing flooding downstream as the Wadi Derna overflowed its banks. The floods partially destroyed the city of Derna. Estimates for the number of casualties range from 5,300 to 20,000 people. The event was the second-deadliest dam failure in history, after the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure in {{wipe|China}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Libya floods: Warning over shortage of body bags as fears of disease rise in Derna |url=https://news.sky.com/story/libya-warning-over-shortage-of-body-bags-as-disease-may-compound-deaths-in-flood-hit-city-12960801 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915082015/https://news.sky.com/story/libya-warning-over-shortage-of-body-bags-as-disease-may-compound-deaths-in-flood-hit-city-12960801 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ajwhy">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-13 |title=Why did Derna's dams break when Storm Daniel hit Libya? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/why-did-dernas-dams-break-when-storm-daniel-hit-libya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914105531/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/13/why-did-dernas-dams-break-when-storm-daniel-hit-libya |archive-date=14 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Aljazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ap">{{cite web |last=Magdy |first=Samy |date=12 September 2023 |title=10,000 people are missing and thousands are feared dead as eastern Libya is devastated by floods |url=https://apnews.com/article/derna-libya-floods-storm-daniel-95379b164871d97fb74b1cd1bcb5640c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912202455/https://apnews.com/article/derna-libya-floods-storm-daniel-95379b164871d97fb74b1cd1bcb5640c |archive-date=12 September 2023 |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=AP News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 September 2023 |title=Libya: Flash Floods In Derna |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/libya-flash-floods-in-derna-5752f323 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912212740/https://www.barrons.com/news/libya-flash-floods-in-derna-5752f323 |archive-date=12 September 2023 |access-date=26 September 2023 |publisher=Barron's}}</ref>
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===Natural disasters===

====Earthquakes and tsunamis====
''Note: This table is a chronological list of earthquakes reported with 7.5{{M|W}} or greater or that have reported at least 100 fatalities.''
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| 2020 Caribbean earthquake
| {{dts|28 January 2020}}
| CARICOM, Cuba
| A 7.7{{M|W}} struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and Cuba at 14:10 local time on 28 January 2020. The earthquake was also felt in the United States, Mexico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and the Cayman Islands. No damages were reported. A small (12.2&nbsp;cm) tsunami was reported in the Cayman Islands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Large M7.7 Caribbean Quake Felt as Far Away as Florida |url=https://www.usgs.gov/news/large-m77-caribbean-quake-felt-far-away-florida |website=USGS |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Almasy |first1=Steve |last2=Miller |first2=Brandon |last3=Eshchenko |first3=Alla |title=Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Jamaica and is felt as far away as Miami |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/americas/earthquake-caribbean-sea/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=29 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
| {{dts|30 October 2020}}
| Greece, Turkey
| A 7.0 {{M|W}} earthquake occurred about 14&nbsp;km (8.7&nbsp;mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos, causing 119 deaths.<ref>{{cite web |title= Earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54749509 |work=BBC News |access-date= 30 October 2020 |date= 30 October 2020}}</ref>
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| 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake
| {{dts|15 January 2021}}
| Indonesia
| A 6.2 {{M|W}} earthquake struck the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi, killing a minimum of 105 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/asia/indonesia-sulawesi-earthquake-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Powerful earthquake in Indonesia's Sulawesi kills dozens, injures hundreds|last1=Jamaluddin|first1=Masrur|last2=Gan|first2=Nectar|website=CNN|date=15 January 2021 |access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116012240/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/asia/indonesia-sulawesi-earthquake-intl-hnk/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Haiti earthquake
| {{dts|14 August 2021}}
| Haiti
| A 7.2 {{M|W}} earthquake struck Haiti on 14 August 2021, resulting in at least 2,207 deaths.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |title=Haiti quake death toll surges to nearly 2,000, survivors clamor for aid|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hopes-quake-survivors-dwindle-storm-lashes-haiti-2021-08-17/|access-date=18 August 2021 |work=Reuters |date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
| June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
| {{dts|22 June 2022}}
| Afghanistan, Pakistan
| A 6.2 {{M|W}} earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 1,163 people, with 1,150 in Afghanistan and 13 in Pakistan. The earthquake was so deadly because it hit a densely populated area with buildings too weak to resist earthquakes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan |website=Reuters |date=22 June 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/earthquake-magnitude-61-shakes-afghanistan-pakistan-usgs-2022-06-21/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |archive-date=2022-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622081448/https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/earthquake-magnitude-61-shakes-afghanistan-pakistan-usgs-2022-06-21/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 West Java earthquake
| {{dts|21 November 2022}}
| Indonesia
| A 5.6 {{M|W}} earthquake struck Indonesia in West Java, near Cianjur, killing 335-635 people, despite its moderate magnitude.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/strong-tremors-felt-in-indonesian-capital-after-quake-in-west-java-witnesses |title=At least 103 dead, hundreds injured after 5.6 earthquake hits Indonesia |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=22 November 2022 |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
| {{dts|6 February 2023}}
| Turkey, Syria
| A 7.8 {{M|W}} earthquake struck the Border Region of [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]] and [[Place:Syria|Syria]], killing more than 60,000 people and injuring more than 180,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2023/feb/06/destruction-strikes-at-night-as-huge-earthquake-rocks-turkey-and-syria-in-pictures |title=Destruction strikes at night as huge earthquake rocks Turkey and Syria – in pictures |newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/photos-show-aftermath-of-massive-earthquakes-in-turkey-and-syria.html |title=Photos show aftermath of two massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria |website=CNBC |date=6 February 2023}}</ref> It is also one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Turkey since the 1999 İzmit earthquake.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 February 2023 |title=Turkey reports at least 120 aftershocks following Monday's powerful earthquake |publisher=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/turkey-earthquake-latest-020623/index.html |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
| {{dts|8 September 2023}}
| Morocco
|A 6.8 M<sub>ww</sub> - 6.9 {{M|W}} earthquake struck the Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco. 2,960 people killed and 5,674 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kottasová |first=Ivana |date=2023-09-10 |title=Rescuers scramble to find survivors in Morocco after powerful earthquake kills more than 2,000 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/10/africa/morocco-earthquake-day-two-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911015258/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/10/africa/morocco-earthquake-day-two-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 2023 Herat earthquakes
| 7–15 October 2023
| Afghanistan
| Four 6.3 M<sub>ww</sub> earthquakes struck Herat Province in western Afghanistan between 7–15 October 2023, killing 1,489 people and injuring 1,853 others, while 485 remain missing.<ref>{{cite news|author1=World Health Organization|title=Afghanistan Earthquakes in Herat Province, Health Situation Report No. 8, 15-16 October 2023|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-earthquakes-herat-province-health-situation-report-no-8-15-16-october-2023|access-date=17 October 2023|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=16 October 2023|archive-date=18 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018093801/https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/afghanistan-earthquakes-herat-province-health-situation-report-no-8-15-16-october-2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2024 Noto earthquake
| 1 January 2024
| Japan
| A 7.5 M<sub>w</sub> (7.6 M<sub>JMA</sub>) earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula of {{wipe|Japan}}, killing at least 202 people and injuring at least 665 others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-08 |trans-title=[Damage situation: 8th] 168 people died in Ishikawa Prefecture, safety of 323 people unknown (as of 2:00 p.m.)|script-title=ja:【被害状況 8日】石川県で168人死亡 安否不明者323人（14時）|title=[Higai jōkyō 8-ka] Ishikawa ken de 168-nin shibō anpi fumei-sha 323-nin (14-ji) |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240108/k10014313221000.html |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=NHK |language=ja}}</ref>
|}
{|
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[[File:A damaged building in Antakya.jpg|thumb|An earthquake-damaged building in Antakya, Turkey in February 2023]]
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[[File:Amerzeggan ⴰⵎⵔⵣⴳⴳⴰⵏ viyaedje distrût hosmint tere Hawse.jpg|thumb|The Imi N'Tala village was heavily destroyed by the Marrakesh-Safi earthquake in September 2023.]]
|}

====Tropical cyclones====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Country
! Description
|-
| Cyclone Amphan
| 16–21 May 2020
|Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
| 128 people were killed and millions made homeless in the strongest storm in two decades. Damage was estimated at US$13.2 billion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Recovery begins after storm ravages Indian, Bangladesh coast |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/recovery-begins-storm-ravages-indian-bangladesh-coast-70851741 |work=ABC News |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524000510/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/recovery-begins-storm-ravages-indian-bangladesh-coast-70851741 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Hurricane Laura
|20–29 August 2020
|United States, CARICOM, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten
|Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive [[Earth:Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 4|Category 4]] hurricane that, along with 1856's Last Island and 2021's Ida, was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the {{wipe|United States of America}} state of Louisiana, based on [[Earth:Maximum sustained wind|maximum wind strength]]. "Laura" first hit the Lesser Antilles as a tropical storm, striking Puerto Rico, then moved across the island of Hispaniola, killing 31 people in Haiti and nine in the Dominican Republic. "Laura" caused widespread devastation along most of its track: Tropical-storm-force winds passed over nearly all of the Antilles islands; hurricane-force and tropical-storm-force winds struck parts of Florida, Louisiana, {{wipe|Texas}}, Mississippi, and Arkansas; and much of the storm's track was affected by flooding rain and storm surge. Damage is estimated at more than $19.1 billion,<ref name="NOAA billion dollar disasters">{{cite web |title=Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Events |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events |publisher=NOAA |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="AoNovember">{{cite web |title=Global Catastrophe Recap November 2020 |url=http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://thoughtleadership.aonbenfield.com//Documents/20201210_analytics-if-november-global-recap.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Company:Aon|Aon]] |date=10 December 2020 |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> and at least 81 people were killed, including 30 in Louisiana and 10 in Texas alone, making "Laura" the 16th costliest hurricane ever. With estimated agricultural losses of $1.6 billion, "Laura" caused more agricultural damage in Louisiana than Hurricanes Katrina and Rita combined.
|-
|Tropical Storm Linfa
|6–12 October 2020
|Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand
|Tropical Storm Linfa was a weak, short-lived, but deadly and destructive [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]]. It was the [[Earth:List of wettest tropical cyclones|12th wettest tropical cyclone on record]] and the second of nine consecutive tropical cyclones to strike Vietnam in [[History:2020|2020]], barely a month after the less damaging Tropical Storm Noul. "Linfa" brought record-breaking rainfall totals to much of the [[Place:Mainland Southeast Asia|Indochinese peninsula]]. 112 people died in Vietnam, and 24 are missing. Another 25 people died in Cambodia, and Laos had one death and three missing.
|-
|Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses)
|8–15 November 2020
||Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia
|102 people were killed, and the typhoon contributed to the 2020 Central Vietnam Floods. Damages totaled up to US$440.8 million.
|-
|Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota
|31 October – 18 November 2020
|Nicaragua, Honduras
|A total of 278+ people were killed during both Hurricane Eta and Hurricane Iota in Nicaragua and Honduras. Damages totaled up to US$9.3 billion from both hurricanes.
|-
|Cyclone Seroja
|3–12 April 2021
|Indonesia, East Timor, Australia
|Severe tropical cyclone Seroja was the third deadliest [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] in the Australian region, after Cyclone Mahina in 1899 and the Flores Cyclone in 1973. Seroja caused flooding and landslides on a historic scale in parts of southern Indonesia and East Timor, and later made landfall in the Mid West region of Western Australia - the first cyclone to make landfall since Cyclone Elaine in 1999. At least 272 people were killed by the storm, including 183 in Indonesia, 42 in East Timor and one in {{wipe|Australia}}. At least 72 people from Indonesia and 30 from East Timor are missing.
|-
|Cyclone Tauktae
|14–19 May 2021
|India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives
|This category-4 cyclone hit the western coast of {{wipe|India}}. 174 total fatalities recorded (all countries). Damages totaled up to US$2.12 billion. Other countries affected were {{wipe|Pakistan}}, Sri Lanka and [[History:Maldives|Maldives]].
|-
|Hurricane Ida
|26 August – 4 September 2021
|United States, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Canada
|107 people were killed by "Ida", of which 87 people were killed in the {{wipe|United States of America}} and 20 people were killed in Venezuela. The damage amounted to up to $50 billion.
|-
|Typhoon Rai (Odette)
|12–22 December 2021
|Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Micronesia, Palau, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan
|Typhoon Rai, known in the {{wipe|Philippines}} as Super Typhoon Odette, was the second most severe [[Earth:Typhoon|typhoon]] in Philippine history after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a strong, rare [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that struck the Philippines in December 2021. Rai was the first [[Earth:Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 5|category 5]] super typhoon since Nock-ten in 2016 to develop in December, and the third category 5 super typhoon recorded in the South China Sea, following Pamela in 1954 and Rammasun in 2014.
Several southern provinces in the Philippines were inundated and devastated by the typhoon. A total of 410 people died + 80 missing, of which a full 409 died in the Philippines and only 1 died in Vietnam.The damage amounts to up to $720 million.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Rhea|last=Mogul|title=Philippines' typhoon death toll rises further as areas remain cut off|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/asia/typhoon-rai-philippines-deaths-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2021-12-23|website=CNN|date=21 December 2021 }}</ref>
|-
|Tropical Storm Ana
|20–25 January 2022
|Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius, South Africa Zambia, Zimbabwe
|Moderate Tropical Storm Ana was a deadly [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that struck the [[Earth:Africa|Africa]]n nations of {{wipe|Madagascar}}, Malawi, Mozambique + others and was the third deadliest tropical cyclone of 2022. It resulted in 142 deaths, with Madagascar being the hardest hit with 58 deaths due to flooding caused by "Ana", Malawi with 37 deaths + 22 missing, and Mozambique with 20 deaths.
|-
|Cyclone Batsirai
|24 January - 11 February 2022
|Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
|Intense Tropical Cyclone Batsirai was a deadly [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that hit {{wipe|Madagascar}} hard in February 2022 and was the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Madagascar since Cyclone Enawo in 2017. It hit the country two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana brought deadly flooding to the island nation in late January. The storm also caused damage in [[Earth:Mauritius|Mauritius]] and Réunion, but the damage was relatively minor. 123 deaths - 121 in Madagascar and 2 in Mauritius - were reported as a result of Batsirai. Batsirai brought severe damage that significantly affected power supply and communications in the affected areas. Entire towns were devastated, and thousands of buildings were damaged or destroyed. At least 112,000 people were displaced and 124,000 homes damaged by Batsirai. The same areas were hit by an even stronger Cyclone Freddy less than a year later.
|-
|Tropical Storm Megi (Agaton)
|8–12 April 2022
|Philippines
|Tropical Storm Megi, known in the {{wipe|Philippines}} as Tropical Storm Agaton, was a weak but deadly [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that struck the Philippines in April 2022. Heavy rains and storms led to the sinking of two ships. Large landslides pushed mud over villages in Leyte, burying about 210 homes. The Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported 214 dead, 132 missing, and 8 injured.
|-
|Hurricane Ian
|23 September – 2 October 2022
|Cuba, United States
|157 people killed with 16 unaccounted for across both the United States and Cuba. The entire nation of Cuba lost power and millions lost power in the United States. The [[Organization:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] estimated total damage to be US$113 billion.
|-
|Tropical Storm Nalgae (Paeng)
|26 October – 3 November 2022
|Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, China
|Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae, known in the {{wipe|Philippines}} as Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, was a very large and deadly [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that wreaked havoc in the Philippines and later hit [[Place:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] and [[Place:Macau|Macau]]. 160 people were killed, 141 others were wounded, and 29 people are still missing as a result of the landslides and flooding caused by Nalgae in the Philippines. Meanwhile, there was only 1 person injured in Hong Kong.
|-
|Cyclone Freddy
|4 February – 15 March 2023
|Eswatini, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
|Cyclone Freddy was the longest-lasting [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] in history, surpassing the previous record set by Hurricane John in 1994. In total, more than 1,434 people died + 556 went missing, with Malawi worst hit with 1,216 dead + 537 missing, followed by Mozambique with 198 dead, {{wipe|Madagascar}} with 17 dead + 3 missing, Zimbabwe with 2 dead, and [[Earth:Mauritius|Mauritius]] with 1 dead + 16 missing. Overall, "Freddy" was the second deadliest tropical cyclone in the southwestern [[Earth:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] and third deadliest in the [[Earth:Southern Hemisphere|Southern Hemisphere]].
|-
|Cyclone Mocha
|9–15 May 2023
|Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, China
|Cyclone Mocha was a powerful and deadly [[Physics:Tropical cyclone|tropical cyclone]] that caused between 152 and 463 deaths and widespread destruction, primarily in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
|-
|Storm Daniel
|4–12 September 2023
|Libya, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt, Israel
|Storm Daniel, also known as Cyclone Daniel, was the deadliest and costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in recorded history. "Storm Daniel" resulted in Thousands of Deaths, most notably in the [[Place:Libya|Libya]]n city of Derna, where torrential rains caused two dams near the city of Derna to fail.
|}

