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The World in 2013 the year of the selfie

Vine kept videos to six seconds, and Snapchat made photos vanish. Whole TV seasons started landing online in one go, so binge-watching became a normal weekend plan. Phone cameras were finally good enough that people turned them on themselves, and Oxford Dictionaries picked selfie as its word of the year. The Harlem Shake and What Does the Fox Say filled everyone's feeds.

The year in 8 events

Andy Murray's Wimbledon win in July ended a 77-year wait. The last British man to take the title, Fred Perry, won it in 1936, before the Second World War.

• ☄️Feb 15 A meteor explodes over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The blast shatters windows and injures about 1,500 people.
• ⛪Mar 13 Cardinals elect Pope Francis, the first pope from the Americas. Two weeks earlier Benedict became the first pope in 600 years to resign.
• 🕯️Apr 15 Two bombs explode at the Boston Marathon finish line. Three people die.
• 🕯️Apr 24 A clothing factory building called Rana Plaza collapses near Dhaka in Bangladesh. More than 1,100 workers die.
• 🕵️Jun 6 The first story from Edward Snowden's leaked files appears, revealing mass spying by the US National Security Agency.
• 📺Sep 29 Breaking Bad airs its final episode.
• 🌀Nov 8 Typhoon Haiyan slams the Philippines, one of the strongest storms ever recorded. More than 6,000 people die.
• 🕊️Dec 5 Nelson Mandela dies at age 95. South Africa mourns its first Black president.

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