The Most Iconic Images Of The 2000s

By All That's Interesting | Edited By Savannah Cox

Published July 2, 2012

Updated February 16, 2018

Iconic Images Of The 2000s: Black Saturday Bushfires, 2009

Black Saturday Bushfires

Known as the Black Saturday Bushfires, a series of arson attacks triggered the brutal fires that raged through the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009. Among the devastation, this image of a fireman rescuing a koala bear and supplying it with water greatly defined the tumultuous time.

Global Warming, 2009

As warnings about global warming pervaded global consciousness throughout the Noughties, this iconic image made the warnings a reality. It was taken on July 26 2009 and depicts a polar bear and her cub jumping a melting iceberg in Alaska, America.

BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, 2010

While the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was a PR nightmare for the oil magnate, its impact on the environment was not nearly as brief.

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.