====Tornadoes====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Country
! Description
|-
| 2021 South Moravia tornado
| {{dts|24 June 2021}}
| Czech Republic
| A small but significant tornado outbreak swept across the Czech Republic on 24 June, resulting in the strongest ever documented tornado in modern Czech history and the deadliest European tornado since 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/silnejsi-nez-samotne-tornado-moravu-pustosily-i-save-viry-rika-odbornik-168280|title="Silnější než samotné tornádo." Moravu pustošily i savé víry, říká odborník|date=2021-06-25|website=Seznam zprávy |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Korosec|first=Marko|date=2021-06-25|title=The most powerful tornado on record hit the Czech Republic, leaving several fatalities and 200+ injured across the Hodonin district|url=https://www.severe-weather.eu/weather-report/europe-severe-weather-tornado-hodonin-czech-republic-mk/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Severe Weather Europe}}</ref>
|-
| Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021
| 10—11 December 2021
| United States
| Tornado activity swept the southern and midwestern United States in the evening of 10 December through the following morning. Arkansas, Missouri, and Kentucky suffered extensive damage.<ref name="Calicchio">{{cite news |first1=Dom |last1=Calicchio |title=Arkansas tornado damage kills at least 2; other states struck as well: reports |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-tornado-damage-monette-manor-nursing-home-tennessee-illinois |access-date=11 December 2021 |agency=Fox News |date=11 December 2021 |archive-date=11 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211032740/https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-tornado-damage-monette-manor-nursing-home-tennessee-illinois |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

====Floods, avalanches, and mudslides====
''Note: This section reports only floods with 200 or more deaths and avalanches and landslides involving 30 or more deaths.''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Country
! Description
|-
| 2020 Neelum Valley avalanche
| January 2020
| Pakistan
|At least 74 people were killed and several others injured in the Neelum Valley in Azad Kashmir, {{wipe|Pakistan}}, after a series of avalanches triggered by heavy snowfall destroyed and buried 84 homes and 17 shops, while dozens of other buildings were damaged.
|-
| 2020 Van avalanches
| 4–5 February 2020
| Turkey
| Two avalanches in [[Place:Turkey|Turkey]]'s eastern Van Province resulted in 41 deaths and 84 injuries.
|-
|2020 East Africa floods
|March - May 2020
|Kenya, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Djibouti, Burundi, Tanzania
|Severe flooding in 9 [[Earth:Africa|Africa]]n countries caused more than 450 deaths and affected more than 700,000 people, mainly in Kenya and [[Biology:Rwanda|Rwanda]].
|-
|2020 Nepal floods
|June - September 2020
|Nepal
|The rainy season and associated flooding, which has killed more than 400 people, has been described by some in Nepal as the deadliest in recent memory.
|-
| 2021 European floods
| 12–25 July 2021
| Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania}, Switzerland, United Kingdom
| Heavy flooding, particularly in river basins of western and central Europe, killed some 243 people and left €10 billion in damage.
|-
| 2021 Henan floods
| 17–31 July 2021
| China
|Following the highest-ever recorded rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan Province in {{wipe|China}}, between 300 and 400 deaths along with over 800,000 people having to evacuate.
|-
| 2021 Maharashtra floods
| 22 July 2021 – August 2021
| India
|Over 250 deaths were reported in the Indian state of Maharashtra after heavy rainfall in the area.
|-
|2022 Petrópolis floods
|15 February 2022
|Brazil
|Intense rainfall led to mudslides and flooding on 15 February, that destroyed parts of the city of Petrópolis in the {{wipe|Brazil}}ian state of Rio de Janeiro and killed more than 230 people.
|-
|2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods
|8–21 April 2022
|South Africa
|Flooding in the province of KwaZuku-Natal in {{wipe|South Africa}} leads to over 400 deaths.
|-
|2022 Afghanistan floods
|5 May 2022 – August 2022
|Afghanistan
|Several provinces of Afghanistan were affected by severe flooding beginning in May, which claimed more than 600 lives.
|-
|2022 India-Bangladesh floods
|23 May 2022 – present
|India, Bangladesh
|Deadly floods have been hitting northeastern India and Bangladesh since May 2022, killing more than 250 people and affecting 9 million people in both countries.
|-
|2022 Pakistan floods
|14 June 2022 – October 2022
|Pakistan
|Floods in {{wipe|Pakistan}} have killed more than 1,000 people since June.
|-
|2022 Nigeria floods
|May – October 2022
|Nigeria
|With more than 600 dead, the 2022 floods were the worst in the country since the floods in 2012.
|-
|2023 Africa floods
|March 2023 – present
|Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
|Since March, more than 776 people have died in severe floods in several [[Earth:Africa|Africa]]n countries. The worst hit were the Democratic Republic of Congo, with over 440 dead + over 2,500 missing, and [[Biology:Rwanda|Rwanda]], with at least 135 dead.
|}
{|
| style="vertical-align:top" |
| [[File:Henan floods 2021-07-20 CNS.webm|thumb|right|200px|CNS video report of the floods depicting Henan Province, China]]
| [[File:Flooding in Africa.jpg|thumb|Flooding in South Africa in March 2023]]
|}

====Volcanic eruptions====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Country
! Description
|-
| [[Earth:2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions|2020–2022 Taal Volcano eruptions]]
| January 2020; July 2021; November 2021; March 2022
| Philippines
| On 12 January the [[Earth:Taal Volcano|Taal Volcano]] in the Philippines erupted at VEI 4 intensity, bringing intense ashfall to the surrounding areas and killing at least 3 people.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
|-
| [[Earth:2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption|2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption]]
| {{dts|19 September 2021}} – {{dts|13 December 2021}}
| Spain
| On 19 September the [[Earth:Cumbre Vieja|Cumbre Vieja]] volcano located in the La Palma island erupted.<ref name="ElPaisVolcanoLaPalma">{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/ciencia/2021-09-19/entra-en-erupcion-el-volcan-en-la-palma.html|title=Entra en erupción el volcán en La Palma|date=19 September 2021|publisher=El País|access-date=2021-09-19}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 Semeru eruption
| {{dts|4 December 2021}}
| Indonesia
| The collapse of an unstable [[Earth:Lava dome|lava dome]] on the summit of Semeru due to heavy rainfall triggered large pyroclastic flows, killing 48, injuring over 100 and leaving 23 missing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 December 2021|title=Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts, spews huge ash cloud|url=https://www.cp24.com/world/indonesia-s-semeru-volcano-erupts-spews-huge-ash-cloud-1.5693688|url-status=live|access-date=4 December 2021|website=CP24|language=en|archive-date=4 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204141318/https://www.cp24.com/world/indonesia-s-semeru-volcano-erupts-spews-huge-ash-cloud-1.5693688}}</ref>
|-
| [[Earth:2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami|2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami]]
| {{dts|15 January 2022}}
| Tonga
| The [[Earth:Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai|Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai]] volcano in the South Pacific erupted violently on 15 January, causing tsunamis to hit Hawaii, Japan and Tonga's largest island, Tongatapu, and sent waves flooding into [[Place:Nukuʻalofa|Nukuʻalofa]]. Tonga finally disqualified in the FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=5 Tsunami advisories lifted in US after waves hit Tonga following volcanic eruption |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/asia/tsunami-warning-tonga-volcano-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=15 January 2022 |website=CNN |date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
|}

====Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Region
! Description
|-
| 2018–2021 Southern African drought
| October 2018 – October 2021
| South Africa
| An ongoing period of [[Earth:Drought|drought]] began in the country of South Africa in late October 2018 and continued into early 2021, negatively affecting [[Earth:Food security|food security]] in the region.
|-
| [[Earth:2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019–20 Australian bushfire season]]
| {{dts|June 2019}} – {{dts|May 2020}}
| Australia
| Unusually intense bushfires in {{wipe|Australia}} continued into 2020, having started in September 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leister |first1=Eric |title='Apocalyptic' fires turn day into night as thousands evacuate in Australia |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/apocalyptic-fires-turn-day-into-night-as-thousands-evacuate-in-australia/653764 |work=AccuWeather |date=1 January 2020 |access-date=1 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101003224/https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/apocalyptic-fires-turn-day-into-night-as-thousands-evacuate-in-australia/653764 |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2020 Western U.S. Wildfires
|March – December 2020
|United States
|Record-breaking wildfires began in several Western American states.
|-
|2020 Argentine wildfires (Delta del Paraná)
|July 2020 – October 2020
|Argentina
|Sudden wildfires started in Córdoba and extended into several Northern provinces.
|-
|2021 Russian heatwave
|May – June 2021
|Russia
|Parts of Russia and eastern Europe were hit by a record-breaking [[Earth:Heat wave|heat wave]] in May and June 2021, with temperatures in the Arctic Circle above 30&nbsp;°C and the highest temperatures recorded in [[Place:Moscow|Moscow]] and St. Petersburg.
|-
|2021 Western North America heat wave
|June – July 2021
|Canada, United States
|Extreme temperatures caused by a prolonged [[Earth:Heat dome|heat dome]] over western Canada and the western United States kill over 613 people including over 480 people in British Columbia alone. The village of Lytton, British Columbia, which recorded the highest temperatures in Canada, is destroyed by a large wildfire as over 200 other ones devastate wide areas of the province. Wildfires in parts of the western coastal states of the US such as Washington, Oregon and California are also greatly worsened by the heatwave.
|-
|2021 Turkey wildfires
|July – August 2021
|Turkey
|Over a hundred wildfires began in the Mediterranean Region of the forest in Turkey, the worst in the country for at least a decade. The wildfires started in Manavgat, Antalya on 28 July 2021, with the temperature around 37&nbsp;°C (99&nbsp;°F).
|-
|2020–2023 North American drought
|August 2020 – Ongoing
|United States, Canada, Mexico
|Drought developed in the Western, Midwestern and Northeastern United States in the summer of 2020. Over the course of 2021, conditions improved in the Northeast but worsened in the Western US. As of June 2021, 97% of the region was facing abnormally dry conditions. By August 2021, parts of the upper Midwestern US were experiencing some of the worst drought spells since the 1980s. Drought also affected a wide area of Mexico as of 2021, as well as the prairies of Canada.
|-
|2022 European heat waves
|June – September 2022
|European Union, United Kingdom, Andorra, Norway, Switzerland
|From mid-June through most of the summer, heat waves affected most of Europe, with western and central Europe the worst hit. Temperatures in excess of {{Cvt|40|C}} were recorded in places, breaking records. Over 24,000 deaths were attributed to the event, most in France, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Portugal. The heat waves contributed to wildfires and drought also seen in Europe.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2022 |title=Climate change: Europe's warm summer shatters records |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62833937 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
|May – September 2022
|European Union, Albania, Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom
|Wildfires across Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-17 |title=Forest fires rage across Europe as heatwave sends temperatures soaring |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/17/forest-fires-rage-across-europe-as-heatwave-sends-temperatures-soaring |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022 European drought
|July – September 2022
|European Union, Serbia, United Kingdom
|Europe's worst drought year in 500 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europe's drought on course to be worst for 500 years, European Commission researcher warns |url=https://news.sky.com/story/europes-drought-on-course-to-be-worst-for-500-years-european-commission-researcher-warns-12669153 |access-date=10 August 2022 |website=Sky News}}</ref> A report from the Global Drought Observatory confirmed this.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-23 |title=Europe's drought the worst in 500 years - report |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62648912 |access-date=2022-08-24}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Canadian wildfires
|1 March 2023 – ongoing
|Canada
|The 2023 wildfire season is the worst wildfire season in {{wipe|Canada}} modern history
|-
|2023 Hawaii wildfires
|8 – 11 August 2023
|United States
|Wind-driven fires caused widespread damage on the island of Maui, and killed at least 111 people in the town of Lāhainā.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=Maui wildfire miracle with 60 survivors found in single home as death toll hits 111 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/maui-fires-update-cause-death-toll-travel-advisory-b2394447.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2023 Greece wildfires
|17 July - 9 September 2023
|Greece
|Over 80 fires in Greece led to the deaths of at least 28 and the evacuation of 20,000 people.
|}

