Editing 2013 (section)

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[[File:2013 Events Collage V2.png|From left, clockwise: [[Edward Snowden]] becomes internationally famous for leaking classified [[NSA]] [[wiretapping]] information; [[Typhoon Haiyan]] kills over 6,000 in the [[Philippines]] and [[Southeast Asia]]; the [[Rana Plaza collapse]] in [[Bangladesh]] kills over 1,000 people; the streak from the [[Chelyabinsk meteor]] that rocketed across the [[Russia]]n morning sky; protests occur amid the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|coup d'état]] that overthrew President [[Mohamed Morsi]] of [[Egypt]]; smoke rises as a result of the [[Westgate shopping mall attack]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], carried out by [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] militants; the [[Boston Marathon bombing]] marks the first major Islamic [[terrorist attack]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] since [[9/11]]; [[Pope Francis]] is elected to the [[Papacy]] in the [[2013 papal conclave|papal conclave]].|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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'''2013''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday|common year that started on a Tuesday]]. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it is the 2013th year in the [[Common Era]] (CE) and [[Anno Domini]] (AD) designations; the 13th year in the [[3rd millennium]] and the [[21st century]]; and the 3rd year of the [[2010s]]. -->

2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).

2013 was designated as:

*International Year of Water Cooperation<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years">{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances: International Years|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=April 14, 2015|ref=United Nations Observances: International Years|archive-date=May 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508170503/http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[International Year of Quinoa]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years"/>
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