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The World in 2025 the year a new pope took the name Leo

In October, the American chipmaker Nvidia became the first company ever worth 5 trillion dollars. That is more than everything Japan's economy makes in a year.

Life back then

Companies raced to build AI that could finish a whole task on its own, and chatbots sat where search results used to be. Fuzzy monster dolls called Labubu, made by a toy company in China, hung from bags everywhere. KPop Demon Hunters became the most watched movie in Netflix history, and its song Golden topped the charts. Two astronauts came home in March after a test flight meant to last eight days stretched to nine. Egg prices made headlines all winter after bird flu hit US farms.

The year in 8 events

• 🔥Jan 7 Wildfires break out around Los Angeles. The Palisades and Eaton fires destroy thousands of homes.
• 🏛️Jan 20 Donald Trump is sworn in as US president for the second time.
• 🗳️Feb 23 Germany votes. Friedrich Merz and his conservatives win, and the far right AfD comes second.
• 🕯️Mar 28 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes central Myanmar. Thousands die, and a tower under construction falls in Bangkok, Thailand.
• ⛪Apr 21 Pope Francis dies at 88, the morning after Easter.
• 🕊️May 8 Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago is elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope.
• 🕯️Jun 12 An Air India Boeing 787 crashes moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India. More than 240 people die.
• 🤝Oct 13 Hamas frees the last 20 living Israeli hostages as a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza.

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