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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"; shortened to "the '10s" and also known as "The Tens" or "The Teens") was the decade that began on 1 January 2010, and ended on 31 December 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 Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the Wii U and competed with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One; it also competes with the ninth generation consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

The Switch is a tablet that can either be docked for home console use or used as a portable device, making it a hybrid console. Its wireless Joy-Con controllers function as two halves of a standard controller and alternatively as individual controllers, featuring buttons, directional analog sticks for user input, motion sensing, and tactile feedback. A pair can attach to the sides of the console for handheld-style play, attach to a grip accessory to provide the form of a separated gamepad, or be used unattached. The Switch's system software supports online gaming through internet connectivity, as well as local wireless ad hoc connectivity with other consoles. Switch games and software are available on both physical flash-based ROM cartridges and digital distribution via Nintendo eShop; the system has no region lockout. Two hardware revisions have been released: the handheld-only Switch Lite, released on September 20, 2019; and a higher-end version featuring an OLED screen, released on October 8, 2021. (Full article...)

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Image 1David Guetta (left) performing for BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 2Canadian singer The Weeknd, 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 3In 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 4Casting Crowns (from 2010s in music)
Image 5Fall Out Boy (from 2010s in music)
Image 63D printed model of a human liver (from 2010s)
Image 7Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 8Pitbull 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 9Influencer Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 10Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 11PlayStation 4 (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 12Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 13The 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 14Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina (from 2010s in music)
Image 15In 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 16Pippa Middleton's form-fitting dress caused a sensation at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 17North 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 18Girl wearing steampunk costume, including goggles and pith helmet (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 19Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from 2010s in music)
Image 20German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 21American rapper Tyga in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 22Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 23English-Irish boy band One Direction with preppy-inspired outfits in 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 24A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 25K-Pop singer Psy (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 26Alan Jackson (from 2010s in music)
Image 27Brazilian hipster girl wearing leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 28Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from 2010s)
Image 29Sam Smith, a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from 2010s in music)
Image 30Polish women wearing boho- or hippie-inspired dresses, floral prints and peasant blouses, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 31The war-torn ruins of Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 32Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 33A laptop gaming PC from the 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 34Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (from 2010s)
Image 35Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 36Robyn, the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from 2010s in music)
Image 37Russian farmer family in 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 38The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics (from 2010s in culture)
Image 39A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 40Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 41Women 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 42K-pop star B.I sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 43PlayStation Vita (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 44Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 45Burj Khalifa, tallest building when completed in 2010. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 46Tool'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 47Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 48Brazilian 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 49Scene kid with short hardcore punk-inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 50Barbadian artist Rihanna had the most songs top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 51Adele 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 52Peruvian hats for the American export market (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53In 2017 Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from 2010s in music)
Image 54Norwegian man in slim fitting velvet jacket, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 55Billy Ray Cyrus (from 2010s in music)
Image 56Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 57Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 58Two women wearing flared trousers, jeggings and oversized cardigans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 59German woman wearing hooded fur coat (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 60Tom Brady with the Vince Lombardi Trophy following Super Bowl LI, 6 February 2017 (from 2010s in culture)
Image 61Taylor 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 62Protesters in Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011. (from 2010s)
Image 63Man wearing hypebeast fashion. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 64Jay Chou in 2013 (from 2010s in music)
Image 65A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 66Three girls with multicolored seapunk inspired hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 67From 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 LGBTQ 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 68Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 69Brazilian indie pop group Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 70Vetusta Morla (from 2010s in music)
Image 71Mid 2010s Ugandan fashion (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 72Pope Francis with U.S. President Barack Obama, 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 73Woman wearing popular athleisure trends. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 74Samsung Galaxy Note (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 75Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 76Somali man wearing waistcoat, tuque and polar fleece (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 77Business casual (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 78Ed Sheeran, a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from 2010s in music)
Image 79Geforce RTX 2080 (2018) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 80Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from 2010s in music)
Image 81In 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)
Image 82Psy's song "Gangnam Style" broke the record for the most number of YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 83A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 84Concerns 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 85Andrei Karlov (from 2010s)
Image 86Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 87Wii U (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 88LeBron James, a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from 2010s)
