Portal:2020s

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COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, became a a global pandemic in 2020 and shaped the early decade.
The January 6 United States Capitol attack over claims of electoral fraud during the 2020 presidential election; the decade witnessed widespread democratic backsliding as many countries shifted from liberal democracy to authoritarianism.
The July Uprising in Bangladesh was the world's first Gen Z revolution, as young protesters overthrow their governments in opposition to democratic backsliding, political corruption, and authoritarianism.
In 2026, the crewed moon flyby mission Artemis II broke the record for the furthest humans have been from Earth.
Following the October 7 attacks in 2023, Israel has invaded and committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, sparking a crisis in the Middle East.
Russia launched a full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, starting a new phase of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
The 2020s have seen rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), with the widescale introduction of generative AI tools like chatbots.

The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand (and) twenties") is the current decade of the Gregorian and Julian calendars that began on 1 January 2020 and will end on 31 December 2029.

The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath marked the early 2020s, which triggered a global economic recession, sustained rise in global inflation, and supply chain crisis. Governments worldwide issued stay-at-home orders during the early pandemic, leading to a widespread use of teleconferencing, online learning, e-commerce, and food delivery services.

In terms of politics, the 2020s has seen a rise in populist and anti-establishment movements across the world on both the left and right sides of the political spectrum, along with anti-government demonstrations and revolts. The decade saw an escalation of military conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022, the Gaza war and genocide since 2023, the 2025 Twelve-Day War, and the 2026 Iran war. By the middle of the decade, multiple journalists, economists, and political scientists had increasingly begun to refer to China as a superpower due to its enormous influence in the fields of geopolitics, technology, manufacturing, economics and culture.

Technology has continued to evolve in the 2020s. Throughout the decade, generative artificial intelligence-based applications, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, became widespread, allowing users to instantly generate sophisticated texts, images, and media. The growth of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence has led to the cryptocurrency bubble and AI bubble. The United States has led space exploration, including with the James Webb Space Telescope and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in 2021, and the Artemis II crewed lunar flyby in 2026. (Full article...)

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Netflix's logo used since June 2014

Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres. It is available internationally in multiple languages.

Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand global streaming media service, with 325 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2026. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2026, Netflix is the 22nd most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the US, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. (Full article...)

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Image 1Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 2Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 3Apple Vision Pro (2024) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 4A map of countries by total baseline American tariffs (includes tariffs not yet implemented)
- 100% or higher
- 50% – 99%
- 40% – 49%
- 30% – 39%
- 20% – 29%
- 10% – 19%
  United States
(from 2020s)
Image 5Haim and Taylor Swift in industrial-inspired all-black outfits in a 2022 concert. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 6Jack Grealish wearing 5-inch inseams with crew socks during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 72021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8All pink Barbiecore inspired outfit worn by actress Margot Robbie in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 9Quest 2 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 10Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 11Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 12Fernando Villavicencio (from 2020s)
Image 13Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 14Student in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 152021: Natalie Biden wearing a matching cloth COVID-19 mask at the inauguration of Joe Biden, her grandfather (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 16French actor and singer Etienne Daho wearing Americana-inspired black leather blouson and red western shirt in 2023. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17Xbox Series X (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 18K-pop group BTS continued to be one of the most popular bands of the 2020s. (from 2020s in music)
Image 19Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 20Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 21American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 22Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 23Maximalist necklace, unknown designer, produced by Pull&Bear, c.2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 242021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 25Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 26Blackpink's Born Pink became the first album by a girl group in over 20 years to top both the US and UK album charts. (from 2020s in music)
Image 27Indonesian girls wearing face masks in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 28Charlie Kirk (from 2020s)
Image 29PlayStation 5 (2020) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 30 Brightly colored western clothing, early to mid 2020s (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 31Elderly man dressed up in Stockholm in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 32Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 33The mullet/shaggy hairstyle became a popular hairstyle among men. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 34Dominican Republican–Spanish actor Jean Cruz wearing an early 1980s-inspired outfit in 2021 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 35Clothing items used to express beliefs during a Black Lives Matter protest. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 362020–21: Korean men in the 1980s- and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 37Qasem Soleimani (from 2020s)
Image 38Tablets and smartphones (Samsung Galaxy S23 series pictured) would be widely used to play mobile games which now form the largest sector in the gaming industry (from 2020s in video games)
Image 39Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 40Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 41Asus ROG Ally (2023) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 42Donald Trump (from 2020s)
Image 43French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 44A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
Image 45British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 46Lauren Sánchez exhibiting Mar-a-Lago face in 2022 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 47Robert Fico (from 2020s)
Image 48Nintendo Switch OLED (2021) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 49Yevgeny Prigozhin (from 2020s)
Image 50American singer Billie Eilish is among the notable examples of Y2K fashion revival. (from 2020s in fashion)

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Cena at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con

John Felix Anthony Cena (/ˈsiːnə/ SEE-nə; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. He is signed to WWE as a brand ambassador. Cena wrestled for WWE for 24 years, becoming a record-setting 17-time world champion, before transitioning fully into his acting career.

Cena began professional wrestling in 1999 and signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 2001 (renamed WWE in 2002), where he began in its then-developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). After debuting on the main roster on WWE SmackDown! in 2002, he rose to prominence as a brash heel rapper, before becoming the company's franchise player from the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s. He wrestled on a part-time schedule from 2017 until his retirement in 2025. His run as a face from 2003 to 2025 was the longest continuous portrayal of a heroic character in WWE history. (Full article...)

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