Like every year since years were invented, it's impossible to perfectly define the last 12 months of human existence in a convenient word or two. That didn't stop writers from trying.
So here, in no particular order, is a short and mostly nonsensical list of a few of the ways we have already tried to proclaim 2013 the year of... something.
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Morales seeks re-election defying constitution and criminal chargesUnder the Radar Supporters of former president Evo Morales clash with authorities as political and economic turmoil deepens
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June 22 editorial cartoonsCartoons Sunday’s political cartoons include a SpaceX flight, Bibi pulling Donald Trump toward war, and an ICE agent looking like a bank robber
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5 bunker-busting cartoons about the Israel-Iran warCartoons Political cartoonists take on Iran waiting for Pete Hegseth to leak war plans and Donald Trump's wish for a Nobel prize