====Pollution====
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width:120px;" | Event
! style="width:120px;" | Date
! Country
! Description
|-
| 2022 Oder environmental disaster
| July – August 2022
| Poland, Germany
|A mass fish kill occurs in the river Oder in Poland and Germany attributed to an [[Biology:Algal bloom|algal bloom]].
|}

====Other natural events====
Beginning in 2019 until 2022, a huge swarm of desert locusts threatened to engulf massive portions of the [[Place:Middle East|Middle East]], [[Earth:Africa|Africa]] and [[Earth:Asia|Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Irfan |first1=Umair |last2=Kirby |first2=Jen |title=The other plague: Locusts are devouring crops in East Africa and the Middle East |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/20/21158283/locust-plague-swarm-outbreak-africa-asia-2020 |website=Vox |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Kaamil |title='Rolling emergency' of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/08/rolling-emergency-of-locust-swarms-decimating-africa-asia-and-middle-east |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ogema |first1=Nelson |last2=Broom |first2=Fiona |title=Famine risk for millions in second locust wave |url=https://phys.org/news/2020-05-famine-millions-locust.html |website=phys.org |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why are swarms of locusts invading the UAE and neighbouring countries?|url=https://www.esquireme.com/brief/news/46258-why-are-there-swarms-of-locusts-invading-the-uae-and-neighbouring-countries |website=Esquire Middle East |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Snouwaert |first1=Jessica |title=Locust swarms devour fields of crops in a single day that would feed 35,000 people — and COVID-19 threatens to make the pest problem even worse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-makes-fighting-locust-swarms-that-ruin-crops-even-harder-2020-5 |website=Insider |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gronewold|first1=Nathanial|publisher=E&E News|title=To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-track-massive-locust-swarms-officials-use-tool-that-forecasts-smoke-plumes/|website=Scientific American|access-date=19 November 2021|date=15 May 2020}}</ref>

==Economics==

===Events===
====2020====
* The Brexit withdrawal agreement went into effect at the end of January 2020 with the UK completing its economic withdrawal from the EU at the end of that year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Heather |last2=Boffey |first2=Daniel |last3=Mason |first3=Rowena |title=UK and EU set out contrasting goals for post-Brexit trade deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/03/uk-and-eu-set-out-contrasting-goals-for-post-brexit-trade-deal |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=3 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55502781 |title=Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref>
* {{wipe|United States}}, Mexico, and {{wipe|Canada}} signed the USMCA agreement, which came into effect on 1 July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Kelsey |title=Canada kicks off USMCA ratification process, urges bi-partisan co-operation |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-canada/canada-kicks-off-usmca-ratification-process-urges-bi-partisan-co-operation-idUSKBN1ZQ26L |website=Reuters |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2020 |title=As Commons approves USMCA, Trudeau says Canada is exploring whether to close border to contain coronavirus |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |agency=The Canadian Press |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-house-leader-pablo-rodriguez-says-mps-have-passed-legislation/ |access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>

====2021====
* The [[Finance:African Continental Free Trade Area|African Continental Free Trade Area]], encompassing 54 of the African Union states comes into effect on 1 January 2021.
* ''Ever Given'', a large [[Engineering:Container ship|container ship]], runs aground in the Suez Canal for a week causing massive disruption of [[Finance:International trade|global trade.]]
* El Salvador became the first country to accept [[Software:Bitcoin|Bitcoin]] as legal tender, after the Legislative Assembly votes 62–84 to pass a bill submitted by President Nayib Bukele classifying the [[Finance:Cryptocurrency|cryptocurrency]] as such.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, first country ever|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2021/06/10/bitcoin-legal-tender-in-el-salvador-first-country-ever|access-date=2021-06-14|website=MercoPress|language=en}}</ref>

====2022====
* The [[Finance:Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership|Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership]], the largest [[Social:Free trade|free trade]] area in the world, comes into effect for {{wipe|Australia}}, Brunei, Cambodia, {{wipe|China}}, Indonesia, {{wipe|Japan}}, {{wipe|South Korea}}, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]], the {{wipe|Philippines}}, [[Place:Singapore|Singapore]], Thailand, and Vietnam on 1 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-01|title=World's largest free trade deal is under way, but what is RCEP?|url=https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3161707/what-rcep-worlds-largest-free-trade-deal-under-way|access-date=2022-01-03|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Biography:Elon Musk|Elon Musk]] completes his $44 billion acquisition of [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] on 27 October 2022

====2023====
* Croatia adopts the [[Finance:Euro|euro]] and joins the Schengen Area, becoming the 20th member state of the Eurozone and the 27th member of the Schengen Area on 1 January 2023.
* Swiss investment bank [[Company:UBS|UBS Group AG]] [[Finance:Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS|agrees to buy]] [[Company:Credit Suisse|Credit Suisse]] for CHF 3 billion (US$3.2 billion) on 19 March 2023 in an all-stock deal brokered by the government of Switzerland and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

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* Credit cards and debit cards from [[Company:Mastercard|Mastercard]] will not have a magnetic stripe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodbye magnetic stripe {{!}} Mastercard |url=https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/magnetic-stripe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013201339/https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/magnetic-stripe/ |archive-date=2023-10-13 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=0Mastercard Newsroom}}</ref>
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===Trade===
The [[Organization:World Trade Organization|World Trade Organization]] reported that trade growth had stagnated and that trade restrictions were increasing as the decade began. The [[Finance:Business sector|sectors]] most affected by [[Finance:Protectionism|import restrictions]] were [[Earth:Ore|mineral]] and [[Chemistry:Fuel oil|fuel oil]]s (17.7%), machinery and mechanical appliances (13%), [[Engineering:Electric machine|electrical machinery]] and parts (11.7%), and [[Chemistry:Precious metal|precious metal]]s (6%).<ref>{{cite web|title=Report shows trade restrictions by WTO members at historically high levels|url=https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news19_e/dgra_12dec19_e.htm|website=World Trade Organization|access-date=19 November 2021|date=12 December 2019}}</ref> [[Finance:Trade agreement|Regional trade agreements]] were also found to be increasing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Regional trade agreements|url=https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/region_e/region_e.htm|website=World Trade Organization|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

===Stock markets===
====Crashes====
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! Event
! Date
! Country
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[Finance:2020 stock market crash|2020 stock market crash]]
| 20 February 2020 – 7 April 2020
| Global
|
|}

==Cybersecurity and hacking==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"
|-
! style="width: 120px;"| Event
! style="width: 120px;"| Date
! Description
|-
| [[2020 Twitter account hijacking|2020 Twitter account hijacking]]
| 15 July 2020
| Multiple high-profile [[Company:Twitter|Twitter]] accounts, each with millions of followers, were compromised in a [[Cyberattack|cyberattack]] to promote a [[Software:Bitcoin|bitcoin]] scam.<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |last=Iyengar |first=Rishi |date=15 July 2020 |title=Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked |newspaper=CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/tech/twitter-hack-elon-musk-bill-gates/index.html |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716155750/https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/tech/twitter-hack-elon-musk-bill-gates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2020 United States federal government data breach
|13 December 2020
|
|-
| Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
| 6 May 2021
| Colonial Pipeline in Texas suffers debilitating ransomware cyberattack by Russian online group DarkSide causing substantial shortages in the southeastern USA.
|-
|[[Log4Shell]]
|24 November 2021
|Log4Shell affected hundreds of millions of devices through Java's open source [[Software:Log4j|Log4j]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Hannah|date=2021-12-14|title=Hackers launch more than 1.2m attacks through Log4J flaw|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d3c244f2-eaba-4c46-9a51-b28fc13d9551 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/d3c244f2-eaba-4c46-9a51-b28fc13d9551 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref> making it the most zero-day serious security breach ever.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-12-20|title=The 'most serious' security breach ever is unfolding right now. Here's what you need to know.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/20/log4j-hack-vulnerability-java/|access-date=2022-01-03|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Log4j – Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities|url=https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html|access-date=2022-01-03|website=logging.apache.org}}</ref>
|-
|[[2022 Costa Rican ransomware attack|2022 Costa Rican cyberattack]]
|17 April 2022
|Conti and Hive, among several other ransomware groups, attacked numerous public institutions around the world until shuttered by law enforcement, in May 2022<ref name=SecWk>{{Cite web |title=Conti Ransomware Operation Shut Down After Brand Becomes Toxic |url=https://www.securityweek.com/conti-ransomware-operation-shut-down-after-brand-becomes-toxic |access-date=21 June 2022 |website=www.securityweek.com |date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608090916/https://www.securityweek.com/conti-ransomware-operation-shut-down-after-brand-becomes-toxic |url-status=live }}</ref> and January 2023, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |last2=Stein |first2=Perry |last3=Schaffer |first3=Aaron |date=2023-01-26 |title=FBI shuts down ransomware gang that targeted schools and hospitals |language=en-US |newspaper={{wipe|The Washington Post}} |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/26/hive-ransomware-fbi-doj/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
|}

==Health==

===Epidemics/Outbreaks===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Infections and deaths
! Description

|-
||2022–2023 mpox outbreak
|6 May 2022 – 11 May 2023
|86,494 confirmed cases and 280 deaths in 109 countries and territories reported by 26 March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/monkeypox?tab=table&time=2022-05-24..latest&facet=none&Metric=Confirmed+cases&Frequency=Cumulative&Shown+by=Date+of+confirmation&country=~OWID_WRL |title=Monkeypox Data Explorer (Live) |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
|First international outbreak cluster detected on 6 May 2022 in [[Place:London|London]], {{wipe|United Kingdom}}. Declared a [[Social:Public health emergency of international concern|public health emergency of international concern]] by [[Organization:World Health Organization|WHO]] from 23 July 2022 to 11 May 2023.
|}

===Pandemics===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|-
! style="width:200px;"| Event
! style="width:120px;"| Date
! Infections and deaths
! Description
|-
||COVID-19 pandemic
| 2019 – present
| 678.1 million+ confirmed cases and 6.7 million+ deaths with more than 240 countries and territories reported by 16 February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries |title=Coronavirus Update (Live) |access-date=24 January 2022 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129195657/https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries |url-status=live }}</ref>
|First confirmed case detected in on 17 November 2019 in [[Place:Wuhan|Wuhan]], {{wipe|China}}. Declared a [[Social:Public health emergency of international concern|public health emergency of international concern]] by [[Organization:World Health Organization|WHO]] from 30 January 2020 to 5 May 2023.
|-
|HIV/AIDS
| 1981 – present
| 37.9 million people living with HIV (end of 2018), 24.5 million people accessing antiretroviral therapy (end of June 2019), 32.0 million deaths from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic (end 2018).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UNAIDS|title=Global HIV & AIDS statistics — 2019 fact sheet |url=https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet |access-date=28 March 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204021652/https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|}

==Science and technology==
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===Space===

