2020s

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From left, clockwise: Colourised transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virions with visible coronae, the virus that causes COVID-19, which in 2020 became a pandemic that has so far dominated the decade; A Russian BMP-3 near Mariupol destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the greater Russo-Ukrainian War; Smartphones saw foldable technology being incorporated in the early 2020s, as well as 5G cellular networks; In addition to many private and public spaceflight advancements, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Taliban fighters in Kabul on a captured Humvee following the 2021 fall of Kabul at the end of the War in Afghanistan.
Millennium: 3rd millennium
Centuries: 20th century21st century22nd century
Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s2020s2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

The 2020s (pronounced "twenty-twenties" or "two thousand twenties") is the current decade that began on January 1, 2020 and will end on December 31, 2029. The period is almost equal to the 3rd decade of the 21st century, which began on January 1, 2021 and will end on December 31, 2030.

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