Editing 2010 (section)

===May===
* [[May 1]] – [[Expo 2010]] is held in [[Shanghai]], [[China]].
* [[May 2]] – The [[eurozone]] and the [[International Monetary Fund]] agree to a €110&nbsp;billion bailout package for Greece. The package involves sharp Greek [[austerity]] measures.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Greece Accepts Terms of EU-Led Bailout, 'Savage' Cuts (Update1)|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9f8X9yDMcdI&pos=1|access-date=2010-05-02|first1=Gabi|last1=Thesing|first2=Flavia|last2=Krause-Jackson|date=May 2, 2010}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] – ''[[Nude, Green Leaves and Bust]]'' by [[Pablo Picasso]] sells in New York for [[United States dollar|US$]]106.5&nbsp;million, setting another new world record for a work of art sold at auction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Picasso painting fetches record $106m at auction|work=BBC News|date=2010-05-05|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8661338.stm|access-date=2010-05-05| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100507123707/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8661338.stm| archive-date=May 7, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Crow |first=Kelly |title=Picasso sets auction record; Portrait of mistress sells for $106.5&nbsp;million, providing opening spark to season |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=2010-05-05 |page=A3 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703866704575224873880379734 |access-date=2010-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508033255/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224873880379734.html |archive-date=May 8, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cotter|first=Holland|title=Another auction, another trophy|work=The New York Times|date=2010-05-06|page=C1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/arts/06cotter.html|access-date=2010-06-11| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511024349/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/arts/06cotter.html| archive-date=May 11, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[May 6]]
** The [[2010 United Kingdom general election]] results in a [[hung parliament]], with the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] twenty seats short of a majority.
** The [[2010 flash crash]], a trillion-dollar stock market crash, occurs over 36 minutes, initiated by a series of automated trading programs in a feedback loop.<ref name="phillips-5-11-10">{{citation |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/05/11/nasdaq-heres-our-timeline-of-the-flash-crash/ |title=Nasdaq: Here's Our Timeline of the Flash Crash |date=May 11, 2010 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first=Matt |last=Phillips |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724144010/https://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/05/11/nasdaq-heres-our-timeline-of-the-flash-crash/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 7]]
** [[Chile]] becomes the 31st member of the [[OECD]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oecd.org/chile/chilesaccessiontotheoecd.htm |publisher=[[OECD]] |title=Chile's accession to the OECD |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829025817/http://www.oecd.org/chile/chilesaccessiontotheoecd.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Scientists conducting the [[Neanderthal genome project]] announce that they have [[DNA sequencing|sequenced]] enough of the [[Neanderthal]] [[genome]] to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have [[Archaic human admixture with modern humans|interbred]].<ref name="Pinkowski">{{cite magazine|last=Pinkowski |first=J. |year=2010 |url=http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1987568,00.html |title=Scientists sequence the Neanderthal genome |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=2010-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508142534/http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0%2C8599%2C1987568%2C00.html |archive-date=May 8, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Green_Krause">{{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.1188021|last=Green|first=R.E.|author2=Krause, J. |author3=Briggs, A.W. |author4=Maricic, T. |author5=Stenzel, U. |author6=Kircher, M.|date=2010-05-07|title=A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=328|issue=5979|pages=710–722|pmid=20448178|bibcode = 2010Sci...328..710G |display-authors=etal | pmc=5100745 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] – The [[2010 Philippine presidential election]] is held, with [[Benigno Aquino III]] elected as Philippine President.
* [[May 12]]
** Following the 6 May United Kingdom general election, the Conservative and [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] parties [[2010 United Kingdom government formation|agree to form a coalition government]], the UK's first since the [[World War II|Second World War]].
** [[Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771]] crashes at runway at [[Tripoli International Airport]] in [[Libya]], killing 103 of the 104 people on board.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8676898.stm | work=BBC News | title=Briton among Libya air crash dead | date=May 13, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130601110939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8676898.stm| archive-date=June 1, 2013| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – [[2010 Thai political protests|Protests]] in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], end with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and injuring more than 2,100.<ref name="deaths">{{cite news |title=Death toll rises as anti-government protests escalate in Thailand |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7126802.ece |work=Times Online |access-date=May 14, 2010 |author3=Joanna Sugden |author4=Sian Powell |location=London |date=May 15, 2010 |first1=Jenny |last1=Booth |first2=Sadie |last2=Gray |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429060537/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7126802.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7741635/Bangkok-in-flames-as-protesters-refuse-to-back-down.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Bangkok in flames as protesters refuse to back down | first1=Damien | last1=McElroy | first2=Ian | last2=MacKinnon | date=May 19, 2010| access-date= April 17, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426200424/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7741635/Bangkok-in-flames-as-protesters-refuse-to-back-down.html| archive-date=April 26, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[May 20]]
** Scientists announced that they have created a functional [[gene synthesis#Entire genomes|synthetic genome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8695992.stm |title=How scientists made 'artificial life'|access-date=2010-05-21|work=BBC News|date=2010-05-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130601101628/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8695992.stm| archive-date=June 1, 2013| url-status= live}}</ref>
** Five paintings worth €100&nbsp;million are stolen from the [[Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]].<ref name="sky">{{cite news|last=Hewage |first=Tim |title=Thief Steals Paintings In Paris Art Heist |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |access-date=May 20, 2010 |newspaper=Sky News |date=May 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826021142/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Thief-Steals-Paintings-In-Paris-Art-Heist-Valued-at-Five-Million-Euros-From-Modern-Art-Museum/Article/201005315635454?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15635454_Thief_Steals_Paintings_In_Paris_Art_Heist_Valued_at_Five_Million_Euros_From_Modern_Art_Museum |archive-date=August 26, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|title=Picasso and Matisse masterpieces stolen from Paris museum|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum|access-date=May 20, 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 20, 2010 | location=London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523151403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/may/20/picasso-matisse-stolen-paris-museum| archive-date=May 23, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] 
** [[Air India Express Flight 812]] overshoots the runway at [[Mangalore Airport (India)|Mangalore International Airport]] in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/india.plane.crash/index.html|title=158 dead in India plane crash|work=CNN|date=May 23, 2010|access-date=August 2, 2013|archive-date=August 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828165706/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/21/india.plane.crash/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Inter Milan]] beats [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern München]] 2–0 in the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|2010 Champions League]] Final at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]].
* [[May 25]]–[[May 29|29]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2010]] takes place in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], and is won by [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|German]] entrant [[Lena Meyer-Landrut|Lena]] with the song "[[Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut song)|Satellite]]".
* [[May 28]] – the [[2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre]] in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, killed 94 people during Friday prayers at two mosques.<ref name="bbc20100528">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10181380.stm|title=Pakistan mosque attacks in Lahore kill scores|date=May 28, 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 29, 2010|archive-date=May 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529224855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10181380.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] – Nine activists are [[Gaza flotilla raid|killed in a clash]] with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the [[Blockade of the Gaza Strip|Gaza blockade]].<ref name="edition.cnn.com">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1|title=Israeli assault on Gaza-bound flotilla leaves at least 9 dead|publisher=CNN|date=May 31, 2010|access-date=June 2, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603211209/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/31/gaza.protest/index.html?hpt=T1| archive-date=June 3, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531,0,1839736.story |author=Edmund Sanders |title=Israel criticized over raid on Gaza flotilla |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101434/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-flotilla-20100531%2C0%2C1839736.story |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>