====2020====
* Space company [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]] [[Engineering:Crew Dragon Demo-2|sent two NASA astronauts]] to the [[Astronomy:International Space Station|International Space Station]] on 30 May 2020, marking the first time a private company completed a crewed orbital spaceflight mission.
* [[Organization:NASA|NASA]] launched the [[Engineering:Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance'']] rover and [[Engineering:Ingenuity (helicopter)|''Ingenuity'']] helicopter drone on 30 July 2020 as part of their [[Astronomy:Mars 2020|Mars 2020]] mission to search for signs of ancient life on Mars.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 July 2020 |first=Mike |last=Wall |title=NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life|url=https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-launch.html |website=Space.com |access-date=30 July 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730131524/https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-launch.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 19 April 2021, the ''Ingenuity'' helicopter drone performed the first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on a planet other than Earth.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hotz|first=Robert Lee|date=2021-04-19|title=NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Successfully Makes Historic First Flight|language=en-US|work={{wipe|The Wall Street Journal}}|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-successfully-makes-historic-first-flight-on-mars-11618830461|access-date=2021-04-19|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
* The Royal Astronomical Society announced the detection of [[Chemistry:Phosphine|phosphine gas]] in [[Astronomy:Venus|Venus]]' atmosphere on 14 September 2020, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hints of life on Venus|url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus |publisher=The Royal Astronomical Society |access-date=15 September 2020 |archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915210324/https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venus|url-status=live}}</ref>

====2021====
* China sends Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo to assemble and then occupy and work aboard the Tiangong space station.
* Following the formal releases of three videos of [[Unsolved:Unidentified flying object|UFOs]] (also known as UAPs) in 2020, a [[Unsolved:UFO Report (U.S. Intelligence)|report]] on the subject by the United States Intelligence Community would be published on 25 June 2021 with the report concluding that UFOs existed. This would be the first time a government would officially confirm the existence of UFOs, though no conclusion was made on what these phenomena were, extraterrestrial or otherwise.<ref name="DOD">{{cite web|date=27 April 2020 |title=Statement by the Department of Defense on the Release of Historical Navy Videos |url=https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ |access-date=28 April 2020 |website=United States Department of Defense |language=en-US|archive-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831172555/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 11 July 2021, [[Company:Virgin Galactic|Virgin Galactic]] became the first spaceflight company to independently [[Engineering:Virgin Galactic Unity 22|launch a paying civilian into outer space]] using the 50-mile high definition of outer space, having flown Virgin Galactic founder Sir [[Biography:Richard Branson|Richard Branson]] above the 50 mile mark, enabling him and the rest of the crew to experience approximately 3 minutes of weightlessness above Earth's atmosphere.
* In July 2021, [[Company:Blue Origin|Blue Origin]] became the first spaceflight company to [[Engineering:Blue Origin NS-16|launch a fully automated spacecraft with civilian passengers]] into space, carrying its founder [[Biography:Jeff Bezos|Jeff Bezos]] and three others. Two of the flight's crew members, Dutch student Oliver Daemen (age 18) and American aviator [[Biography:Wally Funk|Wally Funk]] (age 82), became both the youngest and oldest people respectively to go to space (Funk's record was beaten nearly 3 month's later when actor William Shatner entered space onboard [[Engineering:Blue Origin NS-18|Blue Origin NS-18]], at the age of 90).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2021-07-20 |title=Blue Origin launches Bezos on first crewed New Shepard flight |url=https://spacenews.com/blue-origin-launches-bezos-on-first-crewed-new-shepard-flight/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The [[Astronomy:James Webb Space Telescope|James Webb Space Telescope]] was launched on 25 December 2021, 12:20 UTC using an [[Engineering:Ariane 5|Ariane 5]] launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.

====2022====
* The [[Astronomy:Double Asteroid Redirection Test|Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)]] successfully made contact with [[Astronomy:Dimorphos|Dimorphos]], in a test operated by NASA to test potential [[Astronomy:Asteroid impact avoidance|planetary defense]] to [[Astronomy:Near-Earth object|near-Earth object]]s.<ref name="NYT-20220926kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |date=26 September 2022 |title=NASA Smashes Into an Asteroid, Completing a Mission to Save a Future Day |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/science/dart-nasa-asteroid-dimorphos-contact.html |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
* NASA successfully launched [[Engineering:Artemis 1|Artemis 1]], an uncrewed [[Astronomy:Lunar orbit|Moon-orbiting]] mission, after several months of delays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artemis I Liftoff – Artemis |url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/16/artemis-i-liftoff/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=blogs.nasa.gov |date=16 November 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

====2023====
* [[Company:SpaceX|SpaceX]] attempted an orbital flight of [[Engineering:Starship|Starship]]. Around 4 minutes into the flight, the rocket suffered a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," but the flight was still considered a success as it had successfully cleared the launch pad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/spacex-starship-orbital-launch-attempt-live-updates.html|title=SpaceX Starship rocket launches in historic test but explodes mid-flight|first=Michael Sheetz, Sara|last=Salinas|date=20 April 2023|website=CNBC|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref>
* On 18 July, ''[[Astronomy:Voyager 2|Voyager 2]]'' overtook ''[[Astronomy:Pioneer 10|Pioneer 10]]'' as the second farthest spacecraft from the Sun at the distance 133.92 [[Astronomy:Astronomical unit|AU]] (nearly 12,45 billion miles) from the Sun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%27Sun%27&START_TIME=%272023-07-01%27&STOP_TIME=%272023-08-01%27&STEP_SIZE=%271%20day%27&QUANTITIES=%2720%27&CENTER=%27500@-32%27|title=Distance between the Sun and Voyager 2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=%27Sun%27&START_TIME=%272023-07-01%27&STOP_TIME=%272023-08-01%27&STEP_SIZE=%271%20day%27&QUANTITIES=%2720%27&CENTER=%27500@-23%27|title=Distance between the Sun and Pioneer 10}}</ref>
* On 19 August, [[Astronomy:Luna 25|Luna 25]], Russia's first lunar spacecraft since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, crashes into the [[Astronomy:Lunar south pole|lunar south pole]] after a failed [[Astronomy:Orbital maneuver|orbital maneuver]].<ref name="sn20230820">{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=20 August 2023 |title=Luna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver |work=SpaceNews |url=https://spacenews.com/luna-25-crashes-into-moon-after-orbit-maneuver/ |access-date=20 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Howell |first=Elizabeth |title=Russia's Luna-25 Lander Has Crashed into the Moon |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-luna-25-lander-has-crashed-into-the-moon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822132821/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-luna-25-lander-has-crashed-into-the-moon/ |archive-date=22 August 2023 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}</ref>
* On 23 August, [[Astronomy:Chandrayaan-3|Chandrayaan-3]] successfully touches down in the lunar south pole region making India the fourth country to successfully [[Astronomy:Moon landing|land on the Moon]], and the first to do so near the lunar south pole.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |date=23 August 2023 |title=India makes history by landing spacecraft near Moon's south pole |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824120354/https://www.science.org/content/article/india-makes-history-landing-spacecraft-near-moon-s-south-pole |archive-date=24 August 2023 |access-date=24 August 2023 |website=Science.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2023 |title=Chandrayaan-3 launch on 14 July, lunar landing on 23 or 24 August |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711031538/https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/chandrayaan-3-launch-scheduled-for-july-14-at-235-pm/article67049236.ece |archive-date=11 July 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* On 9 December, [[Astronomy:Halley's Comet|Halley's Comet]] reached the farthest and slowest point in its orbit from the Sun when it was traveling at 0.91&nbsp;km/s (2,000&nbsp;mph) with respect to the Sun.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Let's Plan For a Rendezvous With Halley's Comet |url=https://www.seeker.com/lets-plan-for-a-rendezvous-with-halleys-comet-1767783657.html |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Seeker |date=3 September 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Bill clinton dall-e.jpg|thumb|120px|upright|right|The [[AI boom|AI boom]] emerged in the 2020s. Generative AI such as Text-to-image models and AI chatbots released publicly. Machine learning systems that could take minute(s) to produce blurry images in mid 2022 were mostly able to produce photo-realistic imagery indiscernible from human made imagery by mid 2023. English text would appear as gibberish in earlier AI text-to-image builds, although this was fixed with newer AI models such as DALL-E 3.]]

===Artificial intelligence===
* [[Company:DeepMind|DeepMind]] solves the protein folding problem to 90 percent accuracy, a 50-year-old grand challenge, at [[Biology:CASP|CASP]]14 in 2020.<ref>{{cite journal|title='It will change everything': DeepMind's AI makes gigantic leap in solving protein structures|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03348-4 |journal=Nature |year=2020 |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-03348-4 |access-date=17 January 2021|last1=Callaway |first1=Ewen |volume=588 |issue=7837 |pages=203–204 |pmid=33257889 |bibcode=2020Natur.588..203C |s2cid=227243204 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AlphaFold: A Solution to a 50 Year Old Grand Challenge in Biology|url=https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology |website=Deepmind.com |date=30 November 2020 |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[Artificial intelligence art#Text-to-image models|Text-to-image AI art systems]] such as [[Software:DALL-E|DALL-E]] (1 and 2) and [[Software:Stable Diffusion|Stable Diffusion]] are announced, capable of generating highly detailed and realistic images from text prompts.

===Communications and electronics===
* [[5G|5G]] became increasingly widespread by 2020.
* By 2020, [[3D printing|3D printing]] had reached decent quality and affordable pricing which allowed many people to own 3D printers.
* [[8K resolution|8K resolution]] and [[4K resolution|4K resolution]] becomes prevalent in consumer electronics.

===Software and electronic platforms===
* Support for [[Software:Adobe Flash Player|Adobe Flash Player]] ended on 31 December 2020.
* [[Software:Windows 11|Windows 11]] is released on 5 October 2021, succeeding [[Software:Windows 10|Windows 10]].
* Support for [[Software:Internet Explorer|Internet Explorer]] on [[Software:Windows 10|Windows 10]] Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) ended on 15 June 2022.
* ESU support for [[Software:Windows 7|Windows 7]] and extended support for [[Software:Windows 8.1|Windows 8.1]] and [[Software:Windows RT|Windows RT]] ended on 10 January 2023.

===Technology===
* The BBC reports that for the "first time someone who has had a complete cut to their spinal cord has been able to walk freely... because of an electrical implant that has been surgically attached to his spine".<ref>{{cite news |first=Pallab |last=Ghosh |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60258620 |title=Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant |work=BBC News |access-date=2022-03-02}}</ref>
* Sales of [[Engineering:Electric vehicle|electric vehicle]]s have grown significantly and this is expected to continue through the decade.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iea.org/news/global-electric-car-sales-set-for-further-strong-growth-after-40-rise-in-2020 | title=Global electric car sales set for further strong growth after 40% rise in 2020 - News }}</ref>

==Society==

===Social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic===
Medical experts advised, and local authorities often mandated stay-at-home orders to prevent gatherings of any size. Such gatherings could be replaced by teleconferencing, or in some cases with unconventional attempts to maintain [[Medicine:Social distancing|social distancing]] with activities such as a [[Engineering:Balcony|balcony]] sing-along for a concert, or a "birthday parade" for a birthday party. Replacements for gatherings were seen as significant to [[Medicine:Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic|mental health during the crisis]]. Social isolation among alcohol users also adopted a trend towards ''Kalsarikänni'' or "pantsdrunking", a {{wipe|Finland}} antisocial drinking culture.

Low-income individuals were more likely to contract the coronavirus and to die from it. In both New York City and Barcelona, low-income neighborhoods were disproportionately hit by coronavirus cases. Hypotheses for why this was the case included that poorer families were more likely to live in crowded housing and work in low-skill jobs, such as supermarkets and elder care, which were deemed essential during the crisis. In the United States, millions of low-income people may lack access to health care due to being uninsured or [[Finance:Underinsured|underinsured]]. Millions of Americans lost their health insurance after losing their jobs. Many low-income workers in service jobs became unemployed.

The coronavirus pandemic was followed by a concern for a potential spike in suicides, exacerbated by social isolation due to quarantine and social-distancing guidelines, fear, and unemployment and financial factors. Many countries reported an increase in [[Medicine:Domestic violence|domestic violence]] and intimate partner violence attributed to lockdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial insecurity, stress, and uncertainty led to increased aggression at home, with abusers able to control large amounts of their victims' daily life. Midlife crisis is a major concern in domestic violence, social implications and suicides for middle-aged adults amid the pandemic. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a domestic violence and midlife crisis "ceasefire".

===Population===
* The population of [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]] reached 100 million in February 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt's population hits 100 million |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200212-egypts-population-hits-100-million/ |website=Middle East Monitor |date=12 February 2020 |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218220000/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200212-egypts-population-hits-100-million/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The world population reached 8 billion in November 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Victor |first=Daniel |date=2022-11-15 |title=World Population Reaches 8 Billion, U.N. Says |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/world-population-8-billion.html |access-date=2022-11-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* Population growth, life expectancy and birth rates declined globally in the early 2020s, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Birthrates are declining globally – here's why it matters|url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/birthrates-declining-globally-why-matters/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=World Economic Forum|date=15 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* {{wipe|India}} surpassed {{wipe|China}} and became the most-populous country in April 2023.

===Race===
The [[Biography:Murder of George Floyd|murder of George Floyd]] led to civil unrest and protests across the United States and internationally in 2020.

===Gender===
[[File:Ruotsin pääministeri Magdalena Andersson vieraili Suomessa 5.3.2022 (51919506636).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin were two female prime ministers in Scandinavia who guided their countries' ascensions into NATO.]]

