2020s
Several anti-government demonstrations and revolts occurred in the late 2010s and early 2020s, including a continuation of those in Hong Kong against extradition legislation; protests against certain local, state and national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; others around the world, particularly in the United States, against racism and police brutality; one in India against agriculture and farming acts; one in Israel against judicial reforms; another in Indonesia against the omnibus law on jobs; ongoing protests and strikes in France against pension reform; an ongoing political crisis in Peru, Bangladesh, Armenia, and Thailand; and many in Belarus, Eswatini, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela against various forms of governmental jurisdiction, corruption and authoritarianism; along with citizen riots in Japan, the United States, and Brazil in an attempt to overturn election results.The Russian invasion of Ukraine became the largest conventional military offensive in Europe since World War II, and resulting in a refugee crisis, disruptions to global trade, and an exacerbation of economic inflation.The prominent wars of the decade include: On October 7th, 2023, Hamas and other Gazan militiant groups conducted an armed attack on Israel, killing 797 civillians and taking 251 hostages back into Gaza.The most prominent terrorist attacks committed against civilian populations during the decade include, but are not limited to: Having suffered decline in the years after the Great Recession, the centre-left politics and the 1990s political model (like progressivism, liberalism, social democracy, and third way policies) experienced a resurgence across Europe and the 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.Former world leaders who died: In 2020: Hosni Mubarak,[138] Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,[139] 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, F. W. de Klerk, James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Norodom Ranariddh, Kinza Clodumar, Karolos Papoulias, Yevhen Marchuk and Yukhym Zvyahilsky.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, Mikhail Gorbachev, Balakh Sher Mazari, Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Jiang Zemin, Adolfas Šleževičius, Edgar Savisaar and Pope Benedict XVI.In 2024: Basdeo Panday, Dries van Agt, John Bruton, Sebastián Piñera, Edward Lowassa, Anfinn Kallsberg, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Brian Mulroney, Agbéyomé Kodjo, Mahammed Dionne, Josip Manolić, Gediminas Kirkilas, Ro Jai-bong, Kwassi Klutse, Brigitte Bierlein, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, Stojan Andov, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Javier Valle Riestra, Jógvan Sundstein, Ismail Haniyeh, Zaid Rifai, Salim Al-Huss, Alberto Fujimori, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Sir Daniel Williams, A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Alex Salmond, Gerasim Khugayev, Hama Amadou, Alphonse Poaty-Souchlaty, Vadim Brovtsev, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Serge Vohor, Phelekezela Mphoko, Don Martina, Dési Bouterse, Manmohan Singh, Jimmy Carter, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar and Arnold Rüütel.In 2025: Costas Simitis, Henny Eman, Walter Martos, Rosny Smarth, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Mauricio Funes, Julius Chan, Carlos Ferrero and Horst Köhler.Hypotheses for why this was the case included that poorer families were more likely to live in crowded housing and work in jobs deemed essential during the crisis, such as supermarkets and elder care.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.[399] 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), Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova (North Macedonia) and 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), Judith Suminwa (DRC), and Chairwoman Borjana Krišto (Bosnia and Herzegovina).Nintendo and Mattel made their own big-budget theatrical releases, resulting in the massive successes of The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Barbie (which includes the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon).Critically successful films nominated for awards include Nomadland, CODA, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Hundreds of Beavers, Licorice Pizza, The Fabelmans, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Elvis, Belfast, The Power of the Dog, Poor Things, Anora, The Substance, RRR, The Brutalist, Oppenheimer, and Anatomy of a Fall.Critically successful animated films include Wolfwalkers, Migration, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Transformers One, The Sea Beast, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Turning Red, Nimona, Soul, Robot Dreams, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Encanto, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Flow, Flee, Once Upon a Studio, Chicken for Linda!, The Mitchells vs.