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From left, clockwise: Pope Francis is elected to the Papacy in the 2013 papal conclave; The Dhaka garment factory collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people; Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Protests occur amid the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt; The Chelyabinsk meteor rockets across the Russian morning sky; The Boston Marathon bombing marks the first terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11; Smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants.

From left, clockwise: The H1N1 virus was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; US Airways Flight 1549 crash-lands in the Hudson River with no fatalities, with the event becoming known as the "Miracle on the Hudson"; the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson died in 2009; Bitcoin is initially launched by the pseudonymous name Satoshi Nakamoto; the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake strikes central Italy; the vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean.

From left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses, Damaged during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetised banknotes during the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016; The Girardet bridge in Düsseldorf with its four pokéstops; Donald Trump is elected as U.S. President in 2016 during a period of intensifying political polarization in the U.S.

From left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok kindap; Bundles of water inside of a C-17 Globemaster III in the War against the Islamic State; Thai soldiers at the Chang Phueak Gate during the 2014 Thai coup d'état; Pro-independence campaigners in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014

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From top to bottom, left to right: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates the independence of South Sudan, the world's newest country; the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastates Eastern Japan and kills nearly 20,000 people; Minecraft is released and goes on to become the best-selling video game; the 2011 Norway attacks mark the rise of white supremacist terrorism across the west; The U.S. national security team gathered in the White House Situation Room to monitor the progress of Operation Neptune Spear; Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown

From left, clockwise: 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion was the worst marine oil spill in history; North Korean artillery attacks Yeonpyeong Island.; Kyrgyzstan Revolution: people entering the White House in Bishkek on 7 April.; Remains of Tu-154 after crash on April 10, 2010 that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński; Child is treated for injuries following 2010 Haitian earthquake which killed over an estimated 100,000 people.

From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake kills over 87,000; a destroyed Georgian T-72 tank during the Russo-Georgian War; the Trident Hotel in Mumbai was the site of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks;a line of detritus in a backyard made during the December, 2008 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill ; Poster in Pristina celebrating the Independence of Kosovo from Serbia.

From left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the highest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka, opens to the public; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in January 2005 by a Palomar Observatory–based team; Saddam Hussein sits before an Iraqi judge at a courthouse in Baghdad; the shrine and resting place for Rafic Hariri in September; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched from Kennedy Space Center, designed to explore Mars; The Live 8 concert in the Tiergarten, Berlin.

From left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated; 2007 marked the beginning of the Subprime mortgage crisis in the United States; A surge of troops is sent to fight in the Iraq War; a gunman kills 32 people at Virginia Tech; Google Street View is unveiled to the world;The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by member states of the European Union

From left, clockwise: Wikipedia is launched, making it the world's largest online encyclopedia; Enron files for bankruptcy after a major scandal; Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out in the United Kingdom; The United States invades Afghanistan to begin the War on terror; The 2001 Gujarat earthquake kills between 13,000 and 20,000 people; Apple Inc. launches the first iPod after releasing iTunes earlier in the year; President George W. Bush announces the War on terror and demands that the Taliban hand over Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden; The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center burn and eventually collapse after being struck with hijacked planes during the 9/11 attacks.

From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from STS-97; The 2000 Summer Olympics are held in Sydney; A U.S. Air Force MH-53 flies over the 2000 Mozambique flood; An Air France Concorde similar to the one that crashed after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport; The USS Cole is bombed by Al-Qaeda; Times Square after the ball drop that heralded the New Millennium.

Euro coins and banknotes of various denominations

Stamp of Armenia - 2002 - Colnect 197663 - Football World Cup 2002

2002 Winter Olympics flame

The Queen Mother's funeral carriage. The coffin is draped with her personal standard, shown below.

The flags of East Timor and the United Nations on Independence Day 2014.

FBI agents investigating DC sniper crime scene, 2002

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Flag of the United States Department of Homeland Security

From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon both die within weeks of each other; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and is admitted to the United Nations; an Armenian postage stamp depicts the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Korea and Japan; the Department of Homeland Security is created in the wake of 9/11 to counter further terrorist threats against the United States; the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision kills 71 people; FBI agents investigate a crime scene related to the D.C. sniper attacks; the Euro becomes the official currency of the European Union.