2014, explained in 4 minutes
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Reviews major global events of 2014, including the Ebola epidemic, ISIS invasion of Iraq, and same-sex marriage legalization in the US
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[Music] today in Colorado we shipped marijuana from the underground and into a regulated market so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's forces are searching for a hundred teenage girls the world you remember that deep golden hands of the terrorist Swami extremist known as Isis have taken over about a third of the rock they have rampaged across cities killing innocent unarmed civilians and cowardly acts of violence Netanyahu says Hamas will pay following the deaths of three Israeli teenagers more than 2,000 Palestinians and more than 16 Israelis have been killed since the conflict in Gaza began on July 8 how horrible must have been final moments of their licks months into the worst Ebola epidemic in history the world is losing the battle to contain it it's as if you need an awareness and an award that everything is not working within this happening and all you're looking for is a divine goose invasion of privacy impacting some of the biggest stars in the world I spent this week answering seemingly impossible questions mom why did he do that why is he in jail why didn't he get fired the people of Scotland have spoken we have chosen unity over division we want a true democracy we want genuine universal suffrage but on the whole I don't have to die the way that it's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me on its own you may kiss your bride in the course of 36 hours we have gone from being a country where same-sex marriage is legal in 19 states in the District of Columbia to 35 states plus DC states that represents 65 percent of the population which state is going to be lost who could it possibly be Mississippi we don't know old saying you know the Americans they always do the right thing after they've tried everything else first they say ten point three million people gained health insurance under the Affordable Care Act if you've been in America for more than five years you'll be able to apply to stay in this country temporarily without fear of deportation the warmest temperatures since record-keeping began in 1880 the latest Wall Street Journal NBC News poll finds climate change at the bottom of voters priority list [Music] the idea is one girl one person with five foot two inches tall if you include my high heels I am NOT a lone voice I am those 66 million girls for the pride of education and today I'm not raising my voice it is the voice of those 66 million girls [Music] [Music]
Original Description
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=83519
ISIS
CBS via Internet Archive
VICE news
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