2013
From left to right, top to bottom:
- Pope Francis is elected to the Papacy in the papal conclave;
- Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information;
- The streak from the Chelyabinsk meteor that rocketed across the Russian morning sky;
- The Boston Marathon bombing kills three and injures hundreds;
- Euromaidan erupts in Ukraine;
- Protests lead to the coup d'état that overthrew President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt;
- Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia;
- The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh kills over 1,000 people;
- Smoke rises as a result of the Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, carried out by Al-Shabaab militants.
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2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
2013 was the first year since 1987 (after 26 years) to contain four unique digits, or no repeating numbers.
2013 was designated as:
- International Year of Water Cooperation
- International Year of Quinoa