24.3% of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019. 11 women were serving as head of state and 12 as head of government in June 2019. 20.7% of government ministers were women as of January 2019. There are wide regional variations in the average percentages of women parliamentarians. As of February 2019, these were: Nordic countries, 42.5%; Americas, 30.6%; Europe excluding Nordic countries, 27.2; sub-Saharan Africa, 23.9; Asia, 19.8%; Arab States, 19%; and the Pacific, 16.3%. [[Biology:Rwanda|Rwanda]] has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide, 61.3% of seats in the lower house. About 26% of elected local parliamentarians are women.<ref name="un_women">{{cite web |title=Facts and figures: Leadership and political participation |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329170329/https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/leadership-and-political-participation/facts-and-figures |archive-date=29 March 2020 |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=UN Women}}</ref>

Many states swore in their first female leaders during the 2020s including Presidents Katerina Sakellaropoulou (Greece), Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Sandra Mason (Barbados), Xiomara Castro (Honduras), Katalin Novák (Hungary), Dina Boluarte (Peru), Nataša Pirc Musar (Slovenia), Prime Ministers Rose Christiane Raponda (Gabon), Victoire Tomegah Dogbé (Togo), Kaja Kallas (Estonia), Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa (Samoa), Robinah Nabbanja (Uganda), Najla Bouden (Tunisia), Magdalena Andersson (Sweden), Giorgia Meloni (Italy), and Chairwoman Borjana Krišto (Bosnia and Herzegovina).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixteen defining moments for gender equality in 2021 |url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/feature-story/2021/12/sixteen-defining-moments-for-gender-equality-in-2021 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=UN Women – Headquarters |date=22 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===Environmentalism===
* [[Earth:Team Seas|Team Seas]] is an international collaborative fundraiser founded by YouTubers [[Biography:Mark Rober|Mark Rober]] and MrBeast on 29 October 2021, as a follow-up to Team Trees. The fundraiser's aim was to raise US$30 million to remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean by the end of the year. They also partnered with the Ocean Cleanup and the Ocean Conservancy.
* Members of the United Nations agree on a legal framework for the High Seas Treaty on 4 March 2023, which aims to protect 30% of the world's [[Earth:Ocean|ocean]]s by 2030.

===LGBT rights===
* A law allowing third gender option on driver licenses took effect in New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Bill_docket.aspx?lsr=763&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019&txtbillnumber=HB669|title=Docket of HB669|access-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529190550/http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/Bill_docket.aspx?lsr=763&sy=2019&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2019&txtbillnumber=HB669}}</ref>
* Switzerland banned discrimination based on sexuality due to a referendum, putting into effect a law previously introduced in 2018, that was subsequently blocked by the government that requested a referendum to be held on the matter first.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/swiss-vote-to-approve-legislation-to-protect-lgbtq-rights|title=Swiss vote to approve legislation to protect LGBTQ+ rights.|access-date=13 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=9 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209174058/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/swiss-vote-to-approve-legislation-to-protect-lgbtq-rights}}</ref>
* In Northern Ireland, the first [[Social:Same-sex marriage|same-sex marriage]] took place after legalizing legislation took effect in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://impactnottingham.com/2020/02/first-same-sex-marriage-takes-place-in-northern-ireland/|title=First Same-Sex Marriage Takes Place in Northern Ireland|access-date=18 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218042343/https://impactnottingham.com/2020/02/first-same-sex-marriage-takes-place-in-northern-ireland/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/contents/made/data.htm|title=The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019|access-date=13 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131183238/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1514/contents/made/data.htm}}</ref>
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* In Costa Rica, same-sex marriage and joint adoption by same-sex couples became legal on 26 May 2020.
* The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that job discrimination against workers for their [[Social:Sexual orientation|sexual orientation]] or gender identity is illegal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-16 |title=A Landmark Supreme Court Ruling |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/podcasts/the-daily/supreme-court-lgbtq.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* The Equality Act passed the United States House of Representatives on 25 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2021 |title=Equality Act: House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people |url=https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/house-poised-to-pass-equality-act-that-would-enshrine-lgbtq-protections/ |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=KTLA |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In Argentina, nonbinary ID cards with an "X" gender marker started to be issued by the Ministry of the Interior.
* The U.S State Department issued its first ever passport with an "X" gender marker in October 2021, intended to support nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slevin |first1=Colleen |title=United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-passports-x-gender-designation-2c29e18fc6566d549b9a06fda0857602 |website=Associated Press |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>
* Same-sex marriage became legal in {{wipe|Switzerland}} after a 2021 referendum, enforced beginning in July 2022.
* In Chile, same-sex marriage and joint adoption by same-sex couples became legal on 10 March 2022.
* Same-sex marriage became legal in Slovenia on 8 July 2022 after the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that the ban on same-sex marriages violated the national constitution.
* Same-sex marriage became legal in Cuba on 27 September 2022 after the Cuban Family Code referendum passed.
* From January 1, 2024, same-sex marriage became legal in Estonia.

