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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ["the Tens"], "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens"), was a decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019.

The decade began with an economic recovery from the Great Recession. Inflation and interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade, gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust consumer spending, increased investment in infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in the Arab world—triggered political revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain as well as civil wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as the Arab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple with a debt crisis that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in developed countries.

The decade saw the musical and cultural dominance of dance-pop, electronic dance music, hipster culture and electropop. Globalization and an increased demand for variety and personalisation in the face of music streaming services such as Spotify, SoundCloud and Apple Music created many musical subgenres. As the decade progressed, diversity was also seen with the mainstream success of K-pop, Latin music and trap. Superhero films became box office leaders, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. Cable providers saw a decline in subscribers as cord cutters switched to lower cost online streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Disney+. The video game industry continued to be dominated by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft; while indie games became more popular, with Minecraft becoming the best-selling game of all time. Handheld console gaming revenue was overtaken by mobile gaming revenue in 2011. The best-selling book of this decade was Fifty Shades of Grey. Drake was named the top music artist of the decade in the U.S. by Billboard. (Full article...)

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The heavily damaged National Palace of Haiti after the earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M_w earthquake that struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000 to Haitian government figures from 220,000 to 316,000, although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. Haiti's history of national debt, prejudicial trade policies by other countries, and foreign intervention into national affairs contributed to the existing poverty and poor housing conditions that increased the death toll from the disaster. (Full article...)

