2020
2020 (twenty twenty) (MMXX) was . The COVID-19 pandemic led to severe global economic and social disruption throughout 2020. The year was also nominated by Time magazine to be one of "the worst years to be alive" in modern history, 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."