2010s

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 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.^{[note 1]} 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.^{[note 2]}

The United States continued to retain its superpower status while China sought to expand its influence in the South China Sea and in Africa through its economic initiatives and military reforms. It solidified its position as an emerging superpower, despite causing a series of conflicts around its frontiers. Within its border, China enhanced its suppression and control of Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet. These developments led the United States to implement a containment policy and initiate a trade war against China. Elsewhere in Asia, the Koreas improved their relations after a prolonged crisis between the two countries, and the War on Terror continued as a part of the U.S.'s continued military involvement in many parts of the world. The rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant extremist organization in 2014 erased the Syria-Iraq border, resulting in a multinational intervention against it. In Africa, South Sudan broke away from Sudan, and mass protests and various coups d'état saw longtime strongmen deposed. In the U.S., celebrity businessman Donald Trump was elected president amid an international wave of populism and neo-nationalism. The European Union experienced a migrant crisis in the middle of the decade and withdrawal of the United Kingdom as a member state following the historic United Kingdom EU membership referendum. Russia attempted to assert itself in international affairs, annexing Crimea in 2014. In the last months of the decade, the first cases of the Coronavirus pandemic of Sars-Cov2 emerged in Wuhan, China, before affecting the rest of the world.

Information technology progressed, with smartphones becoming widespread and increasingly displacing desktop computers for many users. Internet coverage grew from 29% to 54% of the world population, and also saw advancements in wireless networking devices, mobile telephony, and cloud computing. Advancements in data processing and the rollout of 4G broadband allowed data, metadata, and information to be collected and dispersed among domains at paces never before seen while online resources such as social media facilitated phenomena such as the Me Too movement, the rise of slacktivism, and online cancel culture. WikiLeaks gained international attention for publishing classified information on topics related to Guantánamo Bay, Syria, the Afghan and Iraq wars, and United States diplomacy. Edward Snowden blew the whistle on global surveillance, raising awareness on the role governments and private entities play in global surveillance and information privacy. Baidu (4th), Twitter (6th) and Instagram (8th) emerged to become among the top 10 most visited websites, while Wikipedia went from the 9th to the 5th most popular website, almost sextupling its monthly visits. Yahoo significantly declined in popularity, descending from being the 1st to the 9th most popular site, with monthly visits declining by two-thirds. Google, Facebook, YouTube and Yandex maintained relatively consistent popularity and remained within the top 10 throughout the decade.

Global warming became increasingly noticeable through new record temperatures in different occurrences and extreme weather events on all continents. The CO₂ concentration rose from 390 to 410 PPM over the decade. At the same time, combating pollution and climate change continued to be areas of major concern, as protests, initiatives, and legislation garnered substantial media attention. The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, and the global climate youth movement was formed. Major natural disasters included the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Nepal earthquake of 2015, the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, the devastating tropical cyclones Bopha (Pablo), Haiyan (Yolanda), and Maria, as well as the 2019 European heat waves.

During the decade, the world population grew from 6.9 to 7.7 billion people. There were approximately 1.4 billion births during the decade (140 million per year), and about 560 million deaths (56 million per year).^[3]

The decade has been variously termed "the '10s" ("The Tens"), occasionally "The Teens",^{[citation needed]} and (especially in the UK) "the Tenties".^[4][5][6]

The prominent wars of the decade include:

Successful revolutions and otherwise major protests of the decade include, but are not limited to:

Event	Date	Country	Events	Ref.
2010 Kyrgyz Revolution	6 April – 14 December 2010	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fled Bishkek amid fierce anti-government riots as the opposition seized control.	[96]
Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy movement	September 17, 2011 – c. 2013	United States	Hundreds of protesters marched into the financial district of Wall Street in New York City, beginning the Occupy Wall Street movement.	[97]
Rojava revolution	19 July 2012 – present	Rojava	A sub-conflict of the Syrian Civil War.
Gezi Park protests	28 May 2013 – 30 August 2013	Turkey	A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park.
Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity	21 November 2013 – 23 February 2014	Ukraine	Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled the country following violent protests in the capital, Kyiv. The opposition-controlled Verkhovna Rada voted to remove Yanukovych as president.	[98]
Abkhazian Revolution	27 May – 1 June 2014	Abkhazia	In a quick turn of events, the president of the breakway republic, Alexander Ankvab, was ousted from power after the government building was stormed.[99]
2014 Burkina Faso uprising	28 October – 3 November 2014	Burkina Faso	A series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso in October 2014. Demonstrations began in response to controversial attempts to introduce a constitutional amendment that would lift term limits and allow President Blaise Compaoré to run for additional terms as president and extend his years in office. On October 30, Compaoré dissolved the government and fled to Côte d'Ivoire and was succeeded by Yacouba Isaac Zida.
2015–2016 protests in Brazil	15 March 2015 – 31 July 2016	Brazil	In 2015 and 2016, a series of protests in Brazil denounced government corruption and the presidency of Dilma Rousseff, being the largest popular mobilisations in the country since the beginning of the "New Republic".	[100]
Burundian unrest	26 April 2015 – 17 May 2018	Burundi	Burundi faces unrest as President Pierre Nkurunziza seeks a third term in office, resulting in hundreds killed and thousands more fleeing the country.	[101]
2018–2019 Gaza border protests	30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019	Israel Palestine	Protests against the Blockade of the Gaza Strip, with 183 protesters killed.[102]
2018 Armenian Revolution	31 March – 8 May 2018	Armenia	Various political and civil groups led by member of parliament Nikol Pashinyan staged anti-government protests in Armenia. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned on 23 April 2018. Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister on 8 May 2018.	[103][104]
2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests	29 July – 1 September 2018	Bangladesh	Nation-wide protests mainly by students after reckless driving caused deaths of two high school students.	[105][106]
Yellow vests protests	17 November 2018 – present	France	France experiences its worst civil unrest since the protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested. Over 100 cars are burned and numerous tourist sites are closed.	[107]
Sudanese revolution	19 December 2018 – 12 September 2019	Sudan	Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as President of Sudan in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office.	[108]
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests	9 June 2019 – 2020	Hong Kong	Mass protests take place in Hong Kong against an extradition bill that many observed would subject Hong Kong residents and those passing through the city to de facto jurisdiction of Chinese courts. Despite Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announcing the bill to be "dead" after weeks of mass protests, waves of localised demonstrations continued, some resulting in violent clashes between police, pro-democracy activists, local residents, and Triad members.	[109][110]
2019 Ecuadorian protests	3 – 14 October 2019	Ecuador	On 3 October 2019, taxi, bus and truck drivers came out in protest against the planned fuel subsidy abolition and austerity measures announced by President Lenín Moreno. The government seat was relocated from Quito to Guayaquil and a state of emergency was declared following violent protests.	[111]
2019–2022 Chilean protests	7 October 2019 – 21 December 2021	Chile	On 18 October 2019, a period of mass protests and violent unrest began in Chile. The protests were initially in response to a fare hike on the Santiago Metro, but the scope of the protestors' demands has since expanded.	[112]
2019 Bolivian protests	21 October – 21 November 2019	Bolivia	Following a disputed election, protests forced Evo Morales, the president since 2006, to resign and flee to Mexico.[113] The new president, Jeanine Áñez, continued to face opposition from pro-Morales protestors.[114]

