2010s

File:2010s collage v22.png|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; The Islamic State perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement; the Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a black hole in 2019; Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, marking continuing progress for LGBTQ rights in developed countries; increasing use of digital media and rise of mobile devices; the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in 2016 on a rising tide of populism throughout the decade.|335x335px|thumb rect 0 200 400 400 Arab Spring rect 400 0 800 400 Russian Annexation of Crimea rect 800 0 1200 400 War against the Islamic State rect 0 400 600 800 Brexit rect 600 400 1200 800 Paris Agreement rect 0 800 400 1200 iPhone rect 400 800 800 1200 Obergefell v. Hodges rect 800 800 1200 1200 Event Horizon Telescope

The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"; shortened to "'''the '10s" and also known as "the Tens" or simply "the Tweens'") was the decade that began on 1 January 2010 and ended on 31 December 2019.