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Image 1Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 2Musician Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 3Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 4Nintendo 3DS (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 5Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 6Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and United States President Donald Trump in 2019. Both are emblematic of a wave of neo-nationalist and globalisation-weary conservative populism in the second half of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 7Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (from 2010s)
Image 8In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 9American man wearing a boater hat in 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 10Edwardian-style Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 11Indian actress Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 12Steam Controller (2015) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 13Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 14Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 15BRICS, a supranational economic cooperative comprising five major emerging national economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—grew to represent over 3.1 billion people, or about 41 percent of the world population by 2015. (from 2010s)
Image 16Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 17Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 18Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 19Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 20Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 21A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 22From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a black hole in 2019; Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, marking continuing progress for LGBT rights in developed countries; increasing use of digital media and rise of mobile devices; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016 on a rising tide of populism throughout the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 23Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 24Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 25Nintendo Switch (from 2010s in video games)
Image 26Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 27TobyMac's 2012 album Eye on It became the third Christian album to ever debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200. (from 2010s in music)
Image 28Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 293D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 30Boat shoes associated with the preppy look (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 31Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 32Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 33The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 34Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 35Ouya (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 36Pitbull and Enrique Iglesias recorded a remix version of the album track "Dirty Dancer" was released as the fourth English single and became his ninth Hot Dance Club Play chart topper, tying with Prince and Michael Jackson as the male with the most No. 1 dance singles. (from 2010s in music)
Image 37Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 38Muammar al-Gaddafi (from 2010s)
Image 39David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 402011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 41Kim Jong-nam (from 2010s)
Image 42Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 43Sports anchor wearing little black dress and knee-high boots, Mexico, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 44Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 45Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 46The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 47PlayStation Vita (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 48Xperia Play (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 49A man and a delivery robot waiting at a pedestrian crossing in Redwood City, California, United States. E-commerce spurred advancements in drone delivery and transformed parts of the services and retail sectors (from 2010s)
Image 50A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 51Xbox One (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 52Girl wearing steampunk costume, including goggles and pith helmet (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 54Woman wearing popular athleisure trends. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 55The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 56The PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide as of August 2019^[update]). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 57Brazilian hipster girl wearing leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 58Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 59LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)
Image 60Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 61Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 62Adele during this decade established herself as the best selling British female artist of all time. Her 21 (2011) and 25 (2015) became two of the best selling albums of the 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 63American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019. Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 64The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 65Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 66A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 67Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 68Mid 2010s Ugandan fashion (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 69Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 70German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 71Robe and kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 72Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 73Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 74Polish women wearing boho- or hippie-inspired dresses, floral prints and peasant blouses, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 75Indian children, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 76In the 2010s, British girl group Little Mix was cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s. They are also recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 77Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 78Jay Chou in 2013 (from 2010s in music)
Image 79American rapper Kendrick Lamar (from 2010s in music)
Image 80Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 81Vetusta Morla (from 2010s in music)
Image 82Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 83Women in casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 84Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 85A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 86Google Stadia controller (2019) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 87American teenager with hi-top fade and distressed acid wash denim vest (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 88German woman wearing hooded fur coat (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 89Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 90Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 91Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from 2010s in music)
Image 92Norwegian man in slim fitting velvet jacket, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 93Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 94Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 95In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 96Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 97English-Irish boy band One Direction with preppy-inspired outfits in 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 98Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a jacket, black jeans and loafers, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 99Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 100A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 101Flag map of the world from 2015 (from 2010s)
Image 102The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 103Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 104Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 105Man wearing shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 106Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 107American rapper and singer XXXTentacion (from 2010s in music)
Image 108Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 109An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 110Influencer Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 111Taylor Swift was one of the most successful country artists of the 2010s. Her albums Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) topped charts and opened with more than a million copies sold in their first weeks. (from 2010s in music)
Image 112Business casual (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 113Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 114Nintendo Switch (2017) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 115Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from 2010s in video games)
Image 116Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in Greece. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a huge migration from Africa and Middle East (from 2010s)
Image 117PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 118P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 119K-pop star B.I sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 120Two women wearing flared trousers, jeggings and oversized cardigans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 121PlayStation 4 (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 122Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 123Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 124Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in history)
Image 125In 2013, China launched the ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 12628 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 127Concerns over economic inequality, greed and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from 2010s)
Image 128Orlando Bloom with Samurai bun, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 129Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 130Andrei Karlov (from 2010s)
Image 131A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 132Rihanna was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 133Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 134Tourist couple wearing casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 135Actress Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 136Wii U (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 137Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 138An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 139Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 140Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 141Anwar al-Awlaki (from 2010s)
Image 142Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 143North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump meet during the first North Korea–United States summit in Singapore, June 2018 (from 2010s)
Image 144Scene kid with short hardcore punk-inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 145Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 146A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 147K-Pop singer Psy (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 148David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 149A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 150Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 151South African model Candice Swanepoel wearing pantywaist top and bodycon skirt, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 152Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 153For over 15 months it was unclear what exactly happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 until at the end of July 2015 a few remnants of the plane swept to the shores of the island of Réunion (from 2010s)
Image 154American rapper Playboi Carti (from 2010s in music)
Image 155Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 156Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 157Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 158The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 159Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter Alex Grey as a backdrop. (from 2010s in music)
Image 160Somali man wearing waistcoat, tuque and polar fleece (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 161Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 162J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 163Nvidia Shield Portable (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 164Jing Ulrich, a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 165Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 166The Arab Spring saw mass unrest in the Arab world early in the decade:
  Government overthrown multiple times
  Government overthrown
  Civil war
  Protests and governmental changes
  Major protests
  Minor protests   Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world (from 2010s)
Image 167Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 168Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 169American rapper Tyga in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 170Brazilian indie pop group Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 171Samsung Galaxy Note (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 172Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 173On 10 April 2010 a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed in Russia with the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other passengers including many senior officials (from 2010s)
Image 174Women to drive movement: Women's rights in Saudi Arabia made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 175iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from 2010s in video games)
Image 176Pippa Middleton's form-fitting dress caused a sensation at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 177Peruvian hats for the American export market (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 178Man wearing hypebeast fashion. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 179Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 180Three girls with multicolored seapunk inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 181Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 182Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 183John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 184Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 185Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 186President Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 187Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 188Russian farmer family in 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 189In 2014 the One World Trade Center opened its doors in the Financial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same year Osama bin Laden was killed), the 9/11 Memorial was opened. (from 2010s)

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Official portrait, 2019

Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019. He served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election.

Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, he spent over two years in France as a Mormon missionary. He married Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons. Active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) throughout his adult life, Romney served as bishop of his ward and later as a stake president for an area covering Boston and many of its suburbs. By 1971, he had participated in the political campaigns of both his parents. In 1971, Romney graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Brigham Young University (BYU) and in 1975 he received a JD–MBA degree from Harvard. He became a management consultant and in 1977 joined Bain & Company in Boston. As Bain's chief executive officer (CEO), he helped lead the company out of a financial crisis. In 1984, he co-founded and led the spin-off company Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm that became one of the largest of its kind in the nation. (Full article...)

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... that the board game Glory to Rome, despite being well-received, led to its publisher's bankruptcy in the mid-2010s and has been out of print since?
... that the Taylor Swift masters controversy was described by Rolling Stone as one of the "most important moments" in music of the 2010s?
... that Manoj Kumar and Raj Kumar had to win cases at the Delhi High Court to be awarded the Arjuna Award sporting honour in the 2010s?
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone?
... that Paul English, co-founder of Kayak, offered to pay for the vaccination of 100,000 people during the cholera outbreak following the 2010 Haiti earthquake if other funding could not be secured?

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