The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Islamic world in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in Tunisia.^[115][116] Social media was heralded as the driving force behind the swift spread of revolution throughout the world, as new protests appeared in response to success stories shared from those taking place in other countries. Many governments began recognising the importance of social media for citizens to organise and began shutting down certain websites or blocking Internet service entirely, especially prior to major rallies.^[117] Governments also scrutinised or suppressed discussion in online forums through accusing content creators of unrelated crimes or shutting down communication on specific sites or groups, such as through Facebook.^[118]

Event	Date	Country	Description	Ref.
Tunisian Revolution	18 December 2010 – 14 January 2011	Tunisia	Amidst anti-government protests, Tunisia's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dissolved the government, declared a state of emergency and resigned from office.	[119]
2011 Egyptian revolution	25 January – 11 February 2011	Egypt	On 11 February 2011, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak resigned as president, turning power over to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
2011 Bahraini uprising	14 February – 18 March 2011	Bahrain	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, declared a three-month state of emergency as troops from the Gulf Co-operation Council were sent to quell the civil unrest.	[120]
Libyan civil war	15 February – 13 October 2011	Libya	Facing protests against his 42-year rule, Muammar Gaddafi refused to step down and sent in the military to brutally quell protests.[121][122] As a result, many army units defected to the opposition and protests soon turned into an armed rebellion.[123] With international help, the rebels captured Tripoli,[124] and eventually Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown and last outpost, where he was killed.[125]
Syrian civil war	15 March 2011 – present	Syria	Protests erupted in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, with police and the army sent in to crack down on protesters.[126][127] They later morphed into war after army officers defected to the opposition, forming the Free Syrian Army (FSA).[128] It led to the Kurdish parties called the SDF to secede from Northeastern Syria, forming Rojava. The war also allowed for Islamic extremist groups like Al-Nusra Front and ISIL to temporarily take control of vast amounts of territory.

• On 8 April 2010, the United States and Russia signed a treaty in Prague, Czech Republic agreed to reduce the stockpiles of their nuclear weapons by half. It is meant to replace the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), which was set to expire.^[129] The treaty went into force on 5 February 2011 after it was ratified by both nations.^[130]
• In 2015, Iran and other world powers agreed to trade sanctions relief for explicit constraints on Iran's contentious nuclear program, including allowing the inspections of nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).^[131] On 16 January 2016 the IAEA confirmed that Iran had complied with the agreement (the JCPOA), allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions immediately.^[132][133] However, on 8 May 2018, United States President Donald Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the deal.^[134]
• On 7 July 2017, the United Nations passed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their total elimination.^[135][136] It has been signed by 58 nations.^[137]
• Throughout the decade, North Korea expanded its nuclear capabilities, performing alleged nuclear tests in 2013^[138] and 2016,^[139] which governments responded by placing international sanctions on the country.^[140][141] In response North Korea has threatened the United States, South Korea and Japan with pre-emptive nuclear strikes.^[142] However, in 2018, North Korea suggested that they may disarm their nuclear arsenal after negotiations with the United States.
• On 1 February 2019, The US formally suspended the Russo-American Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF),^[143] and Russia did the same on the following day in response. The US formally withdrew from the treaty on 2 August 2019.^[144]
• The United States initiated a renovation of its nuclear weapon arsenal.

The most prominent terrorist attacks committed against civilian populations during the decade include, but are not limited to:

China was increasingly called a superpower in the early 2010s, including at the 2011 meeting between President Hu Jintao and United States President Barack Obama. By the end of the decade, China overtook the U.S. as the world's largest trading nation and the country filing the most patents, dramatically expanded its military and landed its lunar rover Yutu on the moon, ending a four-decade hiatus of lunar exploration. In 2018, global military spending reached its highest level since 1988, late Cold War levels, largely fuelled by increased defence spending by the United States (4.6% increase to $649 billion) and China (5% increase to $250 billion). Together, their budgets accounted for half of the world's total military spending.^[189] In 2019, the Lowy Institute Asia Power Index, which measures the projections of power across eight indexes in the Indo-Pacific, ranked the United States at #1 with a score of 84.5 and China #2 with a score of 75.9.^[190]

Along with the United States and China, Russia under President Vladimir Putin steadily increased its defence spending and continued to modernise its military throughout the decade. This included the development of the T-14 Armata main battle tank and the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter. Russia also exercised its power projection capabilities in its 2014 annexation of Crimea and interventions in eastern Ukraine and the Syrian Civil War. Russia also waged information warfare campaigns against its geopolitical foes, interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections via hacking and leaking emails of U.S. political party leadership and by spreading disinformation via the Internet Research Agency. Other alleged Russian intelligence operations included the Skripal poisonings and the Montenegrin coup plot, both of which were attributed by some to the GRU's Unit 29155. Collectively, these activities—and the Western-led efforts to combat them—have been referred to as marking the beginning of the Second Cold War.

The European Union went through several crises. The European debt crisis caused severe economic problems to several eurozone member states, most notably Greece. The 2015 migration crisis led to several million people entering the EU illegally in a short period of time. There was a significant rise in the vote shares of several eurosceptic parties, including the League in Italy, Alternative for Germany, and the Finns Party in Finland. As a result of a referendum, the United Kingdom became the first member state in the EU's history to leave the Union.