==Global goals and issues==
Development in global goals and issues – including goals or progress related to the [[Social:List of causes of death by rate|largest causes of human death]] – during the decade, according to reports that systematically track, quantify or review associated [[Philosophy:Progress|progress]].
;As of 2022
* Progress of the Paris Agreement or global [[Earth:Climate change mitigation|climate change mitigation]] goals
** The United in Science 2022 report by the [[Organization:World Meteorological Organization|WMO]], summarizes latest climate science-related updates and assesses recent [[Earth:Climate change mitigation|climate change mitigation]] [[Philosophy:Progress|progress]] as "going in the wrong direction".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickie |first1=Gloria |title=Climate impacts heading to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' U.N. chief says |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-impacts-heading-uncharted-territories-destruction-un-chief-2022-09-13/ |access-date=21 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=13 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=United in Science 2022 |url=https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215221742/https://public-old.wmo.int/en/resources/united_in_science |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2023 |website=public.wmo.int |access-date=21 October 2022 |language=en |date=19 September 2019 }}</ref>
** A report by the World Resources Institute assesses the state of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), finding they need to be strengthened by about six times for alignment with what may be enough to reach the Paris Agreement's 1.5&nbsp;°C goal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Timothy |title='Massive gaps' seen in countries' plans to tackle climate change -study |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/massive-gaps-seen-countries-plans-tackle-climate-change-study-2022-10-19/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=19 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fransen |first1=Taryn |last2=Henderson |first2=Christopher |last3=O'Connor |first3=Ryan |last4=Alayza |first4=Natalia |last5=Caldwell |first5=Molly |last6=Chakrabarty |first6=Subrata |last7=Dixit |first7=Aarjan |last8=Finch |first8=Mario |last9=Kustar |first9=Anna |last10=Langer |first10=Paige |last11=Stolle |first11=Fred |last12=Walls |first12=Ginette |last13=Welle |first13=Ben |title=The State of Nationally Determined Contributions: 2022 |url=https://www.wri.org/research/state-nationally-determined-contributions-2022 |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en |date=}}</ref> The UNFCCC's NDC synthesis report suggests that based on the latest NDCs the [[Earth:Carbon budget|carbon budget]] for a 50% likelihood of limiting warming to 1.5&nbsp;°C would be used up by around 2032.<ref name="nytpledges"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Frangoul |first1=Anmar |title=Emissions reductions pledges 'nowhere near' what's needed, UN says |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/26/emissions-reductions-pledges-nowhere-near-whats-needed-un-says-.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref name="cop27">{{cite news |last1=Dickie |first1=Gloria |title=COP27: World on track to increase emissions 10.6% by 2030 - UN report |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop27-world-track-increase-emissions-106-by-2030-un-report-2022-10-26/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=26 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement. Synthesis report by the secretariat |url=https://unfccc.int/documents/619180 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022|quote=In the context of the carbon budget consistent with 50 per cent likelihood of limiting warming to 1.5 °C (500 Gt CO2), cumulative CO2 emissions in 2020–2030 based on the latest NDCs would likely use up 86 per cent of the remaining carbon budget, leaving a post-2030 carbon budget of around 70 Gt CO2, which is equivalent to approximately two years of projected total global CO2 emissions by 2030.}}
* Report overview page: {{cite web |title=2022 NDC Synthesis Report |url=https://unfccc.int/ndc-synthesis-report-2022 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
** A ''Lancet Countdown'' report publishes data of indicators that show "countries and companies continue to make choices that threaten the health and survival of people in every part of the world". It calls for an immediate, health-centred response at a critical juncture of recovery from crises.<ref name="nytpledges">{{cite news |last1=Bearak |first1=Max |title=Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/climate/un-climate-pledges-warming.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romanello |first1=Marina |last2=Napoli |first2=Claudia Di |last3=Drummond |first3=Paul |display-authors=et al. |title=The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels |journal=The Lancet |date=25 October 2022 |volume=400 |issue=10363 |pages=1619–1654 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01540-9 |pmid=36306815 |s2cid=253148997 |language=English |issn=0140-6736|doi-access=free }}</ref>
** The WMO reports atmospheric levels of the three main [[Chemistry:Greenhouse gas|greenhouse gas]]es, carbon dioxide, [[Chemistry:Methane emissions|methane]] and nitrous oxide, all reached record highs, with methane concentrations showing a record jump in 2021. The WMO Secretary-General concludes that "we are heading in the wrong direction", with time "running out".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farge |first1=Emma |title=UN warns 'time is running out' as greenhouse gases surge |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/un-warns-time-is-running-out-greenhouse-gases-surge-2022-10-26/ |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More bad news for the planet: greenhouse gas levels hit new highs |url=https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/more-bad-news-planet-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-new-highs |website=public.wmo.int |access-date=30 October 2022 |language=en |date=21 October 2022 }}</ref>
** Climate Action Tracker systematically [[Earth:Climate change mitigation#Monitoring|assesses the state of progress of actions of climate goals]] in an overview, finding that none of the indicators is on track to reach their 2030 targets, with insufficient speed for six indicators, and well below the required pace for 21, five heading in the wrong direction, and data being insufficient to evaluate the remaining eight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Humanity 'nowhere near' goals to reduce emissions that cause Earth to warm, UN says |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/humanity-nowhere-near-goals-to-reduce-emissions-that-cause-earth-to-warm-un-says |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=26 October 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Big gaps in plans to tackle climate change, researchers say |url=https://www.dw.com/en/big-gaps-in-plans-to-tackle-climate-change-researchers-say/a-63567040-says |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle |language=en-us }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=State of Climate Action 2022 |url=https://climateactiontracker.org/publications/state-of-climate-action-2022/ |publisher=climateactiontracker.org |access-date=30 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** The UNEP's Emissions Gap Report finds that no credible "pathway" to the 1.5&nbsp;°C climate goal is in place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Climate crisis: UN finds 'no credible pathway to 1.5C in place' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/climate-crisis-un-pathway-1-5-c |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Sarah |title=World falls 'pitifully short' of meeting climate goals, U.N. report says |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/27/emissions-climate-change-temperature-rise/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chestney |first1=Nina |title=Every fraction of a degree counts, UN says, as 2.8C warming looms |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/cop27-world-faces-28c-rise-after-woefully-inadequate-climate-pledges-un-says-2022-10-27/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title="Emissions gap" putting world on course for climate "catastrophe," U.N. chief says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/emissions-gap-climate-catastrophe-un-chief/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Emissions Gap Report 2022 |url=https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022 |website=UNEP - UN Environment Programme |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en |date=21 October 2022}}</ref> Similarly, a UNFCCC synthesis about "long-term low-emission development strategies" warns that many net-zero targets "remain uncertain and postpone into the future critical action that needs to take place now".<ref>{{cite web |title=UNFCCC Reports Warn About 2.5°C Warming Amid "Glimmers of Hope" {{!}} News {{!}} SDG Knowledge Hub {{!}} IISD |url=https://sdg.iisd.org/news/unfccc-reports-warn-about-2-5c-warming-amid-glimmers-of-hope/ |publisher=IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long-term low-emission development strategies. Synthesis report by the secretariat |url=https://unfccc.int/documents/619179 |website=unfccc.int |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* Deforestation mitigation goals
** An annual report by the World Resources Institute shows that tropical regions lost 9.3 million acres of primary old-growth forest in 2021, a decline of 11% from 2020, and about equal to both 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fountain |first1=Henry |title=Deforestation Remains High, Despite International Pledges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/climate/deforestation-tree-loss.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Latest Analysis on Global Forests & Tree Cover Loss {{!}} Global Forest Review |url=https://research.wri.org/gfr/latest-analysis-deforestation-trends |website=research.wri.org |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** The Forest Declaration Assessment finds that a drop of only 6.3% in deforestation in 2021 is "leaving the world off track from its goals of ending forest loss by 2030".<ref>{{cite news |title='Hollow commitments' mean world is not on track to halt deforestation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/deforestation-targets-cop26-glasgow-amazon-rewilding-b2209261.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Independent |date=24 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Plumer |first1=Brad |title=Countries Made Bold Climate Promises Last Year. How Are They Doing? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/climate/glasgow-climate-promises.html |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gilbert |first1=Natasha |title=Deforestation slowed last year — but not enough to meet climate goals |journal=Nature |date=24 October 2022 |volume=611 |issue=7934 |page=22 |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-03372-6|pmid=36280741 |bibcode=2022Natur.611...22G |s2cid=253108445 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forest Declaration Assessment: Are we on track for 2030? - Forest Declaration |url=https://forestdeclaration.org/resources/forest-declaration-assessment-2022/ |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* Public health goals
** The UN's "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World" report finds that the number of people affected by [[Philosophy:Hunger|hunger]] globally rose by 46 million to 828 million in 2021. 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020, an increase of 112 million from 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=UN: 828 Million More People Faced Hunger in 2021 |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-828-million-more-people-faced-hunger-in-2021/6648012.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021 |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021 |website=www.who.int |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** A WHO report indicates collective progress toward a 15% relative reduction in population levels of physical inactivity by 2030 is insufficient and that about 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, [[Medicine:Diabetes|diabetes]] or other diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.<ref>{{cite news |title=United Nations health agency warns world to get active — or risk developing serious illness |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/world-health-organization-report-physical-activity-heart-disease-obseity-diabetes-diseases-risk/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=CBS News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 |url=https://www.who.int/teams/health-promotion/physical-activity/global-status-report-on-physical-activity-2022 |website=www.who.int |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* Global budgets and [[Finance:Government spending|government spending]]
** The [[Organization:OECD|OECD]] and [[Organization:International Energy Agency|IEA]] report that global public [[Finance:Fossil fuel subsidies|subsidies for fossil fuels]] almost doubled from 2020 to $700bn in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Global fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled in 2021, analysis finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/31/fossil-fuel-subsidies-almost-doubled-in-2021-analysis-finds |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Support for fossil fuels almost doubled in 2021, slowing progress toward international climate goals, according to new analysis from OECD and IEA - OECD |url=https://www.oecd.org/newsroom/support-for-fossil-fuels-almost-doubled-in-2021-slowing-progress-toward-international-climate-goals-according-to-new-analysis-from-oecd-and-iea.htm |publisher=OECD |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* General [[Finance:Well-being|well-being]]
** The [[Organization:Club of Rome|Club of Rome]], authors of the 1972 ''[[The Limits to Growth]]'', and research institutes like the [[Organization:Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research|Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research]] publish the "Earth for All" report, concluding that to increase the wellbeing of humanity, addressing rising inequality is key to mitigating related issues such as climate change with many current [[Policy|policies]] disproportionately burdening lower income groups.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report says rich must pay bill to avert social collapse |url=https://apnews.com/article/berlin-economic-growth-climate-and-environment-4c54a637e0a2791f00576621b3c26e75 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=AP NEWS |date=31 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Increasingly dysfunctional society and climate crisis leading to 'cliff edge' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/wealth-inequality-environmental-breakdown-dysfunctional-society-b2155736.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Independent |date=30 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jessop |first1=Simon |last2=Dickie |first2=Gloria |title=Tackling inequality key to climate fight - study |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/tackling-inequality-key-climate-fight-study-2022-09-05/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Reuters |date=5 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="COR_2022">{{cite web |title=Earth for all – A survival guide to humanity |date=2022 |publisher=The Club of Rome |url=https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/earth4all-book/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830203353/https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/earth4all-book/ |archive-date=2022-08-30}}</ref><ref name="EFA_2022">{{cite book |title=Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity |author-first1=Sandrine |author-last1=Dixson-Declève |author-first2=Owen |author-last2=Gaffney |author-link2= |author-first3=Jayati |author-last3=Ghosh |author-link3=Jayati Ghosh |author-first4=Jørgen |author-last4=Randers |author-link4=Jørgen Randers |author-first5=Johan |author-last5=Rockström |author-link5=Johan Rockström |author-first6=Per |author-last6=Espen Stocknes |author-link6=Per Espen Stoknes |date=2022-09-22 |publisher=New Society Publishers |isbn=978-0-86571986-6 |id={{ISBN|0-86571986-1}} |url=https://www.earth4all.life/book |access-date=2022-08-30 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830202446/https://www.earth4all.life/book |archive-date=2022-08-30}} (208 pages)</ref>
* Sustainable Development Goals (other than the above or in general)
** The only UN report that monitors global progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development indicates the agenda is in "grave danger".<ref>{{cite news |title=UN: Global Disasters Put Sustainable Development Goals Out of Reach |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/un-global-disasters-put-sustainable-development-goals-out-of-reach/6652642.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 |url=https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/ |website=unstats.un.org |access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Finance:Gross domestic product|GDP]]-alternative [[Philosophy:Progress|progress]] or [[Sustainable development|sustainable development]] indices
** [[Engineering:Human Development Index|Human Development Index]] (HDI): the Human Development Report 2021-22 concludes that for the first time, the global HDI value declined for a second year, with living standards declining in 90% of countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crises Halt Progress in Human Development: UN Report |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/crises-halt-progress-in-human-development-un-report-/6736079.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=VOA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Living standards declining in 90% of countries — UN – DW – 09/08/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/un-index-shows-living-standards-declining-in-90-of-countries/a-63052023 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Deutsche Welle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Human Development Report 2021-22 |url=https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2021-22 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=31 October 2022 |language=en |date=8 September 2022}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
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File:PS5Digitalprerefined.jpg|The ninth generation of video game consoles, like [[Engineering:PlayStation 5|PlayStation 5]] (pictured) and [[Engineering:Xbox Series X|Xbox Series X]], were both released in 2020. Games for PlayStation 5 such as ''[[Software:EA Sports FC 24|FC 24]]'' and ''[[Software:The Matrix Awakens|The Matrix Awakens]]'' used HyperMotion V and Unreal Engine 5 to display more realistic graphics. ''[[Software:Grand Theft Auto VI|Grand Theft Auto VI]]'' will release for ninth generation consoles in 2025.
File:Animal Crossing mask.jpg|Decorative face masks to prevent the spread of [[Medicine:COVID-19|COVID-19]] was common in the early 2020s; vaccination status of individuals also became culturally relevant during the decade. Pictured is a mask based on the game ''[[Software:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing]]'', a popular video game during the pandemic. The Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was seen during the 2020s.
File:TikTok exhibition stand at Gamescom 2022 in Cologne, Germany (52760217055).jpg|The video-sharing site [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]] became a major influence on pop culture and the music industry in the early 2020s. Short-form videos increased in viewership through [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]], [[Software:Instagram#Reels|Instagram Reels]], and YouTube Shorts during the decade.
File:P20230320CS-0476 (52834074267).jpg|During COVID-19 and the [[Engineering:Streaming media#Streaming wars|streaming wars]], multiple TV shows and films released on [[Engineering:Streaming media|internet streaming services]] instead of theaters. ''Squid Game'' was a global success as a result of the streaming wars that began in the early 2020s, involving many new streaming services. Services such as Apple TV+, [[Software:Max (streaming service)|Max]], and [[Software:Paramount+|Paramount+]] were popular. Pictured above is the cast of Apple TV+'s ''Ted Lasso''.
File:Airpods and Airpods Pro being displayed in electronics retail store.jpg|AirPods have dominated the wireless headphone market in the early 2020s. Pictured are the base and "Pro" model of AirPods respectively. AirPods allow users to be several feet away from their device via [[Bluetooth]], a technology not seen in wired earbuds of previous decades.
File:ALTer EGO 1 18 2020 (50740816801).jpg|Flashy multi-colored clothing became a trend in the early 2020s, as did baggier clothing such as hoodies, modeled here by musician Billie Eilish. The 2020s revived and built upon Y2K fashion trends.
File:Food delivery robots in Espoo.jpg|In the 2020s, multiple online food delivery services such as Uber Eats, Postmates, [[Company:DoorDash|DoorDash]] and [[Company:Grubhub|Grubhub]] became popular, becoming popular during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Food [[Engineering:Delivery robot|delivery robot]]s also became popular in the 2020s, and were finally to the point they could be used to deliver food around larger areas such as college campuses.
File:The Weeknd Portrait by Brian Ziff.jpg|Canadian singer The Weeknd was the first artist of the decade to achieve a ''Billboard'' number-one single of the year (for the year 2020) with his hit single "Blinding Lights", which was also performed during the Super Bowl LV in 2021.
File:President Joe Biden and Olivia Rodrigo.jpg|Olivia Rodrigo released singles like "Deja Vu" and "Good 4 U", and her debut studio album, ''Sour,'' in 2021. ''Sour'' was met with critical and commercial success, winning various accolades including three Grammy Awards.
File:Crypto.com arena drone shot early 2023.jpg|The use of [[Finance:Cryptocurrency|cryptocurrency]] became more mainstream in the 2020s, Crypto such as [[Software:Bitcoin|Bitcoin]] and others were notable. The Staples Center was even renamed Crypto.com Arena in 2021. NFTs as a form of digital art emerged in the 2020s, with NFTs such as ''Everydays: the First 5000 Days''.
File:Galaxy Z series.jpg|[[5G|5G]] was introduced in smartphones during the early part of the decade, with the Samsung Galaxy Flip and iPhone 13 smartphones having 5G capabilities. [[Engineering:Foldable smartphone|Foldable smartphone]]s also became more popular, although concern grew about the durability of foldable smartphones, as some foldable smartphones have became crinkled / will crease over time.
File:Trump’s arrest (3).jpg|Advancements in [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] have been rapid and fast-paced in the early 2020s. [[Generative artificial intelligence|Generative AI]] has become mainstream during the decade, with [[Synthetic media|synthetic media]] in the form of Text-to-image models, [[Software:ChatGPT|ChatGPT]], and [[Audio deepfake]]s. AI techniques have now been used in music, including the Beatles' last song "Now and Then" (2023).
File:Ambassador Burns speaks to a woman in front of a robot.jpg|The [[Fourth Industrial Revolution]] in the 2020s is referred to as industrial change with emerging technologies such as [[Artificial intelligence|AI]], [[Biology:CRISPR gene editing|gene editing]], and advanced robotics that blur the lines between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. Automation also continues to take over human jobs. Above is a photo of a Tesla Bot, which [[Company:Tesla, Inc.|Tesla, Inc.]] hopes to begin selling by 2027.
File:Seattle - Lime Bike - 01.jpg|[[Engineering:Renewable energy|Renewable energy]] sources such as [[Engineering:Electric vehicle|electric vehicle]]s as well as solar and wind powered devices to combat [[Earth:Global warming|global warming]] became popular during the 2020s. Scooter-sharing systems have become common in the street scene of the 2020s (especially in downtown areas), with Lime becoming popular.
File:X profile.png|Many social media companies underwent rebranding in the 2020s, including Twitter's rebrand to [[Company:Twitter|X]], as well as Facebook, Inc.'s rebrand to [[Company:Meta Platforms|Meta Platforms]]. [[Social:Threads (social network)|Threads]] and [[Software:BeReal|BeReal]] became new and popular social platforms during the 2020s.  Former President Donald Trump launched the controversial Truth app, later Trump returned to newly renamed [[Company:Twitter|X]] with a post of his Mug shot. Elon Musk said he plans to place a [[Paywall]] on newly rebranded X.
File:French Hill hosts AR teachers on zoom call.jpg|The early 2020s started with a rise in videoconferencing due to the pandemic, while many educational institutions and workplaces shifted to [[Social:Distance education|distance learning]] and remote work.
File:Olympic silver medal - Tokyo 2021, side B.jpg|Summer Olympic Games of the 2020s include Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 as well as Tokyo 2020 in 2021 (the first ever Olympic games to be delayed, taking place in 2021 instead of 2020).
File:The Super Mario Bros Movie logo.png|The 2020s was a more profitable era for movies based on video games. ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' released in 2023 and surpassed $1 billion, and Nintendo plans to open a group of international theme parks called Super Nintendo World and a Nintendo Museum between 2021 and 2025.
File:AR- Apple Vision Pro (2023).png|[[Apple Vision Pro]], releasing in 2024, marks an advancement in spatial computing and mixed reality headsets. The device intends to merge physical and digital environments, overlaying computer graphics on each individual user's real world environments.
File:Monkey in the Matrix (52536941713).jpg|During the 2020s, the idea of [[Brain implant|brain implant]]s existed in an early, limited form. The company [[Company:Neuralink|Neuralink]] and a research group demonstrated the ability for a monkey to move a computer cursor with neural signals, typing coherent sentences.
File:Cloud Logo.png|[[Cloud computing]] has surged in popularity following and during the global pandemic of 2020. Cloud computing allows for data to be stored in [[Data center|data center]]s and looked up on any device, rather than the photos, notes, etc. of a device being restricted to just that device.
File:Sustainable Development Goals.svg|The Sustainable Development Goals promotes seventeen interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future". Pictured above is a diagram listing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are intended to be completed by the end of the 2020s.
File:Corporate Memphis (2019).jpg|The 2020s saw the use of Corporate Memphis, a design style in company branding that has been criticized as minimalist, uninspired, and [[Philosophy:Dystopia|dystopian]]. Pepsi changed their logo in 2023, going against the Corporate Memphis style.
File:Схема криостата МФТИ.jpg|The race to create quantum computers has amped up in the 2020s. Companies such as [[Company:IBM|IBM]] and [[Company:Google|Google]] are working on quantum computers, wanting practical usage of these technologies to be ready by the end of the 2020s and/or the 2030s.
File:Meta Headquarters Sign.jpg|Social Media rebranding occurred during the 2020s, with Facebook, Inc. changing its name to [[Company:Meta Platforms|Meta Platforms]], and Twitter changing its name to [[Company:Twitter|X]] (though most people continue to call it Twitter). As well, new social applications like [[Social:Threads (social network)|Threads]] launched.
File:Rolling Stones bow post-show, London, 22 May 2018 (41437870545).jpg|''Hackney Diamonds'' brought back The Rolling Stones to popular culture. It reached #1 in 20 countries and has platinum and gold certifications.
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===Fashion===

