The Most Iconic Images of Events That Shaped the Past Decade
The past decade has given us a lot to remember, from the natural disasters that will leave us shaken forever to the celebrations that will serve as milestones to look back on. As we enter the year 2020, we must stop and reflect on the decade that has gone by and learn from each pivotal moment. To help you remember, we gathered some of the most iconic images that shaped the 2010s.
On January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude struck the island nation of Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of locals died during the quake, while more hundreds of thousands were stripped of their homes and all their possessions in an instant.
Second in line to the British throne, Prince William married commoner Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011, at Westminster Abbey in London.
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow kneels down to pray on January 8, 2012, after completing a touchdown that led to his team’s first NFL playoffs win.
On the second day of the 2013 papal conclave, Buenos Aires archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was elected as the pope after the fifth ballot. He appears for the first time as the new head of the Catholic church at St. Peter’s Basilica.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014
In what appears to be the most popular selfie in Hollywood, Ellen DeGeneres snaps a photos with fellow celebrities Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Angelina Jolie Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, and Jared Leto during the 2014 Oscars.
View this post on Instagram>pA stock image shot in 2015 by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem would later become a viral sensation and be known as the “Distracted Boyfriend” meme.>p>p
View this post on InstagramSeventeen-year-old western lowland gorilla Harambe sits in his enclosure at the Cincinnnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. On May 28, 2016, a boy climbs into his dwelling space where Harambe was shot by a zoo worker.
CONTINUE READING BELOWwatch nowNadja Cristina Gomes Bezerra holds her three-month-old baby in her arms. The child has a deformed head due to microcephaly, a common symptom in cases from the mosquito-borne Zika virus prevalent in 2016.
Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits dirtied in an ambulance after surviving an airstrike in Aleppo.
A flashlight is shone on the lifeless body of John Estrella, one of many casualties in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
Concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival fled the scene on October 1, 2017, after a gunman opened fire from his hotel suite at the neighboring Mandalay Bay.
View this post on Instagram>pA photo of a starving polar is taken at Baffin Island. This would later serve a symbol and reminder for many about the perils of climate change.>p>p
An excavation in Luzon provides new evidence of archaic humans in Philippine history. An earlier predecessor of the rhinoceros was uncovered at the site and it suggests that tools made by men were used in killing the animal.
Swedish student Greta Thunberg leads a school strike for climate change awareness outside of the Swedish parliament building.
Hong Kong policemen try to disperse protestors in Wan Chai, Hong Kong on August 11, 2019.
The first-ever image of a black hole is taken by the Event Horizon Telescope and shared by the National Science Foundation on April 10, 2019.