Socio-political polarisation increased as conservatives and social liberals clashed over the role and size of government and other social, economic and environmental issues in the West. In the United States, polls showed a divided electorate regarding healthcare reform, immigration, gun rights, taxation, job creation, and debt reduction.^[191] In Europe, movements protesting increasing numbers of refugees and migrants from Islamic countries developed, such as the English Defence League and Pegida.^[192][193] The trend of polarisation in the West was partially influenced by the prevalence of identity politics, both left-wing and right-wing, among activist movements.^[194] Beginning around 2011, far-left and progressive concepts such as combating social inequality and economic inequality, often via progressive stack tactics, proliferated in the Western world and elsewhere.^{[195][196][197]} Around the middle of the decade, phenomenon such as white nationalism, identitarianism and emboldened feelings of nativism saw a marked reemergence in the West due to drastically increased migration and corresponding crime and amongst both the right and left general dissatisfaction with Western government and Media responses to certain issues.^[198] There were also increased calls for egalitarianism, including between the sexes,^[199] and some scholars assert that a fourth wave of feminism began around 2012, with a primary focus on intersectionality.^[200][201]

Populism in politics saw a widespread surge throughout the decade, with many politicians and various political movements expressing populist sentiments and utilising populist rhetoric.^[202][203] This included conservative wave phenomenon in Latin America and neo-nationalist fervor in Europe and North America. The 2019 European Parliament election saw the highest voter turnout in two decades and saw relatively moderate centre-right and centre-left parties suffer significant losses to less moderate far-right, environmentalist, and both pro-EU and eurosceptic parties, who made gains.^[204] Examples of 2010s populist movements included the Tea Party movement,^[205] Occupy Wall Street,^[206] Brexit,^[207] Black Lives Matter,^[208] and the alt-right.^[209][210] Examples of populist country leaders were just as extensive, with Donald Trump,^[211] Narendra Modi,^[212] Andrés Manuel López Obrador,^[213] Hugo Chávez,^[214] Matteo Salvini,^[215] Jair Bolsonaro,^[216] Rodrigo Duterte,^[217] Boris Johnson, and Alexis Tsipras left and right-wing, described as such.

Related to the rise of populism and protests movements was the decline of traditional political parties. In Europe, pasokification described the loss of vote share experienced by traditional centre-left or social democratic parties. In France, specifically, Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party won a majority in its first election in 2017.

Centre-left, neoliberal and traditional social democratic parties often lost their vote share to more socialist or democratic socialist alternatives, especially in Europe. This happened most completely in Greece, where PASOK was replaced by Syriza as the main left-wing party. Other far-left parties which rose in prominence included Podemos in Spain and La France Insoumise in France. In the two-party systems of the English-speaking world, these challenges mainly came from within the established parties of the left, with Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party and Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party pushing for more left-wing policies.

The political establishment was also challenged in many countries by protest movements, often organised through new social media platforms. These included the various Arab Spring protests, the Occupy movement, and the yellow vests movement.

Countries which democratised fully or partially during the decade included Angola, which reformed under João Lourenço;^[218] Armenia, which went through a revolution;^[218][219] Ecuador, which reformed under Lenín Moreno;^[218] Ethiopia;^[218][219] and Malaysia, where the ruling party lost the first election since independence.^[218][220]

Long-term dictators ousted from power included Muammar Gaddafi of Libya (after 42 years),^[221] Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe (37 years),^[222] Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen (33 years),^[223] Omar al-Bashir of Sudan (30 years),^[224] Hosni Mubarak of Egypt (29 years),^[225] and Ben Ali of Tunisia (23 years).^[226]

The Arab Winter refers to the resurgence of authoritarianism, absolute monarchies and Islamic extremism^[227] evolving in the aftermath of the Arab Spring protests in Arab countries.^[228] The term "Arab Winter" refers to the events across Arab League countries in the Mid-East and North Africa, including the Syrian Civil War,^[229][230] the Iraqi insurgency and the following civil war,^[231] the Egyptian Crisis,^[232] the Libyan Crisis and the Crisis in Yemen.^[233] Events referred to as the Arab Winter include those in Egypt that led to the removal of Mohamed Morsi and the seizure of power by General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in an anti-Muslim Brotherhood campaign.^[234]

Democratic backsliding also occurred in countries such as Hungary,^[235] Venezuela,^[236] and Turkey.^[237]

In 2018, China's National People's Congress approved a constitutional change that removed term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "leader for life". Xi is the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader).

Sitting world leaders such as Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Kim Jong-il of North Korea, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Lech Kaczyński of Poland, Zillur Rahman of Bangladesh, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan and Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, all died in office, as did former leaders Fidel Castro, Lee Kuan Yew, Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Mugabe, Giulio Andreotti, Francesco Cossiga, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Jacques Chirac, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl, Hussain Mohammad Ershad, Mohamed Morsi, Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Václav Havel, Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, B. J. Habibie, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Alan García, Jorge Rafael Videla, Néstor Kirchner, Fernando de la Rúa, Patricio Aylwin, Itamar Franco, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and George H. W. Bush.

Coups d'état against ruling governments during the decade include:

Event	Date	Country	Ref.
Nigerien coup d'état	18 February 2010	Niger	[238]
Malian coup d'état	21 March 2012	Mali	[239]
Guinea-Bissau coup d'état	12 April 2012	Guinea-Bissau	[240]
Egyptian coup d'état	3 July 2013	Egypt	[241]
Thai coup d'état	22 May 2014	Thailand	[242]
Yemeni coup d'état	21 September 2014	Yemen	[243]
Turkish coup d'état attempt	15 July 2016	Turkey	[244]
Zimbabwean coup d'état	14 November 2017	Zimbabwe	[245]
Gabon coup d'état attempt	7 January 2019	Gabon	[246]
Sudanese coup d'état	11 April 2019	Sudan	[247]
Amhara coup d'état attempt	22 June 2019	Ethiopia	[248]

The following tables of events is listed by the region and by chronological order. The prominent political events include, but are not limited to:

Event	Country	Date	Description	References
2011 South Sudanese independence referendum	South Sudan	9 July 2011	A referendum was held in Southern Sudan on whether the region should remain part of Sudan. An overwhelming majority voted in favour of separation and formed the new country of South Sudan.	[249]
Death of Nelson Mandela	South Africa	5 December 2013	Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, died at the age of 95.	[250]
2014 Tunisian presidential election	Tunisia	21 November 2014	Beji Caid Essebsi won the first regular presidential election following the Tunisian Revolution against outgoing president Moncef Marzouki. He became Tunisia's fifth president and first freely elected head of state in the Arab world.	[251]
2015 Nigerian general election	Nigeria	29 March 2015	Muhammadu Buhari was elected President of Nigeria, the first time the opposition ever won an election against an incumbent and the first ever peaceful transfer of power in the country.	[252]
2016 Gambian presidential election	Gambia	1 December 2016	Adama Barrow was elected President of The Gambia, defeating long-time President Yahya Jammeh and ending more than 22 years of authoritarian rule.	[253]
Resignation of Jacob Zuma	South Africa	14 February 2018	Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa, after nine years in power.	[254]
Resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika	Algeria	2 April 2019	Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.	[108]
Khartoum massacre	Sudan	3 June 2019	Security forces of the Transitional Military Council, the military junta ruling Sudan following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir, massacre over 100 people at a sit-in protest amid mass protests in Khartoum. The massacre prompts the African Union to suspend Sudan's participation until civilian rule is reestablished in the country.	[255][256]
2019 Tunisian presidential election	Tunisia	13 October 2019	Conservative academic Kais Saied wins more than 70% of the votes, defeating businessman Nabil Karoui. He became Tunisia's sixth president and second freely elected head of state in the Arab world.	[257]

Event	Country	Date	Description	References
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act	United States	23 March 2010	President Barack Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, marking a major reform of the U.S. health insurance and health care systems.	[258]
2010 Brazilian presidential election	Brazil	31 October 2010	Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first female President of Brazil.	[259]
2010 Midterm elections and Tea Party movement	United States	2 November 2010	The Republicans become the dominant party with a majority of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and gain seats in the U.S. Senate. This was seen as due to a tide of Libertarian support amongst the U.S. populace exemplified in the Tea Party.	[260]
2011 Canadian federal election	Canada	2 May 2011	Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, is re-elected in Canada's federal election, with a majority government.	[261]
2011 Argentine general election	Argentina	23 October 2011	Front for Victory candidate and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins a second term as President of Argentina, defeating Socialist candidate Hermes Binner by 54% of votes.	[262]
Impeachment of Fernando Lugo	Paraguay	22 June 2012	On 21 June the Chamber of Deputies voted 76 to 1 to impeach Lugo, and the Senate removed him from office the following day, by 39 votes to 4, resulting in Vice President Federico Franco, who had broken with Lugo, becoming president.	[263]
2012 Mexican general election	Mexico	1 July 2012	Enrique Peña Nieto won the Mexican general election, bringing the Institutional Revolutionary Party back to prominence for the first time since 2000.	[264]
2012 United States presidential election	United States	6 November 2012	Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney.	[265]
Death of Hugo Chávez	Venezuela	5 March 2013	Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died at the age of 58 after governing the country for 14 years.	[266]
Obergefell v. Hodges	United States	26 June 2015	Same-sex marriage was legalised in all 50 U.S. states due to a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.	[267]
2015 Canadian federal election	Canada	19 October 2015	The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, won Canada's federal election, defeating the Conservative Party in the country's longest election in a century.	[268]
2015 Argentine general election	Argentina	22 November 2015	Cambiemos candidate and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri became the President of Argentina, defeating Front for Victory candidate Daniel Scioli via ballotage by 51% of votes
2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election	Venezuela	6 December 2015	The Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) won majority seats of the Venezuelan National Assembly, defeating the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and its wider alliance, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) for the first time since 1999.	[269]
Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff	Brazil	12 May 2016	The Brazilian Senate votes to open the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff and suspend her from office while the trial takes place, as the Vice President, Michel Temer, assumes the presidential powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil.	[270]
2016 United States presidential election	United States	8 November 2016	Republican nominee Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. He became the first President without prior diplomatic or military experience.	[271][272]
Death of Fidel Castro	Cuba	25 November 2016	Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died at the age of 90.	[273]
2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis	Venezuela	29 March 2017	The Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela took over legislative powers of the National Assembly and removed its members' immunity, most of whom belonged to the opposition. The decision was reversed a few days later following domestic and international condemnation of the court's actions.	[274]
2017–present Peruvian political crisis	Peru	15 September 2017–present	Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was impeached and later resigned. His successor Martín Vizcarra was removed by congress and appointed Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as interim president, moves that were largely seen as illegitimate.	[275]
Inauguration of Miguel Díaz-Canel	Cuba	19 April 2018	Miguel Díaz-Canel is sworn in as President of the State Council of Cuba, marking the first time since 1959 that Cuba has had a prime minister or a president other than Fidel or Raúl Castro.
2018 Mexican general election	Mexico	1 July 2018	Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the historic Mexican general election, bringing the National Regeneration Movement for new prominence for the first time without any political rule like Institutional Revolutionary Party and National Action Party.
2018 Brazilian general election	Brazil	28 October 2018	Jair Bolsonaro was elected President of Brazil, marking the first time that the country is ruled by the right since the start of the New Republic in 1985. The election also interrupted 4 victories of the Workers' Party in a row.	[276]
Death of George H. W. Bush	United States	30 November 2018	George H. W. Bush, former president of United States from 1989 to 1993 and former vice president, from 1981 to 1989, dies at the age of 94.
Venezuelan presidential crisis	Venezuela	10 January 2019	On 10 January 2019, the opposition-majority National Assembly declared that incumbent Nicolás Maduro's 2018 reelection was invalid and declared its president, Juan Guaidó, to be acting president of the nation. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves."	[citation needed]
2019 Canadian federal election	Canada	21 October 2019	Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party, is re-elected in Canada's federal election, albeit with a minority government.	[277]
2019 Argentine general election	Argentina	27 October 2019	Peronist candidate Alberto Fernández of Frente de Todos is elected President of Argentina, defeating President Mauricio Macri of Juntos por el Cambio by 48% of votes.
2019 Bolivian political crisis	Bolivia	10 November 2019	Bolivian president Evo Morales resigns following 19 days of protests after the disputed 2019 Bolivian general election and following calls for his resignation by the military.	[278]
First Impeachment of Donald Trump	United States	18 December 2019	United States president Donald Trump is impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.	[279]

