From 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.
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 late 2000s financial crisis . 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.[which? ] 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... )
The Wii U (; WEE YOO ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii . Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft 's Xbox One and Sony 's PlayStation 4 .
The Wii U is the first
Nintendo console to support
HD graphics . The system's primary
controller is the
Wii U GamePad , which features an embedded
touchscreen , a
D-pad , analog sticks, and action buttons. The screen can be used either as a supplement to the main display or in supported games to
play the game directly on the GamePad . The
Wii U Pro Controller can be used in its place as a more traditional alternative. The Wii U is
backward compatible with Wii software and accessories. Games can support any combination of the GamePad,
Wii Remote ,
Nunchuk ,
Balance Board , or Nintendo's
Classic Controller or Wii U Pro Controller. Online functionality centers around the
Nintendo Network platform and
Miiverse , an integrated
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The following are images from various 2010s-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 2 In red: the area controlled by the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
proto-state in December 2014 (from
2010s )
Image 3 Two women wearing
flared trousers ,
jeggings and oversized
cardigans (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 4 Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 5 Flag map of the world from 2015 (from
2010s )
Image 6 Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in
Charlotte, North Carolina (from
2010s in music )
Image 8 Rapper
Macklemore sporting an
undercut . (from
2010s in culture )
Image 9 French Rafale fighter jets
operating over
Mali in 2013 during the
Northern Mali Conflict (from
2010s )
Image 10 Xi Jinping became China's
leader for life in 2018. (from
2010s )
Image 11 South African model
Candice Swanepoel wearing
pantywaist top and
bodycon skirt, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 12 Tool '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 13 Boat shoes associated with the
preppy look (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 14 On 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 16 28 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from
2010s )
Image 17 J Balvin in 2018 (from
2010s in music )
Image 18 Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a
jacket , black
jeans and
loafers , 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 19 A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 20 Women in
casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 21 Indian children, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 23 American rapper and singer
XXXTentacion (from
2010s in music )
Image 24 A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 25 Kesha performing on the American television program
Today in 2012 (from
2010s in music )
Image 26 PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from
2010s in video games )
Image 27 Somali man wearing waistcoat,
tuque and
polar fleece (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 29 From 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 30 Adele 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 31 Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 33 David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 34 The
PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide ). (from
2010s in culture )
Image 36 Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from
2010s in music )
Image 37 Jing Ulrich , a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 38 Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 39 Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from
2010s )
Image 41 Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by
Billboard . (from
2010s in music )
Image 42 American teenager with
hi-top fade and distressed
acid wash denim vest (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 44 The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from
2010s )
Image 45 A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 46 Peshmerga T-55 tank outside
Kirkuk on 19 June 2014.
Iraqi Kurdistan played a significant role in combatting
ISIL during the
Iraqi Civil War (from
2010s )
Image 47 Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from
2010s in video games )
Image 48 2011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from
2010s )
Image 50 Edward Snowden , former
NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from
2010s )
Image 51 Peruvian hats for the American export market (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 52 A 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 53 In 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 54 Man wearing
shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 55 BRICS , 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 56 K-pop star
B.I sporting an
undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 57 Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 59 Robe and
kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in
Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 60 A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 62 American rapper
Playboi Carti (from
2010s in music )
Image 63 Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 64 American rapper
Tyga in 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 65 Barbadian artist
Rihanna had the most songs top the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from
2010s in culture )
Image 66 North 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 67 iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from
2010s in video games )
Image 69 Territorial changes of the
Syrian Civil War , October 2011 – March 2019. (from
2010s )
Image 70 Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from
2010s in music )
Image 71 Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 72 An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 73 Three girls with multicolored
seapunk inspired hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 74 Concerns over
social and
economic inequality , greed, corruption and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the
Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from
2010s )
Image 76 The Japanese group
AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from
2010s in music )
Image 77 LeBron James , a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from
2010s )
Image 79 Women 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 80 Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from
2010s in music )
Image 81 American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019.
Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 83 Taylor 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 84 American rapper
Kendrick Lamar (from
2010s in music )
Image 85 Rihanna was a fashion icon of the era (from
2010s )
Image 86 Jay Chou in 2013 (from
2010s in music )
Image 88 Edwardian -style
Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 89 Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 90 Brazilian hipster girl wearing
leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 91 K-Pop singer Psy (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 92 Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 94 The
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 95 Sam Smith , a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from
2010s in music )
Image 96 Burj Khalifa , tallest building when completed in 2010. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 97 Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 98 In 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 101 Syrian 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 102 Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 103 Devastation in
Mosul 's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from
2010s )
Image 105 President
Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 106 Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015
fashion show (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 107 Mid 2010s
Ugandan fashion (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 108 Scene kid with short
hardcore punk -inspired hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 109 English-Irish boy band
One Direction with
preppy -inspired outfits in 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 110 An example of Smart Casual Dress (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 111 Nintendo Switch (from
2010s in video games )
Image 112 A poster used during the
Occupy Wall Street movements with the phrase "We are the 99%". The movement was against the economic inequality and the influence of money in politics. US President
Barack Obama claimed the movement would help "Americans express their frustrations", while Vice President Joe Biden remarked: "The middle class has been screwed." (from
2010s )
Image 113 German fashion designer
Karl Lagerfeld , 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 115 A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 116 Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 117 TobyMac '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 119 Girl wearing
steampunk costume, including
goggles and
pith helmet (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 120 Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 121 Actress
Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 122 The British boy band
One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from
2010s in music )
Image 123 The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 124 Polish women wearing
boho - or
hippie -inspired dresses, floral prints and
peasant blouses , 2014 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 125 Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from
2010s in music )
Image 126 Country pop music duo
Dan + Shay (from
2010s in music )
Image 127 Sports anchor wearing
little black dress and
knee-high boots , Mexico, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 129 Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the
Libyan Civil War . (from
2010s )
Image 130 Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 131 Psy 's song "
Gangnam Style " broke the record for the most number of
YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 132 Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 133 Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 924.00 million units. (from
2010s in video games )
Image 134 Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 135 3D printed model of a human liver (from
2010s )
Image 136 Canadian singer
The Weeknd , 2018 (from
2010s in music )
Image 137 Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 138 Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 139 Robyn , the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from
2010s in music )
Image 140 Business casual (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 141 Algerian protesters gather during the 2019
"Smile Revolution" (from
2010s )
Image 143 Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 144 Ed Sheeran , a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from
2010s in music )
Image 145 Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 147 Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from
2010s in music )
Image 148 Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 149 Norwegian man in slim fitting
velvet jacket, 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 150 Influencer
Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 151 Nickelback in May 2006 (from
2010s in music )
Image 152 A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from
2010s in video games )
Image 153 Indian actress
Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 155 German woman wearing hooded
fur coat (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 156 In 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 158 Australian rapper
Iggy Azalea (from
2010s in music )
Image 159 In 2017
Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist
Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from
2010s in music )
Image 160 Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 161 Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from
2010s in video games )
Image 162 Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 163 Google Stadia controller (2019) (from
2010s in video games )
Image 165 Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album,
Night Visions . (from
2010s in music )
Image 168 Russian farmer family in 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 169 A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 171 Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from
2010s in political history )
Image 172 David Guetta (left) performing for
BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from
2010s in music )
Image 173 The
war-torn ruins of
Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from
2010s )
Image 176 Musician
Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 177 American man wearing a
boater hat in 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 178 Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band
5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 179 Pitbull 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 181 Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from
2010s in music )
Image 182 Woman wearing popular
athleisure trends. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 183 For 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 184 Jürgen Mossack , co-founder of
Mossack Fonseca , which shut down in light of revelations from the
Panama Papers . (from
2010s )
Image 185 A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 186 Brazilian
indie pop group
Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 187 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and
United States President Donald Trump in 2019. Both leaders are emblematic of a wave of
neo-nationalist and
globalisation -weary
conservative populism in the second half of the decade. (from
2010s )
Image 188 Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 189 Tourist couple wearing
casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 190 Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 191 Islamic dress incorporating Western influences, fashionable from 2011 to 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (née Rodham ; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the U.S. to president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party , she was the party's nominee in the 2016 U.S. presidential election , becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party and the first woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president.
Raised in
Park Ridge, Illinois , Rodham graduated from
Wellesley College in 1969 and from
Yale Law School in 1973. After serving as a congressional legal counsel, she moved to
Arkansas and, in 1975, married Bill Clinton, whom she had met at Yale. In 1977, Clinton co-founded
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families . She was appointed the first female chair of the
Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first woman partner at Little Rock's
Rose Law Firm the following year.
The National Law Journal twice listed her as one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America. Clinton was the
first lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. As the first lady of the U.S., Clinton advocated for healthcare reform. In 1994,
her health care plan failed to gain approval from Congress. In 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a leading role in advocating the creation of the
State Children's Health Insurance Program , the
Adoption and Safe Families Act , and the
Foster Care Independence Act . She also
advocated for gender equality at the
1995 World Conference on Women . In 1998, Clinton's marital relationship came under public scrutiny during the
Lewinsky scandal , which led her to issue a statement that reaffirmed her commitment to the marriage. (
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