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, West Side Story, Mean Girls, He's All That, A Christmas Story Christmas, Scream, The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, All Quiet on the Western Front, Nosferatu, Wicked, Good Burger 2, Wonka, Matilda the Musical, Mufasa: The Lion King, Snow White, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Coming 2 America, The Color Purple, Superman, How to Train Your Dragon, 28 Years Later, Dune, Gladiator II, and Moana.[citation needed] Japanese anime continued to rise in global popularity and appeal during the decade due its wide distribution on movie theaters and streaming services,[460] with works such as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Blue Lock, BanG Dream!, Baki, Kengan Ashura, Komi Can't Communicate, Dr. Stone, The Quintessential Quintuplets, Re:Zero, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Golden Kamuy, My Deer Friend Nokotan, The Dangers in My Heart, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Call of the Night, Kingdom, Mushoku Tensei, Mashle, Shy, Spy x Family, Oshi no Ko, The Eminence in Shadow, Frieren, TenSura, Tower of God, Kaiju No.8, Dandadan, Lycoris Recoil, Blue Archive, Mission: Yozakura Family, Sakamoto Days, Solo Leveling, Shangri-La Frontier, Tokyo Revengers, Ranking of Kings, Overlord, Bocchi the Rock!, Vinland Saga, My Dress Up Darling, Uma Musume Pretty Derby, The Apothecary Diaries, Pluto, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, KonoSuba, Delicious in Dungeon, Attack on Titan, and One Piece reaching large international audiences.[462] A variety of shows on streaming services such as Squid Game, Never Have I Ever, Tulsa King, Ted Lasso, The Boys, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Only Murders in the Building, Wednesday, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Euphoria, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, The Witcher, Hacks, The Diplomat, Yellowstone, The Last of Us, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Tiger King gained popularity.Other TV remakes, reboots and returns from older series include: Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Father, House of the Dragon, iCarly, The Baby-Sitters Club, and The Wonder Years.[464][465] Pop, hip-hop, C-pop, J-pop, K-pop, R&B, nu-disco,[466] and synth-pop[467] all dominated the early part of the decade, with the most popular artists being Ariana Grande, Cai Xukun, Lizzo, Lil Ghost, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Dua Lipa, Ice Spice, Jack Harlow, the Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, J.Sheon, Chappell Roan, Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Bad Bunny, Adele, Morgan Wallen, Beyoncé, the Kid Laroi, and more.[470] Nonetheless, widely successful multiplayer games includes Call of Duty: Warzone, Fall Guys, Fate/Grand Order, Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, It Takes Two, Minecraft, Roblox, Dead by Daylight, Overwatch 2, League of Legends, and Valorant.The Nintendo Switch's sales remained strong in the 2020s due in part to games such as Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Bowser's Fury, Metroid Dread, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Nintendo Switch Sports, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Splatoon 3, Bayonetta 3, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Princess Peach: Showtime!.The Nintendo Switch's best-selling game Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has received additional tracks with the "Booster Course Pass", releasing across 2022 and 2023, while Super Smash Bros.Indie video games that gained popularity during the decade include, Death Come True, World's End Club, Touhou Project, Mouthwashing, Stray, Kero Blaster, Omori, Tunic, Balatro, Buckshot Roulette, Binding of Isaac: Repentance and Repentance+, Before Your Eyes, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Wildermyth, Helltaker, Hades, Dave the Diver, Dredge, Doki Doki Literature Club, Celeste, Alien Hominid Returns, Oxenfree, The Coffin of Andy and Leyley, Inscryption, Pizza Tower, Manor Lords, MiSide, Skul: The Hero Slayer, Untitled Goose Game, Satisfactory, Among Us, Animal Well, Outer Wilds, Ultrakill, Unpacking, Vampire Survivors, Valheim, Mullet MadJack, Spelunky 2, UFO 50, and Phasmophobia.Due to the unfinished building's resemblance to a 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.[482] Before the pandemic occurred, food shopping activity accounted for 9% of the market, now 63 percent of consumers worldwide have purchased more groceries online after the outbreak than they did before they were socially isolated.Recent releases on this decade include How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by 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.
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