Event	Country	Date	Description	References
2010 Myanmar general election	Myanmar	7 November 2010	Thein Sein was elected President of Myanmar, the first civilian President of the country since 1962.	[280]
Death of Kim Jong-il	North Korea	17 December 2011	Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il of North Korea died after governing the country for 17 years. His son, Kim Jong-un, succeeded him.	[281]
2012 Japanese general election	Japan	26 December 2012	The Liberal Democratic Party, led by Shinzō Abe, won a landslide victory in Japan's general election.	[282]
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction	North Korea	11 March 2013	The Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un of North Korea broke all peace pacts with South Korea and started a new nuclear weapons plan, inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula.	[283]
2014 Indian general election	India	12 May 2014	The Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Narendra Modi, won a landslide victory in India's general election, the first time a single party gained a majority on its own since 1984.	[284]
2014 Indonesian presidential election	Indonesia	9 July 2014	Joko Widodo won Indonesia's presidential election, becoming the first president not to be from the country's political elite or military.	[285]
Pastoral and state visit by Pope Francis to the Philippines	Philippines	15–19 January 2015	An estimated 6 to 7 million attended the Concluding Eucharistic Celebration in Manila on the Feast Day of Santo Niño de Cebú, ending the 5-day apostolic and state visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines, the largest papal crowd in history.	[286]
Death of King Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	23 January 2015	Abdullah, the King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015, died and was succeeded by King Salman.	[287]
Death of Lee Kuan Yew	Singapore	23 March 2015	Founding Prime Minister of Singapore who ruled from 1959 to 1990, highly regarded as the founding father of the nation, died from pneumonia at the age of 91.	[288]
India–Bangladesh enclaves exchange	India  Bangladesh	6 June 2015	India and Bangladesh officially ratified their 1974 agreement to exchange enclaves along their border.	[289]
2016 Taiwanese general election	Taiwan	16 January 2016	Tsai Ing-wen was elected President of Taiwan, the first woman to hold the position.	[290]
2016 Philippine presidential election	Philippines	9 May 2016	Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines.	[291]
Death of Bhumibol Adulyadej	Thailand	13 October 2016	Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016, died and was succeeded by his son, Vajiralongkorn.	[292]
Impeachment of Park Geun-hye	South Korea	10 March 2017	South Korean President Park Geun-hye is impeached by the Constitutional Court of Korea in a unanimous decision, terminating Park's presidency. South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn assumes power following the ruling.	[293]
2017 South Korean presidential election	South Korea	9 May 2017	Moon Jae-in was elected the 12th President of South Korea, originally scheduled to take place later in the year, the election was moved to early May following the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.	[294]
2018 Malaysian general election	Malaysia	9 May 2018	The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition and leading to the pardon of Anwar Ibrahim.	[295][296]
2018–2019 Korean Peace Process	South Korea  North Korea  United States	February 2018 – October 2019	A series of peace summits between the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in, and the President of the United States Donald Trump. Three inter-Korean summits occurred at the Korean Demilitarized Zone in April 2018, May 2018, and September 2018 between Kim and Moon. Additionally, two meetings between Kim and Trump occurred in Singapore in June 2018 and Hanoi in February 2019. All three leaders met and crossed the DMZ in June 2019.	[297][298]
Abdication of Muhammad V of Kelantan	Malaysia	6 January 2019	Muhammad V of Kelantan abdicates the federal throne as the 15th monarch of Malaysia, making him the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong to do so.	[299]
2019 Kim–Putin meeting	North Korea  Russia	25 April 2019	North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Russky Island after being invited to hold talks.	[300]
Abdication of Akihito	Japan	30 April 2019	Akihito, the Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019, abdicated and was succeeded by his son, Naruhito.	[301]
2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis	Iran  United States	5 May 2019	The Persian Gulf region saw tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran escalate in mid-2019. The crisis saw oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz sabotaged and seized, drone shootdowns, and efforts by the U.S. and United Kingdom to pursue military patrols to protect shipping in the gulf.	[302]

