In 2014, people around the world were celebrating, mourning, protesting and connecting. And thanks to the approximately 500 million tweets being posted every day this year, they were largely doing it on Twitter.

“Many millions of you contributed to the moments and conversations that all unfolded on Twitter,” wrote Gabriel Stricker, Twitter’s chief communications officer, in a blog post today. “Each contributes something special to Twitter…. To look back on the best global moments from the year, we’re unveiling #YearOnTwitter on 2014.Twitter.com.”

So what was the most popular, the most retweeted, tweet of the year?

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