Pictures of the decade show incredible ups and downs of life
When Donald met Kim, Notre Dame in flames and a royal kiss: Pictures of the decade show incredible ups and downs of life around the world since 2010
- The last ten years have brought us many iconic moments – with some having an impact that will last for years
- Highlights include not one but the two major royal weddings of Kate and William and Meghan and Harry
- Natural disasters, terrorism and global violence also made headlines including the Grenfell Tower fire
Pictures of the decade show the incredible ups and downs of life around the world since 2010 – including the Notre Dame fire, Donald Trump meeting Kim Kardashian and the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The last ten years have brought us many iconic moments – with some having an impact that will last well beyond this decade.
Highlights of the decade include not one but two major royal weddings. Prince William and Kate got married in the Westminster Abbey in front of around 2,000 guests in April 2011 and seven years later Prince Harry and Meghan tied the knot in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle after a whirlwind romance.
Natural disasters, terrorism and global violence also made headlines including the Grenfell Tower fire, the Ebola epidemic, the Paris terror attacks and more recently the Hong Kong protests.
Here we take a look at the images that defined the last 10 years.
2010
Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs unveils the iPad during an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California, USA, on January 27, 2010. The visionary genius behind the iPhone, iPad and the iPod, died a year later aged 56. He was revered as a hero by those who worked for him and by a loyal consumer base who loved his ground-breaking designs. Global leaders from politics and business paid tribute to the celebrated innovator, including President Barack Obama who said: ‘He transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world’
A general view of the damage at the National Palace after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck, in Puerto Principe, Haiti, on January 13, 2010. The catastrophic earthquake that killed 230,000 people would lead to the eventual temporary protected status that the Trump administration reneged. Haiti has struggled to cope in the years since the tragedy. It is by far the poorest country in the Americas, and rated one of the poorest in the world. The economy was battered again in 2016 after Hurricane Matthew devastated the island
US Sergeant Brandt of 4th Squad 73rd Cavalry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division makes a biometric control on a potential suspect during a search operation at a ex-Taliban compound in Shewan, Farah province, Afghanistan, on May 31, May 2010. Trump has made little secret of his desire to bring the 14,000 U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, where American troops have been deployed since a U.S.-led campaign overthrew the Taliban in 2001. But there are concerns among Afghan officials and U.S. national security aides about a U.S. withdrawal, with fears Afghanistan could be plunged into a new civil war that could herald a return of Taliban rule and allow international militants, including Islamic State, to find a refuge
The Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull continues to erupt causing widespread air traffic disruption with clouds of volcanic ash, in Iceland, on April 19, 2010. The eruptions caused travel chaos across Europe as air travel was disrupted on the continent for six days. Hundreds of planes were grounded due to dust and ash filling the sky and it caused the greatest air travel disruption since World War Two
Pakistani Army soldiers distribute food relief through helicopters in flooded areas after at least 1,500 people across Pakistan were killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains, near Muzaffargarh in southern Punjab province Pakistan, on August 9, 2010. The flooding which started after heavy rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhw affected around a fifth of the land, around 20 million and a death toll of nearly 2,000
Protesters hurl home made bombs against riot policemen in front of the Greek Parliament on the second anniversary of the killing of a teenager by police in central Athens, Greece, on December 6, 2010. The 2008 Greek riots were sparked by the death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old shot by a special operations officer, following a verbal exchange with a group of youths. Two armed officers were subsequently jailed for the death of Grigoropoulos, who had lived in a leafy area of the city and attended a private school
2011
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, alongside bridesmaids Grace van Cutsem (left), Margarita Armstrong-Jones and pageboy Tom Pettifer, after their wedding in Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011. When the couple kissed on the balcony of Buckingham Palace before the crowd, the world gasped in delight. But William’s three-year-old goddaughter Grace stole the show in this picture, famously covering her ears during the first public kiss as the crowd cheered
A wave approaches Miyako City from the Heigawa estuary in Iwate Prefecture after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck the area in Miyako, Japan, on March 11, 2011. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country and the fourth most powerful to ever be recorded globally. It killed nearly 16,000 people and caused food and water shortages to hundreds of thousands in the aftermath. The tsunami precipitated the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the most severe nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster
Libyan rebel fighter fire his weapon, during the battle to liberate the city of Sirte, Libya, on October, 2011. Colonel Gaddafi was captured by Libyan rebels, dragged from a drain in the city of Sirte and battered mercilessly, his face bloodied for all the world to see on mobile phone footage. Gaddafi was said to have been executed by his own personal golden gun which was held up in celebration by jubilant rebels and became a symbol of their victory
A photo released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Kim Jong-un (on the right hand side of the bonnet) and his uncle Jang Song-Thaek (behind him) beside the hearse carrying the body of his father and late leader Kim Jong-il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang during his state funeral in North Korea, on December 28, 2011. It marked the end of the second leader of the isolated state, who ruled from 1994 unchallenged. His son Kim Jong-un was to take over as leader sparking great uncertainty in the region of how he would behave and martial the country’s fearsome nuclear arsenal
Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son’s name at the North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial during tenth anniversary ceremonies at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, New York, USA, on September 11, 2011. Although ten years had passed since his son Rob came down with the towers, Mr Peraza showed just how strong the feeling of loss still was for those who lost a loved one that day. As the 9/11 Memorial and Museum was opened that day, Mr Peraza touched his son’s name, fell to his knees and lowered his head
Protestors march along a street during a day of action by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the area near the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street in New York, New York, USA, on November 17, 2011. The OWS movement began in September 2011 in response to the global financial crisis, aimed at redressing wealth imbalance of the so-called 99% versus the 1% – the wealthiest in society. They primarily occupied the Zuccotti Park area of the financial district until November 2011 and later turned their focus to occupying banks, corporate headquarters and board meetings
A general view of Tahrir Square during anti-government demonstrations, that ultimately led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, on February 8, 2011. The Egyptian Revolution, also known as the January 25 Revolution, began in Cairo in January 2011 and spread across the country. On February 11, President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation was announced and power handed to a military junta. The revolution was part of the wider Arab Spring across the Middle East, initially heralded in the West, but which brought great instability and bloodshed to the region
2012
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy where he had been staying since 2012 in London, Britain, on May 19, 2017. Assange was to finally be forced out of the consulate in April of this year when Ecuador ended his asylum and he was arrested by British authorities and charged with breaching bail. He has since been held at the notoriously grim HMP Belmarsh in southeast London. US authorities have charged him with espionage
Swimmers wait for the gush of a man-made tide in a salty swimming pool dubbed China’s Dead Sea in Daying county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, on August 19, 2012. The saltwater pool is located in Daying county, Sichuan province, and was a riot of colour as the masses grabbed their rubber rings and descended upon it. The indoor water park is said to be the largest in China and covers 30,000 square meters
The accused Anders Behring Breivik (right), who bombed government buildings in Oslo and killed 69 people on Utoya island, arrives at the court for his hearing in Oslo, Norway, on February 6, 2012. Breivik, who has legally changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen, killed 77 people in a car bombing in central Oslo and shooting spree on Utoeya island in 2011, the worst act of violence in the Nordic country since World War Two. Breivik is serving Norway’s longest sentence – 21 years with the possibility of an extension. His only contacts are lawyers and professionals such as guards and health workers
A Tibetan exile runs after setting fire to himself in New Delhi during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao’s upcoming visit in New Delhi, India, on March 26, 2012. Jamphel Yeshi sustained burns to 98 per cent of his body when he sprinted for 50m outside the Indian Parliament building engulfed in flames. The 27-year-old had been protesting against China’s continued rule over Tibet and collapsed in flames as other protesters tried to put him out. Yeshi died just hours before Chinese president Hu Jintao’s expected arrival in New Delhi
The Costa Concordia cruise ship listing at 80 degrees after running aground off the island of Giglio, Tuscany, northern Italy, on January 14, 2012. The once grandiose cruise liner that sank off the coast killing 32 people. The luxury liner, which was carrying 4,200 passengers at the time, ran aground off the island of Giglio after an ill-judged ‘salute’ by the ship’s captain
2013
An Ukrainian woman kneels before riot policemen during ongoing pro-European protests near the Cabinet of Ministers building during a protest in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on November 25, 2013. The unrest culminated in the Ukrainian Revolution in February 2014 when the elected President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted. The subsequent turmoil led to Russia annexing the Crimean peninsula between February and March 2014. The UN and numerous Western powers have refused to acknowledge the annexation