Event	Country	Date	Description	References
Resignation of Silvio Berlusconi	Italy	16 November 2011	The longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, resigned in November 2011, after a sexual allegation scandal, a financial crisis and public protests. The economist Mario Monti was appointed new Prime Minister, at the head of a technocratic cabinet.	[303]
2012 Finnish presidential election	Finland	22 January 2012	Sauli Niinistö was elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 2018.[304][305]
Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	6 February 2012	Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee, which marked the 60th anniversary of her accession.	[306]
2012 French presidential election	France	22 April 2012	François Hollande was elected as the new President of France, becoming the first socialist president of the country in 17 years.	[307]
Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and papal inauguration of Pope Francis	Vatican City	28 February – 19 March 2013	Benedict XVI resigned as pope, the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294. On 13 March, after a papal conclave, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is inaugurated as Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European Pope in over 500 years.	[308][309]
Death of Margaret Thatcher	United Kingdom	8 April 2013	Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, died.	[310]
2013 Italian presidential election	Italy	20 April 2013	Amid growing financial tensions, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected, the first ever Italian president to be re-elected. Napolitano appointed Enrico Letta Prime Minister, at the head of a grand coalition.	[311]
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation	Ukraine	18 March 2014	Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine following an internationally unrecognised referendum on the status of the region.	[312]
2014 Scottish independence referendum	Scotland	18 September 2014	In a referendum called by the governing Scottish National Party, Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom, with 55.3% of votes against independence while 44.7% voted in favour.	[313][314]
Abdication of Juan Carlos I of Spain	Spain	19 June 2014	King Juan Carlos I of Spain abdicated in favour of his son, Felipe VI.	[315]
2015 Irish constitutional referendums	Ireland	23 May 2015	The Republic of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage, becoming the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.	[316]
Adoption of the Paris Agreement	United Nations	12 December 2015	A historic agreement aimed at keeping global warming below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions is adopted by all 195 UNFCCC member states.	[317]
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum	United Kingdom	23 June 2016	In a referendum held in the United Kingdom on whether or not to continue being a member of the European Union, 52% of voters chose to leave it. Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation afterwards, being succeeded by Theresa May.	[318][319]
2016 Austrian presidential election	Austria	4 December 2016	Independent green Alexander Van der Bellen narrowly beat the far-right Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer in a repeat of the 2016 Austrian presidential election after the first election was annulled.	[320]
2017 French presidential election	France	7 May 2017	En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron was elected the President of France, replacing incumbent Hollande and defeating National Front candidate Marine Le Pen in the second round of voting. Macron is the youngest president in the history of the French Fifth Republic.	[321]
Death of Helmut Kohl	Germany	16 June 2017	Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany 1982–1990 and of the reunited Germany 1990–1998), dies at the age of 87.	[322]
2017 Spanish constitutional crisis	Spain	6 September 2017	Political conflict sparks between the Spanish and the Catalan governments over the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. It still went ahead, with 91% of voters supporting independence within Catalonia, with unionists and Spain opposing the vote. On 27 October, Catalonia declares independence from Spain but it is not recognised by any sovereign nation, while Madrid imposes direct rule for 6 months.[323]	[324]
2018 Finnish presidential election	Finland	28 January 2018	Finnish Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. Incumbent Sauli Niinistö won reelection for his second consecutive term in office with 62,6 % of the vote. for a term from 1 March 2018 until 2024.
2018 Italian general election	Italy	4 March 2018	The centre-right alliance, in which the right-wing populist League emerged as the main political force, won a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement became the party with the largest number of votes. After months of negotiations, the two populist parties, M5S and League, formed a government.	[325][326]
2018 Russian presidential election	Russia	18 March 2018	Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent Vladimir Putin won reelection for his second consecutive (fourth overall) term in office with 77% of the vote.	[327]
2019 European Parliament election	European Union	23–26 May 2019	The first European Parliamentary election following the European migrant crisis and the vote for Brexit saw large anti-establishment gains by the Greens-European Free Alliance and by Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties within Identity and Democracy and European Conservatives and Reformists, such as League in Italy, Alternative for Germany, and National Rally in France. Other populist gains were seen in the success of the Brexit Party in the United Kingdom and the Five Star Movement in Italy.	[328]
2019 Conservative Party leadership election	United Kingdom	7 June – 22 July 2019	The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom voted for Boris Johnson to be the party's new leader and prime minister following the resignation of Theresa May on 24 May 2019, the party's first contested leadership election since 2005.	[329]
2019 United Kingdom general election	United Kingdom	12 December 2019	After an extended period of political deadlock over how to proceed with leaving the European Union an early general election took place in the United Kingdom in which the pro-withdrawal Conservative party won a sizeable majority of seats effectively guaranteeing Brexit would take place in January the following year.	[330]

2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018 – 2019

Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include:

Event	Country	Date	Description
2011 Tucson shooting	United States	8 January 2011	United States Federal judge John Roll and 5 others were killed and 13 more were injured in a shooting near Tucson, Arizona. The apparent target, U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, was critically injured in the head.[331]
Killing of Osama bin Laden	Pakistan	2 May 2011	Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the militant Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in a targeted killing in Abbottabad, Pakistan in an operation conducted by a team of United States Navy SEAL commandos.[332]
	Afghanistan	20 September 2011	Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghan politician and teacher who served as president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and again from November to December 2001. He was assassinated in his 71st birthday by a suicide bomber entering his home in Kabul. [333][334]
	Yemen	30 September 2011	Anwar al-Awlaki, a senior talent recruiter, planner and spiritual leader of al-Qaeda, was killed in a targeted killing in the northern al-Jawf province of Yemen, in a drone strike.[335]
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi	Libya	20 October 2011	Muammar Gaddafi, leader of Libya, was shot to death in Sirte.[336]
2012 Montreal shooting	Canada	4 September 2012	Pauline Marois, Premier-designate of Quebec, escaped death during her victory speech after Richard Henry Bain opened fire at the Metropolis in Montreal, killing one person and critically injuring another.[337]
