page_title: 21st century
section_title: Civil unrest
hierarchical_section_title: 21st century / Civil unrest
caption_attribution_description: 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protest
context_page_description: The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 2001, and will end on December 31, 2100. It is the first century of the 3rd millennium.
  The beginning of the 21st century has been marked by the rise of a global economy and Third World consumerism, deepening global concern over terrorism and an increase in private enterprise. Effects of global warming and rising sea levels continued, with eight islands disappearing between 2007 and 2014. The Arab Spring of the early 2010s led to mixed outcomes in the Arab world, resulting in several civil wars and governments overthrown.
  The United States has remained the only global superpower, although China is generally considered an emerging superpower.
  In 2017, about half of the world's population lived in "some form of democracy", though only 4.5 percent lived in "full democracies".
  The European Union has greatly expanded in the 21st century, adding
  13 member states. Most member states of the European Union introduced a common currency, the Euro, and the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union.
context_section_description: 2001 G8 Genoa summit protests
  December 2001 riots in Argentina
  2002 Gujarat riots
  Protests against the Iraq War
  Bolivian gas conflict
  2003 Maldives civil unrest
  2004–2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine
  2005 civil unrest in France
  2006 student protests in Chile
  2006–2008 Lebanese protests
  2007 Georgian demonstrations
  2008 Tibetan unrest
  2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests
  2009 G-20 London summit protests
  2009–2010 Iranian election protests
  2010 Thai political protests
  2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests
  2010 UK student protests
  2010–2012 Greek protests
  Arab Spring
  Tunisian revolution
  2011 Egyptian revolution
  2011 Egyptian Post-Revolution protests
  Impact of the Arab Spring
  2011 Magallanes protests
  2011 Iranian protests
  2011 Libyan civil war
  Syrian civil war
  2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests
  Anti-austerity movement in Portugal
  Spanish "Indignants"
  2011 England riots
  2011–13 Chilean student protests
  2011 Israeli social justice protests
  15 October 2011 global protests
  Worldwide "Occupy" Protests
  2011–2013 Russian protests
  Bersih 3.0 rally
  2012 Catalan independence demonstration
  Yo Soy 132
  2012–2013 Iraqi protests
  Gezi Park protests
  2013 protests in Brazil
  June 2013 Egyptian protests
  2013–2014 Thai political crisis
  Euromaidan
  2013 Italian social protests
  2014 Ukrainian Revolution
  2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Venezuelan protests (2014–present)
  2014 Pakistan anti-government protest
  2014 Ferguson unrest
  2014 Hong Kong protests
  2015 Baltimore protests
  2015–18 Iraqi protests
  2015 Lebanese protests
  Protests against Donald Trump
  Nuit debout
  2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
  2016–17 South Korean protests
  Dakota Access Pipeline protests
  2017–2019 Romanian protests
  2017 Belarusian protests
  2017–2018 Russian protests
  2017 Brazilian general strike
  2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
  Unite the Right rally
  2017–2018 Honduran protests
  2018–2019 Nicaraguan protests
  Yellow vests movement
  Serbian protests (2018–present)
  Sudanese Revolution
  Extinction Rebellion protests
  2018–2019 Haitian protests
  2019–2020 Algerian protests
  2019–20 Hong Kong protests
  2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt
  2019 Papua protests
  2019 Egyptian protests
  2019–2020 Iraqi protests
  2019 Ecuadorian protests
  2019 Catalan protests
  2019–2020 Chilean protests
  2019–20 Lebanese protests
  2019 Bolivian protests
  2019–20 Iranian protests
  2019 Maltese protests
  2019 Colombian protests
  Citizenship Amendment Act protests
  2020 Belarusian protests
  George Floyd protests
  Kenosha protests
caption: 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
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