The new Pope, Francis I waves from a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after he was elected by fellow cardinals following a two day conclave, Vatican City, on March 13, 2013. A few days later at his inauguration mass, the Pope would tell the crowds in St Peter’s Square: ‘I want to ask you to walk together, and take care of one another… and don’t forget that this bishop who is far away loves you very much. Pray for me’
Three bodies are trapped under the debris of the damaged part of the eight-storey building Rana Plaza that housed mostly garment factories and which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 25, 2013. The Rana Plaza collapse on April 24, 2013, killed 1,135 people. It led to anger at Western retailers for not providing adequate compensation in the aftermath and further scrutiny on the controversial use of cheap labour
South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court over killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, South Africa, on August 19, 2013. Pistorius shot dead Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013 when he fired four times through the locked door of his bedroom toilet, later saying that he thought she was an intruder. He was convicted and sentenced to five years, later extended by six years in July 2015
A general view of the damaged coastal town of Marabut of Eastern Samar Province, after typhoon Haiyan hit the region, Philippines, on November 21, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013, and was one of the worst to ever hit the country. It affected over 14 million people and killed over 6,000, with nearly 2,000 reported missing in the aftermath
People take cover behind a counter after gunmen fired automatic weapons and grenades inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on September 21, 2013. Al-Shabaab terrorists entered the shopping centre armed with guns and explosives, killing 67 people and injuring hundreds. The mall was left in tatters, with bullet-scarred walls, shattered windows, flooded floors and bloodstains
2014
Liberian health care workers on an Ebola burial team collect the body of an Ebola victim at a motor vehicle garage in Paynesville on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia on September 9, 2014. Ebola killed at least 11,000 people across the world after it spread like wildfire through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014, 2015 and 2016. More than 28,000 people were infected in what was the worst ever outbreak of the disease
A Palestinian family who fled their homes is en route to seek shelter at a UN school in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, on July 18, 2014, after Israeli troops moved into Gaza. Thousands of troops from the Israel Defence Force backed by tanks launched amphibious, air and ground incursions into the narrow Gaza strip after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military action in a bid to stop rockets being fired from Gaza. The crisis lasted seven weeks, during which time 2,100 Palestinians were killed, 66 Israeli soldiers and seven civilians in Israel
FC Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi is tossed in the air by his teammates after he marked his 253rd goal in La Liga, breaking the league’s top scoring record, during the Spanish Primera Division soccer match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at Camp Nou in Barcelona, north-eastern Spain, on November 22, 2014
A person blocks the road after protesters took to the streets firing guns, burning property and looting in anger that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was not indicted by a grand jury for the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in August 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, USA, on November 25, 2014. The Department of Justice ruled that Wilson had acted in self-defence. The shooting exposed deep racial tensions between African-Americans and the police
Fernandinho of Brazil reacts after a goal scored by Toni Kroos of Germany during the FIFA World Cup 2014 semi final match between Brazil and Germany at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on July 8, 2014. Six minutes of football that would live in the memory as long as the famous Maracanazo. From Brazil 0 Germany 1, to Brazil 0 Germany 5. In six minutes. Six minutes. It needed repeating, digesting. There has never been a World Cup semi-final like this. Germany went on to lift the trophy after an extra time goal by Mario Götze against Argentina
Debris of the Boeing 777, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed after apparently being shot down over the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. All 298 passengers on board the flight died when it was shot down. It was shot out of the sky during the War in the Donbass over an area controlled by Russian rebels. President Vladimir Putin denied any involvement in the tragedy
2015
Children cry as migrants wait on the Greek side of the border to break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces to cross into Macedonia, near the southern city of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on August 21, 2015. The landlocked Balkan nation was a major transit route for those from the Middle East and Africa who were crossing from Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria during the migrant crisis
World leaders including EU Commission Jean Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande (C), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah of Jordan, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko walk at the start of a march to honour victims of the terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, in Paris, France, on January 11, 2015
