The most powerful photos of the decade

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Apple Announces Launch Of New Tablet Computer

The iPad launches for the first time in 2010. Steve Jobs holds up the new iPad as he speaks during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010.

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President Obama Announces Death of Osama Bin Laden

Former President Barack Obama, Former Vice President Joe Biden, Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House May 1, 2011.

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Royal Wedding - The Wedding Ceremony Takes Place Inside Westminster Abbey

Prince William and Catherine Middleton leave Westminster Abbey after their Royal wedding ceremony on April 29, 2011.

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Magnitude 8.9 Strong Earthquake Jolts Northern Japan

A house drifts off the coast of northeastern Japan after Japan’s earthquake and tsunami struck in March of 2011.

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U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Visits White House

Former President Barack Obama jokingly mimics U.S. Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney’s “not impressed” expression while greeting members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams.

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US-POLICE-CRIME-RACISM

In July of 2013, the black lives matter movement started.

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2013 MTV Video Music Awards - Show

Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus perform bonstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center on August 25, 2013.

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MEXICO-DRUGS-CHAPO GUZMAN-ARREST

Joaquin Guzman Loera aka “el Chapo Guzman” (C), is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014.

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US-JUSTICE-GAY-RIGHTS-EQUALITY-COURT

Nudists participate in the annual Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco, California.

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MALAYSIA-MYANMAR-BANGLADESH-MIGRANTS

Illegal Bangladeshi migrant Ramzaan rests on the floor at the police headquarters in Langkawi on May 11, 2015, after landing up on the Malaysian shores earlier in the day.

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San Francisco 49ers v Chicago Bears

Eli Harold #58 and Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel on the sideline, during the anthem, prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on December 4, 2016.

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Donald Trump Is Sworn In As 45th President Of The United States

In January 2017, Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.

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“La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz (L) shows the card reading Best Film ‘Moonlight” next to US actor Warren Beatty after the latter mistakingly read “La La Land” initially at the 89th Oscars on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California.

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Search And Rescue Enters Peak Season For MOAS Operations

May, 2017. Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued from an overcrowded boat by crew members from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station.

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US-POLITICS-CONGRESS-INTELLIGENCE

Ousted FBI director, James Comey, is sworn in during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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White Supremacists March with Torches in Charlottesville

Peter Cvjetanovic (R) along with Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle and chant at counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va.

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US-DETROIT-WOMEN-CONVENTION

US actress Rose McGowan raises her fist during her opening remarks to the audience at the Women’s March / Women’s Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on October 27, 2017.

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Florida Town Of Parkland In Mourning, After Shooting At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Kills 17

Students and family members holds hands around a makeshift memorial in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed on February 14, on February 18, 2018.

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US-SCHOOL-SHOOTING-PROTEST-POLITICS

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez reacts as she stands att he lectern during the March for Our Lives Rally in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018.

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Prince Harry Marries Ms. Meghan Markle - Windsor Castle

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel through the west door after their wedding in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England.

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Border Patrol Agents Detain Migrants Near US-Mexico Border

A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.

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Dr. Christine Blasey Ford And Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Testify To Senate Judiciary Committee

Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in prior to giving testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018.

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Harvey Weinstein Appears In Criminal Court On Rape Charges

Harvey Weinstein arrives with his lawyer Ben Brafman exit a court hearing at New York Criminal Court, December 20, 2018 in New York City.

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TOPSHOT-FRANCE-FIRE-NOTRE DAME

A man watches the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral burn, engulfed in flames, in central Paris on April 15, 2019.

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TOPSHOT-VENEZUELA-CRISIS-OPPOSITION-MAY DAY

Anti-government protesters clash with security forces in the surroundings of La Carlota military base in Caracas during the commemoration of May Day on May 1, 2019.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court, after he was arrested in London

Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court, after he was arrested in London, Britain April 11, 2019.

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A Picture and its Story: 'I told him not to' go, mother of drowned migrant laments

The bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his daughter Valeria lie in the Rio Bravo river in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, Mexico June 24, 2019.

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