If the Internet's influence on culture was ever in doubt, 2013 was the year that was all put to rest. From healthcare, cats, political sexts, and selfies with world leaders, the web and some of the year's most important events were seamlessly tied together. We opened up 2013 will a presidential inauguration, saw a pope retire for the first time in almost a thousand years, and toward the end, we had Batkid take over all of San Francisco for a day. It was quite a year, so why not take a look back using the language of the Internet. That's right. Here is 2013: The Year in GIFs.
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