	Pakistan	9 October 2012	Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani women's rights activist, was the survivor of an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban in Pakistan.[338]
Assassination of Mohamad Chatah	Lebanon	27 December 2013	Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and diplomat, was assassinated by a car bomb struck Chatah's convoy[339][340] in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon.[341] The bombing killed a total of eight people, among them Chatah, and injured seventy others.[342]
Assassination of Boris Nemtsov	Russia	27 February 2015	Boris Nemtsov, Russian physicist, statesman and opposition politician, was assassinated on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, Central Moscow, Russia, within sight of the Kremlin.[343]
Murder of Jo Cox	United Kingdom	16 June 2016	Jo Cox, British MP, was shot and stabbed to death by a Neo-Nazi white supremacist[344] in Birstall, England. She was the first British MP assassinated in over a quarter of a century and the first female politician in Britain to be assassinated.[345]
Assassination of Andrei Karlov	Turkey	19 December 2016	Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot to death by an off duty police officer at an art gallery in Ankara.[346]
Assassination of Kim Jong-nam	Malaysia	13 February 2017	Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of the late Kim Jong-il, was assassinated by two women in Malaysia with a VX nerve agent.[347]
Congressional baseball shooting	United States	14 June 2017	Steve Scalise, an American Congressman, is shot and injured during practice ahead of the annual Congressional Baseball Game in Alexandria, Virginia by a man who held grievances against the Republican party. Three others are also injured.[348]
Battle of Sanaa (2017)	Yemen	4 December 2017	Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Yemen, he was killed on his way to Marib while trying to flee into Saudi-controlled territories after a rocket-propelled grenade struck and disabled his vehicle in an ambush and he was subsequently shot in the head by a Houthi sniper, something his party denied.[349]
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal	United Kingdom	4 March 2018	Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent, was poisoned alongside his daughter Yulia in the city of Salisbury with a Novichok agent.[350]
Assassination of Antonio Halili	Philippines	2 July 2018	Antonio Halili, Mayor of Tanauan, Batangas, was assassinated by an unidentified gunman while attending a flag raising ceremony together with around 300 government employees and newly elected barangay officials.[351]
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi	Turkey	2 October 2018	Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian dissident and journalist for The Washington Post, was assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate by the Saudi Government in Istanbul, Turkey in what is widely believed to have been ordered directly by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.[352][353][354]
Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz	Poland	13 January 2019	Paweł Adamowicz, Mayor of the city of Gdańsk, was stabbed during a live charity event in Gdańsk by a former inmate. He died the following day.[355]
Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi	Syria	27 October 2019	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL, was killed during a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria.[356]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409	25 January 2010	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on board.	[357]
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash	10 April 2010	Russia	Polish President Lech Kaczyński and dozens of Polish government and military officials were among 96 people killed when their plane crashed near Smolensk, Russia.	[358]
Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771	12 May 2010	Libya	Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashed on a runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing all but one of the 104 passengers and crew.	[359]
Air India Express Flight 812	22 May 2010	India	Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 people, with eight surviving.	[360]
Airblue Flight 202	28 July 2010	Pakistan	Airblue Flight 202 en route from Karachi to Islamabad crashed in the Margalla Hills near Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard, becoming the deadliest air crash in Pakistan's history.	[361]
Dana Air Flight 992	3 June 2012	Nigeria	Dana Air Flight 992 crashed in the Nigerian city of Lagos, killing all 153 people aboard. 10 people on the ground also perished.	[362]
Asiana Airlines Flight 214	6 July 2013	United States	Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco airport killing 3 and injuring 181 people.	[363]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370	8 March 2014	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The bulk of the plane is still missing, with all 239 people on board presumed dead. The first remains of the aircraft were found on 29 July 2015, after they washed ashore on Réunion Island.	[364][365]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17	17 July 2014	Malaysia	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine and crashed near the Ukrainian-Russian border, killing all 298 people on board, making it the deadliest airliner shoot down in history.	[366]
Air Algérie Flight 5017	24 July 2014	Mali	Air Algérie Flight 5017 crashed in southern Mali, killing all 116 passengers and crew.	[367]
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501	28 December 2014	Indonesia	Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed in the Java sea after an attempt to avoid heavy thunderstorms, leaving all 162 people dead.	[368]
Germanwings Flight 9525	24 March 2015	France	Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 on board.	[369]
2015 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash	30 June 2015	Indonesia	A Lockheed C-130 Hercules operated by the Indonesian Air Force crashed into a crowded residential neighbourhood in Medan shortly after take-off from Soewondo Air Force Base, killing 143 people including 22 on the ground, making it the deadliest crash in Indonesian Air Force peacetime history.	[370]
Metrojet Flight 9268	31 October 2015	Egypt	Metrojet Flight 9268, an Airbus A321 airliner en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board.	[371]
LaMia Flight 2933	29 November 2016	Colombia	A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying 77 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia. Six of the passengers survived. The 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals were suspended, and Atlético Nacional, Chapecoense's to-be opponents, gave them the trophy out of respect.	[372]
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash	25 December 2016	Russia	A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Sochi, Russia, killing all 92 people on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble.	[373]
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704	18 February 2018	Iran	Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Zagros Mountains, en route from Tehran to Yasuj. All 65 passengers and crew members perish.	[374]
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972	18 May 2018	Cuba	Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes shortly after take-off near José Martí International Airport in Havana, killing 112 and leaving only one survivor.	[375]
Lion Air Flight 610	29 October 2018	Indonesia	Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, with 189 passengers on board.	[376]
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302	10 March 2019	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi, crashes shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa killing all 157 people on board.	[377]
Aeroflot Flight 1492	5 May 2019	Russia	Aeroflot Flight 1492 makes a hard landing, causing fire and partial destruction at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.	[378]