Wearing a decorative mask to prevent the disease [[Medicine:COVID-19|COVID-19]] from spreading was a fashion trend in the early 2020s.<ref>{{cite web |title=The hot fashion accessory of 2020? Masks, masks, and more masks |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90494852/the-hot-fashion-accessories-of-2020-masks-masks-and-more-masks?partner=rss |editor-first=Elizabeth |editor-last=Segran |work=Fast Company |date=23 April 2020 |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>{{explain|date=November 2023}}

The fashion of the early 2020s was characterized by a variety of styles and influences from different eras. During this period, the trend towards individuality and self-expression in clothing continued. Generation Z has witnessed a notable resurgence of fashion styles from the 1990s and 2000s in the fashion industry. A prominent example of this is the revival of trends such as crop tops, baggy jeans, and elements from the Y2K aesthetic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Z Is Bringing the 2000s Back…Here's How Brands Can Keep Up|url=https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/02/18/gen-z-is-bringing-the-2000s-back-heres-how-brands-can-keep-up/|publisher=YPulse|date=18 February 2020|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926131858/https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/02/18/gen-z-is-bringing-the-2000s-back-heres-how-brands-can-keep-up/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sustainable fashion practices gained significance, with an increased awareness of environmentally friendly materials and production processes. Influences from [[Social:Social media|social media]] culture were also unmistakable, as influencers and celebrities exerted a strong influence on fashion trends. The popularity of online platforms like [[Software:Instagram|Instagram]] and [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]] contributed to the rapid spread of trends, while simultaneously allowing niche styles and subcultures to flourish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2603275|title=The Impact of Social Media on Fashion Industry: Empirical Investigation from Karachiites|first1=Nawaz|last1=Ahmad|first2=Atif|last2=Salman|first3=Rubab|last3=Ashiq|date=April 30, 2015|ssrn=2603275 |via=papers.ssrn.com}}</ref>

Popular brands in the [[Place:Anglosphere|Anglosphere]] ({{wipe|Australia}}, {{wipe|Canada}}, the {{wipe|United Kingdom}}, and the {{wipe|United States}}) during this era include Adidas, Fila, [[Company:Nike, Inc.|Nike]], New Balance, Globe International, [[Company:Vans|Vans]], Hurley, Kappa, Tommy Hilfiger, Asics, Ellesse, Ralph Lauren, Forever 21, Playboy, and The North Face.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 10 Best Trends From 2000s Fashion For Men|url=https://www.who.com.au/2000s-fashion-men|editor-first=Rhys|editor-last=McKay|website=Who|date=25 February 2020|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=9 Trends From The 2000s That Are Surprisingly Back In Style|url=https://www.instylemag.com.au/2000s-fashion-trends-back-in-style|editor-first=Diandra|editor-last=Malivindi|work=InStyle|date=27 May 2020|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926131900/https://www.instylemag.com.au/2000s-fashion-trends-back-in-style|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Z Is Bringing the 2000s Back...Here's How Brands Can Keep Up|url=https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/02/18/gen-z-is-bringing-the-2000s-back-heres-how-brands-can-keep-up/|work=YPulse|date=18 February 2020|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926131858/https://www.ypulse.com/article/2020/02/18/gen-z-is-bringing-the-2000s-back-heres-how-brands-can-keep-up/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Film===
[[File:Avatar The Way of Water Tokyo Press Conference Jon Landau, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver & Stephen Lang (52562966421).jpg|thumb|The highest-grossing film of the decade so far is James Cameron's ''Avatar: The Way of Water''.<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=1630029 |title=Avatar: The Way of Water |access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref>]]

The COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted film releases especially early in the decade, resulting in a drastic drop in box office revenue as well as many films postponing their release or shifting it to a [[Engineering:Streaming media|streaming service]]s. ''Avatar: The Way of Water'' is the highest-grossing film of the decade so far, and currently the third-highest-grossing film of all time. Other financially successful films at the box office include ''Top Gun: Maverick'', ''No Time to Die'', ''Jurassic World Dominion'' and ''Oppenheimer''. Superhero films mostly continued to do well financially, with ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' being the second-highest-grossing of the decade. Other successful superhero films include ''The Batman'' as well as most of Marvel Studios' "Multiverse Saga of the MCU". However, [[Company:DC Studios|DC Studios]]' "DC Extended Universe" films began to generally [[Engineering:Box-office bomb|underperform at the box office]].

[[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and [[Company:Mattel|Mattel]] made their own big-budget theatrical releases, resulting in the massive successes of ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' and ''Barbie''. These films became the highest grossing movies of 2023 internationally.

Critically successful films nominated for awards include ''Nomadland'', ''CODA'', ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', ''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'', ''Licorice Pizza'' and ''The Fabelmans''.

Animated films such as ''Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'', ''Soul'', ''Encanto'', ''Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'', and ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' have also been highly acclaimed.

Film reboots regained popularity as many were released on streaming services and in theaters. Some of these film remakes, reboots and returns to older franchises include: ''Clerks III'', ''Bill & Ted Face the Music'', ''Space Jam: A New Legacy'', ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'', ''Ghostbusters: Afterlife'', ''Top Gun: Maverick'', ''Mean Girls'', ''He's All That'', ''A Christmas Story Christmas'', ''Scream'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''[[Astronomy:Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny|Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny]]'', ''Good Burger 2'', ''Wonka'', ''Snow White'' and ''Coming 2 America''.

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The 2020s started off with streaming services like [[Company:Netflix|Netflix]], [[Software:Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime Video]], [[Software:Binge (streaming service)|Binge]],<ref>{{cite web|title=BINGE is Australia's latest streaming service, starts Monday 25th|url= https://techau.com.au/binge-is-australias-latest-streaming-service-starts-monday-25th/|publisher=Jason Cartwright|website=TechAU|date=23 May 2020|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> [[Software:Max (streaming service)|Max]], Showtime, [[Software:Hulu|Hulu]], and [[Software:Disney+|Disney+]]. Additional streaming services such as Discovery+, [[Software:Paramount+|Paramount+]], and [[Software:Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] were released as well. [[Streaming television]] such as [[Company:Pluto TV|Pluto TV]] and YouTube TV also became more popular.

New and critically acclaimed adult animated shows like ''Midnight Gospel'', ''Invincible'', and ''Smiling Friends'' launched in the 2020s, as well as family animated shows such as ''Amphibia'' and ''The Owl House''.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Japanese anime continued to rise in global popularity and appeal during the decade due its wide distribution on movie theaters and streaming services,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60865649|title=Anime: How Japanese animation has taken the West by storm|website=BBC|date=26 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-world-is-watching-more-animeand-streaming-services-are-buying-11605365629|title= The world is watching more anime and streaming services are buying |date= November 14, 2020 |website= {{wipe|The Wall Street Journal}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3220322/streaming-giants-battle-be-top-platform-japanese-anime|title=Streaming giants battle to be top platform for Japanese anime|date=12 May 2023|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref> with works such as ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'', ''Chainsaw Man'', ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'', ''Spy x Family'', ''Suzume'', ''The Boy and the Heron'', ''Oshi no Ko'', ''Frieren: Beyond Journey's End'', ''Attack on Titan'' and ''One Piece'' reaching large international audiences.

A variety of shows on streaming services such as ''Squid Game'', ''Never Have I Ever'', ''Tulsa King'', ''Ted Lasso'', ''Extraordinary Attorney Woo'', ''Wednesday'', and ''Tiger King'' gained popularity. Many different shows on many different competing streaming services resulted in what has been called the "streaming wars" of the early 2020s.

TV show reboots also became increasingly popular, with ''Frasier'', ''That '90s Show'', and ''Friends: The Reunion'' appearing on streaming. Matthew Perry passed away in 2023, following ''Friends: The Reunion''.

Billions of people watched the Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, speculated to be the most watched television event in history.
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===Music===
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By 2020, [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]], an [[Online video platform|online video service]], had become extremely popular as a music platform on social media.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/2020-04-22-tiktik-music-viral-drake-toosie-slide-roddy-ricch-old-town-road-24068571.html |title=How TikTok became 2020's most important music platform — from 'Old Town Road' to 'Toosie Slide' |website=Yahoo |date=2020-04-22 |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> Users on streaming platforms such as [[Software:Spotify|Spotify]], [[Software:YouTube Music|YouTube Music]], [[Software:Amazon Music|Amazon Music]] and [[Software:Apple Music|Apple Music]] have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Festivals such as Coachella were cancelled because of the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the touring business.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-09/music-business-streaming-covid-pandemic-nielsen-midyear-report |title=How the music business is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=9 July 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2020/10/30/youtube-music-subscribers-2020/|title=YouTube Says It Has 30 Million Premium and Music Subscribers|website=Digital Music News|first=Ashley|last=King|date=2020-10-30|access-date=2020-10-30}}</ref>

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Pop, hip hop, K-pop, R&B, nu disco<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance Music Waited Until 2020, of All Years, to Get Its Mojo Back|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/best-dance-disco-songs-2020.html|editor-first=Justin|editor-last=Curto|website=Vulture Magazine|date=22 December 2020}}</ref> and synthpop<ref>{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Steve|title=How Dua Lipa and The Weeknd are bringing the 80s back… again|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397|newspaper=BBC News|date=1 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408020836/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52109397|archive-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> all dominated the early part of the decade, with the most popular artists being Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Lil Nas X, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Jack Harlow, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, BTS, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Blackpink, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Beyoncé, the Kid Laroi and more.<ref name=billboard>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100|title=Artist 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=10 July 2014}}</ref> The early 20s also saw the one-off return of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones with a new song and album, respectively, which topped out the charts immediately upon release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=2023-11-13 |title=New Beatles, New Stones -- Wait, What Year Is It? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/new-beatles-new-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-now-and-then-1234876194/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

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===Video games===

The ninth generation of consoles began in 2020. The industry remains dominated by [[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]], [[Company:Sony|Sony]], and [[Company:Microsoft|Microsoft]] with the release of the Xbox Series X/S and the [[Engineering:PlayStation 5|PlayStation 5]], while the [[Engineering:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]] continues to be popular from the previous decade. Technological advancements in consoles included support for real-time [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing graphics]] and output for [[4K resolution|4K]] or even [[8K resolution|8K resolution]]. Physical media continued to be replaced by online distribution of games, with the Xbox Series S and the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition lacking an optical drive.<ref name=":5" /> The Steam Deck was released in 2022 as [[Company:Valve Corporation|Valve]]'s attempt to bring PC-level gaming to a Nintendo Switch-style handheld format.

Critically successful games such as ''[[Software:Elden Ring|Elden Ring]]'', ''[[Software:Ghost of Tsushima|Ghost of Tsushima]]'', ''[[Software:God of War Ragnarök|God of War Ragnarök]]'', and ''[[Software:The Last of Us Part II|The Last of Us Part II]]'' were released and won multiple best game of the year awards, signaling a shift towards narrative-driven and single-played focused gaming compared with the end of the 2010s where popularity of multiplayer gaming dominated.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 2022 |title=EA criticised for appearing to mock people who 'only like single-player games' |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-criticised-for-appearing-to-mock-people-who-only-like-single-play-games/}}</ref> Nonetheless, widely successful multiplayer games includes ''[[Software:Fall Guys|Fall Guys]]'', ''[[Software:Fortnite|Fortnite]]'', ''[[Software:Genshin Impact|Genshin Impact]]'', ''[[Software:It Takes Two (video game)|It Takes Two]]'', ''[[Software:Minecraft|Minecraft]]'', ''[[Software:Overwatch 2|Overwatch 2]]'', ''[[Software:Valorant|Valorant]]'', and ''[[Software:Call of Duty: Warzone|Warzone]]''. The detective-party game ''[[Software:Among Us|Among Us]]'' surged in popularity in 2020 and became a global sensation, largely attributed in to global stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />

Nintendo continued to successfully produce games for the Nintendo Switch, with ''[[Software:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing]]'' selling over 40 million copies, and making it the second-best-selling game on the console. The Nintendo Switch's sales remained strong in the 2020s due in part to games such as ''[[Software:Super Mario 3D All-Stars|Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'', ''[[Software:Bowser's Fury|Bowser's Fury]]'', ''[[Software:Metroid Dread|Metroid Dread]]'', ''Nintendo Switch Sports'', ''[[Software:Kirby and the Forgotten Land|Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', ''[[Software:Splatoon 3|Splatoon 3]]'', ''Princess Peach: Showtime!'', [[Software:Pokémon Scarlet and Violet|''Pokémon Scarlet'' and ''Violet'']], ''The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'', ''[[Software:Pikmin 4|Pikmin 4]]'', and ''[[Software:Super Mario Bros. Wonder|Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. The Nintendo Switch's best-selling game ''[[Software:Mario Kart 8|Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' has received additional tracks with the "Booster Course Pass", releasing across 2022 and 2023, while ''[[Software:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' received a second DLC pass from 2020 to 2021, including characters such as Steve from ''[[Software:Minecraft|Minecraft]]'' and Sora from ''[[Software:Kingdom Hearts|Kingdom Hearts]]''.