Turkish gendarmerie stand near by the washed up body of a refugee child identified as Alan Kurdi who drowned during a failed attempt to sail to the Greek island of Kos, at the shore in the coastal town of Bodrum, Mugla city, Turkey, on September 2, 2015. The searing photograph stunned the international community into addressing the migrant crisis. Writing in the Daily Mail, Piers Morgan, said: ‘I can’t stop thinking about Aylan Kurdi and I’m damn sure you can’t either if you’ve seen the photo.’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) talks to US President Barack Obama who sits on a bench facing the Wetterstein mountains during a G7 meeting at Elmau Castle in Elmau, Germany on June 8, 2015. World leader discussed climate change, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, the rise of ISIS and British plans to prevent the repeat of a pandemic outbreak similar to the Ebola virus
People try to free a man from the rubble of a destroyed building after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal on April 25 in 2015. About 9,000 people were killed, many thousands more were injured, and more than 600,000 structures in Kathmandu and other nearby towns were either damaged or destroyed. The earthquake was felt throughout central and eastern Nepal
Debris as search and rescue workers attend the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320 after the co-pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft, above the town of Seyne-les-Alpes in southeastern France, on March 26 2015. All 144 passengers and six crew members were killed
A large crowd gathers to lay flowers and candles for the victims after 130 people were killed and hundreds injured in the terror attacks which targeted the Bataclan concert hall, the Stade de France national sports stadium, and several restaurants and bars, in front of the Carillon restaurant in Paris, France, on November 15 2015. The attacks were described by President Francois Hollande as an ‘act of war’ organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group
2016
Ana Beatriz, a baby girl with microcephaly, a condition that has seen increasing cases in regions where the Zika virus has been spreading, in Lagoa do Carro, Pernambuco, Brazil, on February 8 2016. The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency in August 2016. The infection has been linked to thousands of babies being born with underdeveloped brains
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men’s 100m final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 August 2016. Bolt had a predictably terrible start but came from behind to run it in in 9.81 seconds, overhauling drugs cheat Justin Gatlin, of the USA, who clocked 9.89, in the dying metres. Canada’s Andre de Grasse clinched the bronze medal in a personal best 9.91.
San Francisco 49ers back-up quarterback Colin Kaepernick (centre) during the US national anthem before the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, on October 2 2016. Since August 2016, some American athletes have protested against police brutality and racism by kneeling on one knee during the US national anthem. The move sparked world-wide controversy
2017
Smoke rises from the fire at the Grenfell Tower apartment block in Kensington, London, on June 14 2017. The fire which destroyed Grenfell Tower was one of the UK’s worst modern disasters. Just before 01:00 on 14 June, fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth floor flat at the 23 storey tower block. Within minutes, the fire had raced up the exterior of the building and then spread to all four sides. By 03:00, most of the upper floors were well alight. Seventy-two people died
Displaced Iraqi people flee their houses due to the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic state group (IS) at an old city area in western Mosul, Iraq, on July 5 2017. More than five million Iraqis were displaced since the so-called Islamic State (IS) took over large swathes of territory in 2014, the UN said in 2017
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on October 9 2017. In August 2017, an estimated 706,000 Rohingya refugees fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and came to camps like Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people now live, many in desperate need of humanitarian assistance
Donald Trump (centre) arrives to be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in Washington, DC, USA on January 20 2017. ‘I will fight for you with every breath in my body, and I will never, ever let you down,’ Mr Trump told hundreds of thousands of rain-soaked admirers and onlookers in a forceful 16-minute Inaugural Address from the West Front of the Capitol. Wearing a dark suit and red tie and accompanied by his wife, Melania, Mr Trump took the 35-word oath administered by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. precisely at noon
2018
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) in the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea on April 27 2018. It was the first time a North Korean leader has set foot in the country of South Korea in 65 years. The meeting was part of a summit, and came after a recent relaxing of tensions between the countries
A document being exchanged between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (rear, right) and North Korean leader’s sister Kim Yo Jong (rear, left) moments after it was signed by President Donald J. Trump (right) and North Korean Chairmain Kim Jong-un during their first meeting, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island, Singapore, 12 June 2018. One year later, Trump became the first American president to venture into North Korean territory. However, nuclear negotiations have faltered since then and nothing concrete has been agreed by the two sides
Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at a New York City police department precinct to turn himself in to face multiple charges related to allegations of sexual assault in New York, New York, USA, 25 May 2018. The 67-year-old mogul was charged with two counts of rape, a count of criminal sex act and two counts of predatory sexual assault for allegedly raping a woman in 2013 and sexually assaulting another in 2006. Weinstein’s case was seen as a watershed moment and followed from the Times Up and #MeToo movements which drew attention to powerful men abusing their positions with women
A truck stands on a part of the collapsed Morandi bridge the day after the disaster in Genoa, Italy, 15 August 2018. On August 14 last year, the northwestern Italian city was lashed by rain throughout the morning and shortly before noon part of the Morandi Bridge fell, bringing down three towers with it. As well as the 43 killed and many hundreds unable to return home, it tarnished the legacy of Riccardo Morandi, touted as one of the country’s greatest engineers
Syrian soldiers patrol at the Yarmouk Camp district in south Damascus, Syria, on 22 May in 2018. A peaceful uprising against the president of Syria almost eight years ago turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left more than 360,000 people dead, devastated cities and drawn in other countries
A dead sheep lies in a dry and dusty field of a failed crop due to drought near Parkes, New South Wales, in Australia on 14 August 2018. A dry winter intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in parts of eastern Australia. NSW produces about a quarter of Australia’s agricultural output. It was officially listed as ‘100% in drought’ on August 5 2018
Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading ‘School strike for the climate’, during a protest against climate change outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 November 2018. The climate change activist has risen to global fame in the last few years due to her campaigning around the world. This year she led a series of protests in the UK, with school children joining her in marches
Children receive treatment after a gas attack on al-Shifunieh village, in Eastern Ghouta, Syria on 25 February 2018. The Syrian Civil War entered its seventh year in 2018 after President Bashar al-Assad’s government defeated the ISIL group
Saudi official opens the door to the Saudi consulate where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Istanbul, Turkey. The gruesome killing in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 stunned Saudi Arabia’s western allies, plunging the kingdom into its worst diplomatic crisis since the 9/11 attacks. Khashoggi, a member of the Saudi elite, broke with the powerful royal family and moved to the US in 2017, where he became a vocal critic of the country as a columnist for the Washington Post
Indian activists of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community celebrate during a rally after India’s Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence, in Mumbai, India on September 6 2018. The ruling overturned a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an ‘unnatural offence’. The court ruled discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a fundamental violation of rights. Campaigners outside the court cheered and some broke down in tears as the ruling was handed down
A Yemeni woman holds her malnourished child as he receives treatment as 1.8 to 2.8 million children were in acute food insecurity as the ongoing conflict caused food and fuel prices to soar. This image was taken at the malnutrition treatment center, in Sana’a, Yemen, on October 2018. The conflict has its roots in the failure of a political transition supposed to bring stability to Yemen following an Arab Spring uprising that forced its longtime authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, in 2011
CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (right) takes his seat to testify before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on ‘Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on April 10 2018
2019
Flames on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, 15 April 2019. There was an outpouring of sympathy from around the world when much of the 850-year-old Cathedral has been ripped apart by the blaze. The Queen said she and Prince Philip were ‘deeply saddened’ to see the images of the flames bursting out of the Gothic building in a message to French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron for his part declared that he would rebuild the structure
Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring a goal during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 final match between the USA and the Netherlands in Lyon, France on July 7 2019. The USA co-captain took home the trophy for the second tournament in a row. She scored the opener in the final, won the Golden Boot, the Golden Ball and was the official FIFA player of the match in Lyon
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May cries as she makes a statement announcing she would resign from office on 07 June 2019, amid the gridlock with MPs over her handling of Brexit, at Downing Street in London in Britain, 24 May 2019. Mrs May’s faltering Brexit negotiations with the Bloc eventually led to her being forced to stand aside to allow Boris Johnson to take over. Since her poor showing in the 2017 general election, in part due to her EU stance, Mr Johnson has managed to take a colossal majority in this year’s general election
Protesters wearing gas masks react after the police fired tear gas during an anti-government rally against an extradition bill to China, in Tsuen Wan, in Hong Kong, China, 25 August 2019. Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters since Christmas
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