Editing 2020 (section)

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[[File:2020 collage per consensus feb5.23.png|Clockwise, from top left: [[Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752]] is shot down by the [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]]; [[Malian Armed Forces]] [[Coup d'état|overthrow]] the [[Government of Mali]] during the [[2020 Malian coup d'état|Malian coup d'état]]; a [[2020 Ganja missile attacks|missile attack]] causes destruction in [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]] during the [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]; a man on a burned-out car observes damage from [[George Floyd protests|protests]] following the [[murder of George Floyd]], who was killed by police officer [[Derek Chauvin]]; the aftermath of an [[airstrike]] on [[Mekelle]] during the [[Tigray War]] in [[Ethiopia]]; destruction in the [[Port of Beirut]], [[Lebanon]], following an [[2020 Beirut explosion|accidental explosion]] of [[ammonium nitrate]] that killed 218 people; mourners gather for the [[funeral of Qasem Soleimani|funeral of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani]] after he was [[Assassination of Qasem Soleimani|assassinated by a drone strike]]; a colorized [[Transmission electron microscopy|transmission electron micrograph]] of the [[SARS-CoV-2]] [[virus]] that caused the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which infected billions and killed millions of people in 2020 and future years, causing [[economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|the greatest stock market crash since the Great Depression]] and societal breakdown across the world.|300x300px|thumb]]

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The year 2020 was heavily defined by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<!-- Please do not change the name of the pandemic here. It is the COVID-19 pandemic or coronavirus pandemic, not the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic or 2019-nCoV pandemic. -->, which led to global [[Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|social]] and [[Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|economic]] disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, [[COVID-19 lockdowns|worldwide lockdowns]], and the [[COVID-19 recession|largest economic recession]] since the [[Great Depression]] in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web|last=IMFBlog|title=The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression|url=https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/the-great-lockdown-worst-economic-downturn-since-the-great-depression/|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=IMF Blog|date=April 14, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414220210/https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/the-great-lockdown-worst-economic-downturn-since-the-great-depression/|url-status=live}}</ref> 2020 is also notable for the [[murder of George Floyd]] by police that lead to [[Lists of George Floyd protests|worldwide protests and unrest]]. ''Geospatial World'' also called 2020 "the worst year in terms of [[climate change]]" in part due to major climate disasters worldwide, including major bushfires in [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|Australia]] and [[2020 California wildfires|the western United States]], as well as [[2020 Atlantic hurricane season|extreme tropical cyclone activity]] affecting large parts of [[North America]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Datta|first=Anusuya|date=October 11, 2020|title=Here's why 2020 is the worst year so far in terms of Climate Change|url=https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/heres-why-2020-is-the-worst-year-so-far-in-terms-of-climate-change/|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=Geospatial World|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116150506/https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/heres-why-2020-is-the-worst-year-so-far-in-terms-of-climate-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[United Nations]] progress report published in December 2020 indicated that none of the international [[Sustainable Development Goals]] for 2020 were achieved.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Report: Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals {{!}} Knowledge for policy |url=https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/publication/2020-report-progress-towards-sustainable-development-goals_en |access-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308072844/https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/publication/2020-report-progress-towards-sustainable-development-goals_en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] used its sixth ever [[Time (magazine)#X covers|X cover]] to declare 2020 "the worst year ever," although the [[cover article]] itself did not go as far, instead saying, "There have been worse years in U.S. history, and certainly worse years in world history, but most of us alive today have seen nothing like this one."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Zacharek|first=Stephanie|date=December 5, 2020|title=2020 Tested Us Beyond Measure. Where Do We Go From Here?|url=https://time.com/5917394/2020-in-review/|access-date=August 15, 2021|magazine=Time|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320062141/https://time.com/5917394/2020-in-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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