High-budget remakes of video games became much more widespread in the 2020s, with notable examples including ''[[Software:Resident Evil 3 (2020 video game)|Resident Evil 3]]'' and ''[[Software:Resident Evil 4 (2023 video game)|4]]'', ''[[Software:Final Fantasy VII Remake|Final Fantasy VII Remake]]'' and its sequels, ''[[Software:Live A Live|Live A Live]]'', ''[[Software:The Last of Us Part I|The Last of Us Part I]]'', ''[[Software:Dead Space (2023 video game)|Dead Space]]'', ''[[Software:Super Mario RPG#Remake|Super Mario RPG]]'', ''[[Software:Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater|Metal Gear Solid Delta]]'', and ''[[Software:Silent Hill 2 (upcoming video game)|Silent Hill 2]]'' being notable examples of older games that received full graphical and modernized remakes.

Video game film and television adaptations became more financially and critically successful compared with previous decades. Film releases include ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'', ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' and ''Uncharted''; as well as the video game-themed ''Tetris'', ''Ready Player Two'' and ''Free Guy''. Television adaptations include ''Arcane: League of Legends'', ''Carmen Sandiego'', ''Castlevania'', ''Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'', ''Dota: Dragon's Blood'', ''Dragon Age: Absolution'', ''Sonic Prime'', ''The Last of Us'', ''and The Witcher''; in addition with the table-top game adaptation ''The Legend of Vox Machina''.
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===Architecture===
There is a revival in [[Philosophy:Expressionist architecture|expressionist architecture]]. The SoFi Stadium was completed on 8 September 2020 and is a component of Hollywood Park, a master-planned neighborhood in development in Inglewood, California. The stadium serves as a home to the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers. SoFi Stadium hosted Super Bowl LVI in February 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/future-super-bowl-locations-2021-2022-2023-and-beyond|title=Future Super Bowl locations detailed|website=RSN|access-date=1 April 2021|archive-date=1 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401061224/https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/future-super-bowl-locations-2021-2022-2023-and-beyond|url-status=dead}}</ref> The stadium is also set to host the opening and closing ceremonies, soccer and archery in the 2028 Summer Olympics, which will be hosted in {{wipe|Los Angeles}}, United States of America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/la-2028|title=LA 2028 Summer Olympics – Summer Olympic Games in the USA|date=1 April 2021|publisher=International Olympic Committee}}</ref>

The Unity Tower was finally completed on 30 September 2020. The construction of the building originally started in 1975, but stopped permanently in 1981 because of economic constraints and political unrest at the time. Due to the unfinished building's resemblance to a [[Biology:Skeleton|skeleton]], it was nicknamed after Skeletor, the arch-villain in ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', which was popular in Poland at the time construction began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/krakow/historia-krakowskiego-szkieletora-czyli-impotencja-po-polsku/77rekke|title=Historia krakowskiego "Szkieletora", czyli impotencja po polsku|date=17 June 2014|website=Onet Wiadomości}}</ref>
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* In 2021, Renzo Piano completes the COVID-19-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.
* In 2023, [[Company:Vici Properties|Vici Properties]] finishes construction of the [[Sphere (venue)|Sphere]], the largest sphere in the world in Las Vegas, Nevada.

===Sports===
====2020====
* The COVID-19 pandemic leads to the cancellation or rescheduling of numerous sporting events globally:
The 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were postponed to July–August 2021. This was the first Olympic Games to be postponed rather than cancelled in history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee|website=International Olympic Committee|access-date=19 November 2021|date=24 March 2020}}</ref>

The 2020 T20 Cricket World Cup, originally scheduled to take place in {{wipe|Australia}}, was rescheduled to occur in {{wipe|India}} in 2021. Which was then rescheduled to [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] and Oman.

Sporting leagues such as the North American National Hockey League Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association, and the English Premier League adapt their seasons and championship play around COVID-19 by placing players in "bubbles" and televising games played in empty arenas and stadiums.

====2021====
[[File:Giannis Antetokounmpo (24845003687) (cropped).jpg|140px|thumb|Greek NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo won Finals MVP during the 2021 championship, playing for the Bucks]]
* The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31–9 in Super Bowl LV to win their second title in the National Football League (NFL); Tom Brady won Super Bowl MVP for his performance.
* Due to cross-border restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Hockey League (NHL) realigns its team divisions, with all seven Canadian teams competing in their own division for the first time. Tampa Bay Lightning win the second of back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals and third championship overall, defeating the Montreal Canadiens.
* The Atlanta Braves won their first World Series since 1995.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCallister |first=Doreen |date=2021-11-03 |title=The Atlanta Braves shut out the Astros 7-0 to become World Series champions |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051704261/the-atlanta-braves-shut-out-the-astros-7-0-to-become-world-series-champions |access-date=2022-05-23}}</ref>
* With the easing of COVID restrictions in the UK, the 2021 Wimbledon Championships are held with full attendances. Novak Djokovic wins the men's singles title, his 20th Grand Slam win equaling Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's record.
* Canada won their 27th ice hockey World title in 2021 IIHF World Championships, after defeating the reigning champion Finland in the final in overtime.
* Hideki Matsuyama wins the Masters, becoming the first-ever Japanese golfer to win a major golfing championship.
* The Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA championship in 50 years and their second title overall, with Giannis Antetokounmpo named Finals MVP.
* Italy won UEFA Euro 2020 by defeating England 3–2 on penalties.
* Argentina wins the 2021 Copa América by defeating Brazil 1–0.
* The United States wins the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup by defeating Mexico 1–0.
* The 2020 Summer Olympics take place in [[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], Japan, being the country's fourth time hosting the games. The United States wins the most gold and overall medals, with China coming in second and host Japan coming in third.
* Max Verstappen wins the 2021 Formula One World Championship over Lewis Hamilton at the Yas Marina Circuit.
* After 25 years of career, Valentino Rossi retires from MotoGP.
* Australia won the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup held in [[Place:United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] and Oman.

====2022====
[[File:Lionel-Messi-Argentina-2022-FIFA-World-Cup (cropped).jpg|140px|thumb|Argentine footballer Lionel Messi was voted as the best player of the 2022 FIFA World Cup]]
* Senegal won the 2021 AFCON by defeating Egypt 4–2 on penalties.
* The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20 in Super Bowl LVI to win their second title in the NFL; Cooper Kupp won Super Bowl MVP for his performance.
* The 2022 Winter Olympics take place in [[Place:Beijing|Beijing]], China, becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympic Games. Norway wins the most gold and overall medals, with Germany coming in second and host China coming in third.
* The Kansas Jayhawks beat the North Carolina Tar Heels 72–69 in the 2022 NCAA Division I to win their fourth title; Ochai Agbaji won MVP for his performance.
* Finland won their first ever ice hockey Olympic gold medal in 2022 Winter Olympics and 4th ice hockey World title in 2022 IIHF World Championships in same year.
* The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals in a best-of-seven series winning their 7th title. Guard Stephen Curry was awarded the Finals MVP. That same season, Curry set the NBA record for career three-pointers made, surpassing Ray Allen.
* The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in a best-of-seven series during the 2021–22 NHL season, four games to two and winning their third Stanley Cup.
* Argentina won 2022 FIBA AmeriCup by defeating Brazil 75–73.
* Australia won 2022 FIBA Asia Cup by defeating Lebanon 75–73.
* Spain won EuroBasket 2022 by defeating France 88–76.
* Kalle Rovanperä broke the late Colin McRae's record of becoming the youngest ever Rally World Champion after winning in 2022 Rally New Zealand.
* Max Verstappen won the 2022 Formula One World Championship at over Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc at the Suzuka Circuit.
* Argentina won 2022 FIFA World Cup by defeating France 4–2 on penalties, with Lionel Messi winning the Golden Ball and Kylian Mbappé winning the Golden Boot.
* England won the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup which was held in {{wipe|Australia}}.

====2023====
[[File:Patrick Mahomes II.JPG|140px|thumb|American NFL player Patrick Mahomes won MVP at Super Bowl LVII, playing for the Chiefs]]
* LeBron James, playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, scored his 38,388th career point in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the all-time leading scorer in NBA history.
* The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38–35 in Super Bowl LVII. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was awarded both NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP, the first player to win both in the same season since 1999.
* {{wipe|Japan}} defeated the {{wipe|United States}} in the 2023 World Baseball Classic championship by a score of 3-2, winning their 3rd title in the event. Japanese Baseball player Shohei Ohtani was named the MVP of the tournament.
* The [[Company:WWE|WWE]] and UFC announced they would merge to form a new company, majority owned by [[Company:Endeavor|Endeavor]], the parent company of UFC's owner. The deal values the newly combined company at over $21 billion: UFC being worth $12.1 billion and WWE valued at $9.3 billion. Endeavor shareholders will own 51% while WWE shareholders get 49%.
* The Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Finals and Nikola Jokić won the Finals MVP award.
* Spain won 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time by defeating England 1–0, with Aitana Bonmatí winning the Golden Ball and Hinata Miyazawa winning the Golden Boot.
* Germany won 2023 FIBA World Cup by defeating Serbia 83–77.
* Kalle Rovanperä won the second Rally World Champion of his career, coming second place in the 2023 Central European Rally.
* {{wipe|Australia}} won the 2023 cricket world cup by defeating {{wipe|India}} in the finals.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-11-19 |title=Full list of ICC ODI World Cup winners: Australia beats India to win sixth title |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/icc-cricket-world-cup/winners-list-australia-vs-india-2023-odi-world-cup-record-win-title-ind-vs-aus/article67551796.ece |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

===Food===
[[Finance:Food delivery|Food delivery apps]] such as [[Company:DoorDash|DoorDash]], Instacart, Menulog, Uber Eats, [[Company:Grubhub|Grubhub]] and Just Eat Takeaway flourished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-pandemic-has-more-than-doubled-americans-use-of-food-delivery-apps-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-companies-are-making-money-11606340169|title=The pandemic has more than doubled food-delivery apps' business. Now what?|website=Market Watch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/menulog-australia-results-2021-3|title=Menulog saw an 104% increase in orders and added 8,000 new restaurants — and now the delivery company wants to conquer regional Australia|website=Business Insider|date=11 March 2021|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=31 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031224134/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/menulog-australia-results-2021-3|url-status=dead}}</ref> Indoor dining was also closed in many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and upon re-opening the usage of [[QR code]]s and other technologies in the restaurant industry increased compared to the 2010s in order to comply with pandemic restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lucas|first=Amelia|date=2021-08-21|title=QR codes have replaced restaurant menus. Industry experts say it isn't a fad|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/21/qr-codes-have-replaced-restaurant-menus-industry-experts-say-it-isnt-a-fad.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Cook|first1=James|last2=Field|first2=Matthew|date=2020-09-24|title=QR codes: What are they and how do you use them?|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/what-are-qr-codes-how-use-them/|access-date=2021-09-07|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

Due to the [[Social:COVID-19 lockdowns|COVID-19 restrictions]], online grocery shopping has substantially grown and in the first few months of the pandemic, online grocery shopping increased by 300%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-16 |title=Retention of online growth looks strong, but a COVID-19 recession looms ahead |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/retention-online-growth-looks-strong-covid-19-recession-looms-ahead |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> Before the pandemic occurred, food shopping activity accounted for 9% of the market, now 63 percent of consumers worldwide has purchased more [[Finance:Grocery store|groceries]] online after the outbreak than they did before they were socially isolated.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Badenhop |first1=Anna |last2=Frasquet |first2=Marta |date=2021-02-12 |title=Online Grocery Shopping at Multichannel Supermarkets: The Impact of Retailer Brand Equity |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2021.1894296 |journal=Journal of Food Products Marketing |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=89–104 |doi=10.1080/10454446.2021.1894296 |s2cid=233311955 |issn=1045-4446}}</ref>

===Literature===
Books published throughout the decade include ''The Vanishing Half'', ''Leave the World Behind'', ''Transcendent Kingdom'', ''I'm Glad My Mom Died'', ''The Glass Hotel'', ''Memorial'' and ''The City We Became''. Recent releases on this decade include ''How to Prevent the Next Pandemic'' by [[Biography:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]], ''Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall'' by Alexandra Lange, ''Wikipedia @ 20'' by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. and Jackie Koerner, ''It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism'' by Bernie Sanders, and ''The Candy House''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-15 |title=The Ultimate Best Books of 2020 List |url=https://lithub.com/the-ultimate-best-books-of-2020-list/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaughan |first=Adam |date=2022-05-02 |title=How to Prevent the Next Pandemic review: Bill Gates's timely blueprint |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2318203-how-to-prevent-the-next-pandemic-review-bill-gatess-timely-blueprint/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref>

Over a year after ''Friends: The Reunion'', Matthew Perry released ''Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing'' (which had a foreword written by Lisa Kudrow). The book became a New York Times best-seller.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}{{explain|date=September 2023}}

==See also==
* List of decades
* [[History:2020s in political history|2020s in political history]]
* Generation Z (the decade when the majority of the first "Post-Millennial Generation" enters adulthood).
* Generation Alpha

===Timeline===
The following articles contain brief timelines which list the most prominent events of the decade:
{{hlist|[[History:2020|2020]] | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | '''2024''' | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029}}

==References==
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[[Category:Contemporary history|2020s]]

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