As we complete another trip around the sun, Vox looks back at the events that defined 2014.
A deadly virus gained a foothold in new territory; A terrorist group deemed too extreme by Al Qaeda invaded Iraq with ease; and long-standing tensions flared into new violence in Gaza, taking a huge civilian toll.
In the United States, widespread protests of police misconduct amid big strides for marriage equality and marijuana legalization. Meanwhile, people all over the world doused themselves with buckets of ice water and a teenage girl won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Marijuana
Al Jazeera America via Internet Archive
jayurbzz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7X7RAO42n8
Sochii
The Olympic Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/olympic
Oscars
Oscars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73fz_uK-vhs
Fox Searchlight https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxSearchlight
Flight 370
Reuters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=089gFfntRrU
fritzerellie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnfXwyh-8KY
New York Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUQ563y1y64
Wall Street Journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IfWVsgUXx0
Mudslide
Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47-ESu8bVlg
Storyful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7gN1h7IhXE
BringIn Trends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al6Fc9TquKc
Ukraine
RT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKviJYIlJ4
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
Kidnapped Girls
Storyful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbPpJKkm9uE
UN WebTV http://webtv.un.org/topics-issues/non-governmental-organizations/lutheran-world-federation/watch/hadiza-bala-usman-65th-un-dpingo-conference-closing-session/3756765413001
Sterling
TNT Inside the NBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJCGGBKYLz4
NBAVideos1444 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HRrSiO-10Q
Antarctic Ice
NASA Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83