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The decade-long manhunt for 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden ended in 2011 with his killing by U.S. Navy SEALs in Pakistan. Japan faced disaster with the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown. Anti-government demonstrations spread through the Middle East in the Arab Spring, while the Occupy Wall Street movement protested America’s economic inequality. “Game of Thrones” premiered on TV, R-rated novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” published, becoming the decade’s bestselling book, and England’s Prince William wed Kate Middleton, watched by millions.
The NASA logo is displayed at the Earth Information Center exhibit, at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2023. NASA's Earth Information Center, which is part physical, part online, is an effort that blends science and visualizations to allow visitors to see how our planet is changing. (Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
British pop singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Glastonbury Music Festival, in Somerset, England, June 22, 2007.
Participants in the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrate around Wall Street attempting to disrupt pedestrian flow for financial workers to get to work, in New York, September 19, 2011.
TOPSHOT - US military personnel in Baghdad bow their heads during a flag-lowering ceremony marking the end of the US mission in Iraq on December 15, 2011, nearly nine years after the controversial invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/POOL/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS (Photo by PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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