The year in Twitter trends: from #GulfOilSpill to #InHighSchool and #Iran

The World

Over the past year, one good way to understand what people in the world are talking about has been to follow the trending topics on Twitter, usually preceded by a hashtag (#). From movies, to revolutions and natural disasters ? love it or hate it ? Twitter helped the world understand its own conversations in 2010. We take a look at some of the trending topics of the year.

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