Look: People and events that shaped the past decade

For many the 2010s began with hope but ended in a slide to nationalistic populism

Last updated: December 17, 2019 | 12:37

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Facebook, Google, Instagram, Snapchat and other tech companies have transformed how we live our lives

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A Tunisian demonstrator prepares to throw a tear-gas canister during clashes with security forces in Regueb, near Sidi Bouzid in January 2011 -- the uprising in Tunisia signalled the start of the Arab Spring

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The White House transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump (the pair are seen here after Trump's election in November 2016) has been one of the most stark in US history

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US President Donald Trump has eschewed tradition and run the White House his way, taking no prisoners

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During the 2010s, a major migrant crisis erupted in Europe; here, a young migrant mother and her kids watch a Red Cross nurse during the registration outside the main station in Munich, Germany.

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A man evacuates a young bombing casualty after a reported air strike by Syrian forces and their allies in the jihadist-held town of Maaret Al-Noman in Idlib province in May 2019 -- more than 370,000 people have beem killed in the conflict

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Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a "caliphate" in parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014; five years later, he died in a raid led by US special forces

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The synchronised shooting and suicide attacks by Daesh gunmen in Paris on the Bataclan concert hall, national stadium and several cafes killed a total of 130 people sparking a global outrage.

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US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping -- seen here in June 2019 -- started to redefine one of the world's most significant geopolitical relationships in the 2010s

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) and US President Donald Trump south of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea in June 2019 -- their summits have been historic, if not full of concrete results

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Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein is facing sex crimes charges in New York -- his downfall galvanized the #MeToo movement

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Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative party leader Boris Johnson poses after hammering a "Get Brexit Done" sign into the garden of a supporter -- he won a landslide victory in December 2019 elections

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Teen Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, seen here giving a speech at the COP 25 talks in Madrid, was named Time's Person of the Year for 2019

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