Image 89Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 90Nvidia Shield Portable (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 91Nintendo 3DS (2011) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 92The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 93Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 94iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from 2010s in video games)
Image 95American rapper Playboi Carti (from 2010s in music)
Image 96Kesha performing on the American television program Today in 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 97Rapper Macklemore sporting an undercut. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 98Indian children, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 99Tourist couple wearing casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 100Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 101Steam Controller (2015) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 102President Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 103Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 104Algerian protesters gather during the 2019 "Smile Revolution" (from 2010s)
Image 105Edward Snowden, former NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from 2010s)
Image 106Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 107Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album, Night Visions. (from 2010s in music)
Image 108Women in casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 1092011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from 2010s)
Image 110Natalia Lafourcade (from 2010s in music)
Image 111Sports anchor wearing little black dress and knee-high boots, Mexico, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 112The 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 113Orlando Bloom with Samurai bun, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 114Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by Billboard. (from 2010s in music)
Image 115An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 116Nintendo Switch (from 2010s in video games)
Image 117On 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 118Devastation in Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 119Edwardian-style Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 120Anwar al-Awlaki (from 2010s)
Image 121Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the Libyan Civil War. (from 2010s)
Image 122Actress Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 123Syrian 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 124Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 125American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019. Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 126American man wearing a boater hat in 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 127Man wearing shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 128The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from 2010s)
Image 129Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 130Xbox One (2013) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 13128 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 132J Balvin in 2018 (from 2010s in music)
Image 133American rapper and singer XXXTentacion (from 2010s in music)
Image 134A 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 135Nintendo Switch (2017) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 136Musician Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 137American rapper Kendrick Lamar (from 2010s in music)
Image 138The British boy band One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from 2010s in music)
Image 139BRICS, 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 140Google Stadia controller (2019) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 141Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 142Osama bin Laden (from 2010s)
Image 143A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from 2010s in video games)
Image 144A desktop gaming PC setup from 2010s (from 2010s in video games)
Image 145Indian actress Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 146PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from 2010s in video games)
Image 147Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 148Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 149Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 150Muse (from 2010s in music)
Image 151Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 152American teenager with hi-top fade and distressed acid wash denim vest (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 153Australian rapper Iggy Azalea (from 2010s in music)
Image 154A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 155Grammy Award-winning Skrillex in 2011 (from 2010s in music)
Image 156Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a jacket, black jeans and loafers, 2017 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 157Robe and kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 158TobyMac'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 159Nickelback in May 2006 (from 2010s in music)
Image 160Xi Jinping became China's leader for life in 2018. (from 2010s)
Image 161Geforce GTX 1080 (2016) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 162A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 163Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 164Muammar al-Gaddafi (from 2010s)
Image 165David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 166The Japanese group AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from 2010s in music)
Image 167Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 168P5+1 and Iranian negotiators meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (2013) (from 2010s)
Image 169Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from 2010s in music)
Image 170Lady Gaga was a fashion icon of the era (from 2010s)
Image 171Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from 2010s in culture)
Image 172An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 173Ouya (2012) (from 2010s in video games)
Image 174Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 175Jing Ulrich, a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 176Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from 2010s in video games)
Image 177Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 178Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from 2010s in politics)
Image 179Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, which shut down in light of revelations from the Panama Papers. (from 2010s)
Image 180Country pop music duo Dan + Shay (from 2010s in music)
Image 181A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 182In red: the area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) proto-state in December 2014 (from 2010s)
Image 183Boat shoes associated with the preppy look (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 184Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 185Malala Yousafzai (from 2010s)
Image 186South African model Candice Swanepoel wearing pantywaist top and bodycon skirt, 2010 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 187John Mayer (from 2010s in music)
Image 188For 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 189The 2014 Hong Kong protests (from 2010s)
Image 190Jamal Khashoggi (from 2010s)
Image 191Xperia Play (2011) (from 2010s in video games)

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Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvɐ̃nɐ ʁuˈsɛf(i)]; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. Since March 2023, she has been the Chair of the New Development Bank. She also served in the cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his first presidency—first as Minister of Mines and Energy, from 2003 to 2005, then as Chief of Staff from 2005 to 2010.

Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist in her youth. After the 1964 coup d'état she joined left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured, tortured, and jailed from 1970 to 1972. (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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