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The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull was a small volcano eruption that halted air traffic in Europe for almost one week.
The Deepwater Horizon shortly after the explosion on 20 April 2010.
The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused much of the ground to liquify.
Hurricane Sandy, photographed from the International Space Station on 29 October 2012.
A Libyan flag is flown above a Bayda communications tower during the Libyan Civil War.
Credit: NASA
An image of the Juno spacecraft. The spacecraft was sent to study Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and the magnetosphere of Jupiter.
Credit: Logan Abassi
The National Palace in Port-au-Prince in Haiti after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
9M-MRO, the aircraft used for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, departs from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on December 26, 2011, a little over 2 years until its disappearance on March 8, 2014.
United States rapper Nicki Minaj in 2011.
Oklahoma lake that dried up due to the 2010–13 Southern United States and Mexico drought
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The Savar Building shortly after the 2013 Savar building collapse on 24 April 2013.
Credit: Ministerie van Defensie
Dutch and Australian investigators near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on 3 August 2014.
Hillary Clinton was one of two candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election. She served as the nominee for the democratic party.
Steve Jobs showing the iPhone 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference in 2010.
French police collect evidence at the Bataclan theater on 14 November 2015, the day after the November 2015 Paris attacks, killing 130 civilians.
Credit: Roberto Stuckert Filho/Presidência da República
Dilma Rousseff was a Brazilian politician serving as the first female president of Brazil. She was president from 2011 until her impeachment on 31 August 2016.
Hurricane Patricia was a Category 5 hurricane that formed in 2015 in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Patricia broke the record of being the most intense hurricane of the 2010s, and the second most intense hurricane in recorded history, behind Typhoon Tip in 1979.
The Homo naledi is an extinct species part of the hominini. The species was first discovered in 2013 in the Rising Star Cave in Gauteng, South Africa, and the announcement of the new discovery was made in 2015.
David Cameron was the British Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016. He resigned and left office on 13 July 2016 due to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, also known as Brexit.
The Solar Impluse 2 (registration HB-SIB) is a solar-powered aircraft most notable for being the first solar plane to fly around the Earth on 26 July 2016.
Credit: United States Naval Research Laboratory
A satellite image of Hurricane Matthew. The storm killed at least 603 people, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of 2016, and the deadliest since Hurricane Stan in 2005. Most of these deaths occurred in Haiti.
A necklace made from the ashes of the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull. Jewelry made from ashes of the eruption is still sold today in Iceland.
Credit: Rick Singh, Orange County Property Appraiser [2]. The original uploader was Xaosflux at English Wikipedia, TheifOfBagdad at English Wikipedia.
The Pulse nightclub in 2006, nearly 10 years before the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, which would claim the lives of 50 people (including the perpetrator). The nightclub was painted black at the time of the event.
Credit: VOA: Tunisia Unrest, slideshow
Protesters march on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis, Tunisia. The protestors argue over unemployment, rising prices and corruption. These protests were all part of a large surge of protests and government overthrows known as the Arab Spring.
Credit: Gage Skidmore
Donald Trump speaking at an event in Phoenix, Arizona on 18 June 2016. Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States on 20 January 2017.
An example of water bottle flipping. Water bottle flipping has become an international viral trend in 2016, with the repetitive acts causing distraction. Due to water bottle flipping being controversial as a public nuisance and causing frustration, the practice has been banned across many schools globally.
Bill English on 23 September 2016. English became the new Prime Minister of New Zealand on 12 December 2016. He was previously Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016.
A generic type of fidget spinner. Although earlier versions of the toy were available as early as 1993, the toy gained massive popularity in 2017.
Luis Fonsi in November 2015. Fonsi is a singer/songwriter from Puerto Rico who created the song "Despacito" along with Daddy Yankee. The music video of "Despacito" has over 4 billion views on YouTube, being the first video to do so, and is currently the most viewed YouTube video as of August 2017.
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