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COVID-19, a disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, became 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 by the militant group Hamas, Israel has invaded the Gaza Strip, during the invasion, the Israeli military has committed many war crimes and a genocide which has sparked protests worldwide, the war has spilled over throughout 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, notably ChatGPT.

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 spring. 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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Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, also known as the UAP Report and colloquially named the Pentagon UFO Report, is a United States federally mandated assessment, prepared and published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 25, 2021, summarizing information regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) which include unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Substantial public attention had been given to the mandated June 25 report, fueled by statements by former high level officials in the U.S. government, including former president Barack Obama, who stated in June 2021 "...there's footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don't know exactly what they are."

The report was supposed to give "detailed analysis of unidentified aerial phenomena data and intelligence" that had been compiled by the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) and the FBI. The report identified national security and pilot safety concerns related with UAPs. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that he had asked the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines for additional information in advance of the report's release, terming his request a "pre-briefing." Rubio stated, regarding the nature of the unknown objects, "There's stuff flying in our airspace and we don't know who it is and it's not ours. So we should know who it is, especially if it's an adversary that's made a technological leap." (Full article...)

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The following are images from various 2020s-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 12021: Black American woman with a kidcore-inspired outfit and brightly dyed hair in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 2Israeli air force jets flying over Iran during the Twelve Day War (from 2020s)
Image 3Indian actress Ananya Panday wearing long green sequin dress, 2024 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 4Yahya Sinwar (from 2020s)
Image 5Taliban fighters abroad a captured Humvee during the Fall of Kabul (2021) (from 2020s)
Image 6American playwright and musician Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the original songs for the soundtrack of Encanto, a viral phenomenon. (from 2020s in music)
Image 72020–21: Korean men in the 1980s- and 2000s-inspired outfits fashionable in the early 2020s. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 8Clothes for sale in 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 9Two women with Jirai Kei outfit, 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 10British rapper Stormzy wearing all-black outfit in 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 11Shinzo Abe (from 2020s)
Image 12A 2020s laptop gaming PC manufactured by MSI (from 2020s in video games)
Image 13Kyaikmaraw township bombed by the SAC during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) (from 2020s)
Image 14NBA player Jalen Green wearing 5-inch inseams, crew socks, and visible boxer briefs—a common early 2020s style choice. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 15The broccoli haircut features short sides and a curly top from David Corenswet as Clark Kent during Superman. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 162020: Blush pink dress designed by Shey Natividad for DC Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 17Rising smoke in Beirut following the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike which assassinated Hassan Nasrallah during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict (from 2020s)
Image 182021: Nikki Phillips in Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 19Teen girl wearing early 2020s fashion trends. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 20The world map of CSTO and NATO member states with disputed regions in 2020s: NATO allies (blue), disputed regions (Yellow) and CSTO allies (red) (from 2020s)
Image 21Steam Deck (2022) (from 2020s in video games)
Image 22Stand-up comedian Kurtis Conner wearing early 2020s mullet hairstyle and mustache. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 23 Taiwanese teen girl in Hanfu, 2024. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 24A man passing by a destroyed T-72 during the Tigray war (from 2020s)
Image 25Kyaikmaraw township bombed by the SAC during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) (from 2020s)
Image 26The world map of CSTO and NATO member states with disputed regions in 2020s: NATO allies (blue), disputed regions (Yellow) and CSTO allies (red) (from 2020s)
Image 27Idriss Déby (from 2020s)
Image 28Ayman al-Zawahiri (from 2020s)
Image 29Fernando Villavicencio (from 2020s)
Image 30Kacey Musgraves performing at the Pilgrimage Music Festival (from 2020s in music)
Image 31Ismail Haniyeh (from 2020s)
Image 322021: Italian band Måneskin in androgynous outfits. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 33French woman attending 2022 Fashion Week. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 34Ali Khamenei (from 2020s)
Image 35View of the Battle of Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (from 2020s)
Image 36Countries with at least one election date altered (from 2020s in politics)
Image 37Ali Khamenei (from 2020s)
Image 38Singer Jack White wearing striped Madcap England blazer, 2021. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 39Goblincore sweater (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 40Yevgeny Prigozhin (from 2020s)
Image 41Yevgeny Prigozhin (from 2020s)
Image 42Destruction in Rimal following an Israeli airstrike during the Gaza war (from 2020s)
Image 43Batken Region in Kyrgyzstan. (from 2020s in politics)
Image 44Androgynous outfit worn by alternative singer Yungblud in 2023 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 45Cardigan and flannel coats worn by Taylor Swift, representative of the cottagecore subtrend. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 461960s-inspired outfit from 2021 featuring knee high boots, pop-art-inspired top, miniskirt, and cardigan with checkerboard motif. (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 47Karol G (from 2020s in music)
Image 48Robert Fico (from 2020s)
Image 49Lauren Sánchez exhibiting Mar-a-Lago face in 2022 (from 2020s in fashion)
Image 50Maximalist outfits worn by indie girl group Wet Leg, 2022. (from 2020s in fashion)

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Jung Kook in February 2026

Jeon Jung-kook (Korean: 전정국; born September 1, 1997), known professionally as Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of South Korean boy band BTS. He has performed three solo songs as part of BTS' discography—"Begin" in 2016, "Euphoria" in 2018, and "My Time" in 2020—all of which charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. He also recorded the soundtrack song "Stay Alive" for the BTS-based webtoon 7Fates: Chakho.

In 2022, Jung Kook featured on American singer Charlie Puth's single "Left and Right", which peaked at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Later that year, he became the first South Korean artist to release an official song for the FIFA World Cup soundtrack with "Dreamers", which he subsequently performed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. In 2023, Jung Kook released his debut solo single "Seven" featuring Latto, which broke numerous chart and streaming records. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Global 200, and the Global Excl. U.S. charts, making him the first Korean solo artist to do so, and eventually became the fastest song in history to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. His follow-up single "3D", featuring Jack Harlow, debuted at number five on both the Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, making Jung Kook the first South Korean solo artist to achieve two consecutive top-five entries on the latter. (Full article...)

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