What "year in review"-style resources or accessible world history resources for the past few decades do you recommend?

Significant stories are covered heavily in the news for weeks or months, and then fall off the radar. (Consider the BP oil spill of 2010, Wikileaks, or Japan's recent nuclear disaster, which one mostly has to hunt for to find in the news these days.) Less significant stories are even more transient.

I'd like to remind myself of these things that happened during the past few decades. What books or other resources do you recommend for brushing up on recent US and world history (say, 1970 onward)? I'm not afraid of textbooks but I'd prefer something heavy on photographs. Help me remember the zeitgeist!