Editing 2010 (section)

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[[File:2010 Events Collage New.png|right|From top left, clockwise: the magnitude 8.8 [[2010 Chile earthquake|Chile earthquake]] was one of the strongest recorded in history; the [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|eruption of Eyjafjallajökull]] as part of a series of [[volcanic]] events in [[Iceland]] disrupts air travel in Europe; the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]; the [[Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion|''Deepwater Horizon'' drilling rig explosion]] and subsequent [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|oil spill]] becomes the worst marine oil spill in history; the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[South Africa]] and won by [[Spain]]; people entering the White House in [[Bishkek]] on 7 April during the [[Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010|Kyrgyz Revolution]]; the remains of Tu-154 after a [[Smolensk air disaster|crash]] that killed Polish president [[Lech Kaczyński]]; a child is treated for injuries following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haitian earthquake]] which killed an estimated 100,000–316,000 people.|300x300px|thumb]]
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'''2010''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMX]]''') is a [[common year]] that [[common year starting on Friday|started on a Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the 2010th year of [[Anno Domini]] or the ''[[Common Era]]'' designation; the 10th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and of the [[21st century]]; and the 1st of the [[2010s]]. -->

The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]], and the [[2010 Chile earthquake]]. The [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu pandemic]] which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the [[OECD|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)]] gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the [[iPad]], the public launch of [[Instagram]], and the first successful trapping of [[antimatter]].

2010 was designated as:
*[[International Year of Biodiversity]]
*[[International Year of Youth]]
*[[2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion]]
*International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://astanatimes.com/2015/02/dialogue-peace-harmony/|title=Dialogue for Peace and Harmony – The Astana Times|date=2015-02-25|work=The Astana Times|access-date=2018-09-07|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071129/https://astanatimes.com/2015/02/dialogue-peace-harmony/|archive-date=September 7, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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