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  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
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  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

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
2010 Copiapó mining accident	13 October 2010	Chile	Thirty-three miners near Copiapó, Chile, were trapped 700 metres (2,300 feet) underground in a mining accident in San José Mine, before being rescued after surviving for a record 69 days.	[379]
2013 Savar building collapse	24 April 2013	Bangladesh	An eight-story factory building collapsed in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring over 2,000 more, becoming the deadliest structural failure in history.	[380]
2015 Tianjin explosions	12 August 2015	China	Two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at a container storage station at the Port of Tianjin in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China, killing at least 173.	[381]
Mecca crane collapse	11 September 2015	Saudi Arabia	A crane toppled over at Mecca, killing 111 people, weeks before the official Hajj pilgrimage.	[382]
2015 Mina stampede	24 September 2015	Saudi Arabia	A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 2,236 people, making it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history.	[383]
Bento Rodrigues dam disaster	5 November 2015	Brazil	An iron ore tailings dam in Bento Rodrigues, a subdistrict of Mariana, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure, causing flooding and at least 17 deaths. At least 16 people have been injured. This incident has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil's history.	[384][385][386]
Tham Luang cave rescue	23 June – 10 July 2018	Thailand	Twelve boys and their football coach are rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention.	[387][388]
Ponte Morandi Collapse	14 August 2018	Italy	Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.	[389][390]
Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion	18 January 2019	Mexico	A gasoline pipeline exploded in the town of Tlahuelilpan, in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. The blast killed at least 135 people and injured dozens more. Mexican authorities blamed fuel thieves, who had illegally tapped the pipeline.	[391]
2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion	21 March 2019	China	A major explosion at a chemical plant in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, China, kills at least 64 people and injures more than 600 others. Its powerful impact registered as an artificial earthquake.	[392]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
Comayagua prison fire	14–15 February 2012	Honduras	A fire at the National Penitentiary in Comayagua, Honduras killed 361 people.	[393][394]
2012 Dhaka garment factory fire	24 November 2012	Bangladesh	117 people were confirmed dead in a garment factory fire, and over 200 were injured, making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's history.
Kiss nightclub fire	27 January 2013	Brazil	242 people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil.	[395]
Colectiv nightclub fire	30 October 2015	Romania	64 people were killed in a fire at a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania.
Ghost Ship warehouse fire	2 December 2016	United States	36 were killed in an artists' live-and-work collective in an Oakland, CA accident due to substandard wiring.
Grenfell Tower fire	14 June 2017	United Kingdom	A fire ignited by a faulty refrigerator in a London council estate tower block spread to almost the entirety of the building causing 72 deaths and over 70 injuries.	[396][397]
2018 Kemerovo fire	25 March 2018	Russia	60 people die in a fire at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Russian city of Kemerovo.	[398]
2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire	28 March 2018	Venezuela	At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.	[399]
National Museum of Brazil fire	2 September 2018	Brazil	A fire destroys the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. No one was injured, but 90 percent of the collection was destroyed.	[400][401]
February 2019 Dhaka fire	20 February 2019	Bangladesh	A major fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh kills at least 78 people.	[402]
Notre-Dame fire	15 April 2019	France	A major fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral destroyed most of its roof, and its upper walls were severely damaged; extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling, which largely contained the burning roof as it collapsed. 3 injuries were reported, but there were no confirmed deaths.	[403]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
Costa Concordia disaster	13 January 2012	Italy	The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia hit a reef and partially capsized off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy, killing 32 people.	[404]
Sinking of MV Sewol	16 April 2014	South Korea	South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsized while en route to Jeju, killing 295 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School.	[405]
Sinking of Dongfang zhi Xing	1 June 2015	China	The river cruise ship Dongfang zhi Xing capsized in the Yangtze River after being hit by a waterspout, killing 442 people, making it the deadliest maritime disaster in China's peacetime history.	[406]
Sinking of MV Nyerere	20 September 2018	Tanzania	The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 227 passengers.	[407]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
Deepwater Horizon oil spill	20 April 2010	United States	An explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig, operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, left eleven crewmen dead and resulted in a fire that sank the rig and caused a massive oil spill, becoming the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.	[408][409]
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster	11 March 2011	Japan	A magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sendai caused a tsunami that severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini nuclear power plants. The damage resulted in the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl disaster, contaminating the entire area.	[410][411]
Flint water crisis	25 April 2014	United States	The U.S. city of Flint, Michigan's water source was changed from the treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River, where officials had failed to apply corrosion inhibitors. This decision led to the water being contaminated by lead and eventual nationwide outrage about an alleged coverup.	[412][413]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
2010 Haiti earthquake	12 January 2010	Haiti	A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, causing widespread destruction in Port-au-Prince. Haitian authorities believe that the disaster killed between 200,000 and 250,000 people and over three million more were affected by the quake. The earthquake was the deadliest disaster in the decade.	[414][415]
2010 Chile earthquake	27 February 2010	Chile	An 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in Chile, triggering a tsunami across the Pacific and killing 497. One of the largest earthquakes in recorded history, this rare megathrust earthquake likely shifted Earth's axis and slightly shortened its days.	[416][417][418]
2010 Baja California earthquake	4 April 2010	Mexico	A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Mexicali and Baja, killing three and injuring more than two hundred. US border towns in Imperial Valley, California were affected.	[419]
2010 Yushu earthquake	13 April 2010	China	A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in western China, killing at least 2,200 and injuring more than 12,000.	[420][421]
February 2011 Christchurch earthquake	22 February 2011	New Zealand	A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people.	[422]
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami	11 March 2011	Japan	A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Sendai, Japan. It created a 30 feet (9.1 m) high tsunami, leaving 15,893 dead, 2,565 missing and over 150,000 displaced. It was the largest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years.	[423][424][425]
2011 Van earthquake	23 October 2011	Turkey	A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish city of Van, leaving over 604 dead and thousands more injured.	[426]
April 2015 Nepal earthquake	25 April 2015	Nepal	A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed at least 8,857 people and injured tens of thousands more. It is the worst disaster to hit Nepal in decades.	[427][428][429]
May 2015 Nepal earthquake	12 May 2015	Nepal	A second major earthquake hit Nepal, measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale, killing 218 more people.	[430]
2016 Ecuador earthquake	16 April 2016	Ecuador	A 7.8 earthquake struck near Muisne, Ecuador, killing over 673 people and displacing at least 25,000 more.	[431]
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake	24 August 2016	Italy	A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Central Italy near Norcia, 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Perugia and 45 km (28 mi) north of L'Aquila, in an area near the tripoint of the Umbria, Lazio, and Marche regions. At least 299 people were left dead.	[432]
2017 Central Mexico earthquake	19 September 2017	Mexico	A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Puebla. Coincidentally, it was also the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, which was commemorated with a national seismic alert drill, just two hours before the real earthquake struck, which left 360 dead and over 6,000 injured.	[433]
2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami	28 September 2018	Indonesia	A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 2,256 people and injures more than 540 others.	[434]
2018 Sunda Strait tsunami	22 December 2018	Indonesia	A tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia after a volcanic eruption of Anak Krakatoa killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.	[435]
2019 Peru earthquake	26 May 2019	Peru	An 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Loreto Region, Peru, killing 2 people and injures more than 30 others.	[436]
2019 Albania earthquake	26 November 2019	Albania	A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Albania near the cities of Durrës and Tirana, killing 51 people and injuring over 3,000 others.	[437]

Event	Date	Country	Description	References
Typhoon Megi	18 October 2010	Philippines	Typhoon Megi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Juan, hit the Philippines, killing at least 69 and causing US$709 million in damage.	[438]
Hurricane Irene	22 August 2011	United States Bahamas Turks and Caicos	Hurricane Irene, the first hurricane and major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, caused devastation on various islands in the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States, killing 49 and causing almost $14.2 billion in damages.
Tropical Storm Washi	16 December 2011	Philippines	Tropical Storm Washi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Sendong, caused catastrophic damage on the Philippine island of Mindanao. More than 1,000 died and thousands were injured or missing.	[439]
Hurricane Sandy	25 October 2012	Various	Hurricane Sandy caused immense destruction in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the United States, leaving at least 233 dead. It became the largest Atlantic tropical storm ever.	[440] [441]
Typhoon Bopha	2 December 2012	Philippines	Typhoon Bopha, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Pablo, struck the Philippines, killing at least 650 people and leaving millions more homeless.	[442]
Typhoon Haiyan	7 November 2013	Philippines	Typhoon Haiyan, known as Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, hits the Philippines, killing at least 6,000 people, with a thousand more still missing, making it the deadliest typhoon to ever hit the Philippines.	[443]
Hurricane Joaquin	28 September 2015 – 7 October 2015	United States Cuba Bahamas Bermuda Turks and Caicos Islands	Hurricane Joaquin was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated several districts of the Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda.	[444]
Typhoon Melor	13 December 2015	Philippines	Typhoon Melor, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nona, hits the Philippines, killing 42 and causing $136 million in damages.	[445][446]
Cyclone Winston	20 February 2016	Fiji	Cyclone Winston struck Fiji, killing 44 people and causing $1.4 billion in damages, making it the costliest tropical cyclone in South Pacific history.	[447]
Hurricane Matthew	28 September 2016 – 9 October 2016	United States Cuba Haiti Jamaica Dominican Republic Bahamas	Hurricane Matthew caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadlie