2025

2025 (MMXXV) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.

So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Haiti, Somalia, and South Korea continued into this year, with the latter leading to President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest and removal from office. Several brief conflicts out of longstanding tensions emerged mid-year—India–Pakistan in May, Iran–Israel in June, and Cambodia–Thailand in July.

In economics and business, the return of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency ushered in a series of tariffs levied by America on most of the world, significantly disrupting global trade, in addition to reinvigorating the China–United States trade war. The technology sector was additionally hit with the release of DeepSeek's chatbot, a Chinese large language model which competes with ChatGPT. Aviation and aerospace also saw accidents this year, including when Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, India. Several advances in space exploration were made as well, including the first crewed polar orbit spaceflight, and the first successful landing of a spacecraft on the Moon by a private company.