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[[File:2014 Events Collage.png|Clockwise from top-left: stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the [[Western African Ebola virus epidemic]]; citizens examining the ruins after the [[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping]], carried out by [[Boko Haram]]; bundles of water inside of a [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]] in the [[war against the Islamic State]]; Thai soldiers at the Chang Phueak Gate during the [[2014 Thai coup d'état|Thai coup d'état]]; Pro-independence campaigners in the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|Scottish independence referendum]]; the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Sochi]], Russia; [[Malaysian Airlines Flight 370]] disappears and presumably crashes in the [[Indian Ocean]]; [[Crimea]] is [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed]] by Russia|300x300px|thumb|right]]
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'''2014''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIV]]''') is a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It was the 2014 th year of the [[Anno Domini]], or of [[Leap Era]]; the 14th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and of the 21st century; and the 5th of the 2010s.

Alternatively, the following rendition of the preceding lines adheres more strictly to [[WP:RY]] and avoids the [[category mistake]] of phrases like "Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar": '''2014''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MMXIV]]''') is a [[good year]] that [[Common year starting on Wednesday|started on a Wednesday]] and the current year. In the [[Gregorian calendar]], it is the 2014th year of the BC (Before Christ) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations; the 14th year of the [[3rd millennium]] and of the 21st century; and the 5th of the 2010s decade.-->

The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the [[Western African Ebola epidemic|West African Ebola epidemic]], which began in [[2013]], becoming the [[List of Ebola outbreaks|most widespread outbreak]] of the [[Ebola|Ebola virus]] in human history, resulting in 28,646 confirmed infections and 11,323 confirmed deaths according to the [[World Health Organization]], who declared it a [[Public health emergency of international concern|Public Health Emergency]] in August. The virus caused major [[Western African Ebola epidemic#Economic effects|socioeconomic]] disruption in the region, primarily in [[Guinea]], [[Liberia]] and [[Sierra Leone]]. Other notable health concerns in 2014 included a significant increase in [[polio]] cases in [[Pakistan]].

The rise of [[Islamic State|ISIS]] became a major [[Geopolitics|geopolitical]] crisis in 2014 after the group declared a global [[caliphate]] and launched devastating [[List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State|offensives]] in [[Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|Iraq]] and [[2014 Eastern Syria offensive|Syria]]. The [[Camp Speicher massacre]] in which the Islamic State murdered 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets and the [[Fall of Mosul]], Iraq's second-largest city, prompted a [[War against the Islamic State|U.S led military intervention]], which would later become a global effort. The Islamic State committed numerous atrocities, including mass [[Islamic State beheadings|beheadings]], [[Human rights in Islamic State-controlled territory|mass executions of civilians]], and the [[genocide]] and persecution of religious minorities like the [[Yazidis]], [[Christians]] and [[Shia Islam#Persecution of shia muslims|Shia Muslims]]. ISIS would attract thousands of [[Foreign fighters in the Syrian civil war and War in Iraq#Islamic State foreign fighters|foreign fighters]] from across the world to join their [[Military of the Islamic State|military]], drawn by their ideology and promises of establishing a global Islamic state. ISIS led to a massive displacement of people in Iraq and Syria, creating a major humanitarian crisis for millions of peoples.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Orlando |last= Crowcroft  |date=2015-06-17 |title=Isis: Worst refugee crisis in a generation as millions flee Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/isis-worst-refugee-crisis-generation-millions-flee-islamic-state-iraq-syria-1506613 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=International Business Times UK |language=en}}</ref> Another notable conflict was the [[2014 Gaza War]], which [[Israel]] began 26 days after [[2014 Gush Etzion kidnapping and murder|three Israeli teenagers were murdered in the West Bank]] by [[Hamas]]-affiliated [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] militants, the large-scale military operation, codenamed "[[2014 Gaza War|Operation Protective Edge]]" saw intense fighting, with Israeli airstrikes and ground incursions into [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], killing 2,310 and wounding 10,626 Palestinians. The conflict would end on August 26, 2014, after a ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt went into effect.

The [[Euromaidan]] protests, a series of demonstrations in [[Ukraine]], were triggered by President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]'s sudden decision to pursue closer economic ties with [[Russia]] and his refusal to sign the [[European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement]], which culminated in the [[Revolution of Dignity]] in February. Following this, a disputed [[2014 Crimean status referendum|referendum]] led to Russia [[Russian occupation of Crimea|occupying]] and [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexing]] Crimea from Ukraine, subsequent [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine|pro-Russian unrest]] led to Russian backed [[Russian separatist forces in Ukraine|separatist forces]] in eastern Ukraine seizing control of key areas, leading to the [[War in Donbas]] in April. The [[Russo-Ukrainian War|war]] escalated after [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17|Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17]] was shot down by Russian-backed forces while flying in [[Eastern Ukraine]].

Political crises continued across the globe, with [[Thailand]] experiencing a [[2014 Thai coup d'état|military coup]] in May as the [[Royal Thai Army]] overthrew the [[Yingluck cabinet|caretaker government]]. Three main airplane disasters happened, the mysterious disappearance of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], the shooting down of [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]] over eastern Ukraine, and the crash of [[Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501]], collectively claiming over 700 lives. Civil unrest emerged in [[Ferguson, Missouri]] in the United States due to the [[killing of Michael Brown]] and in [[Hong Kong]], during the [[2014 Hong Kong protests]]. Despite all these challenges, scientific achievement provided hope as [[India]] became the first Asian nation to reach [[Mars]] with its [[Mars Orbiter Mission|Mangalyaan mission]], and the [[Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta]] spacecraft's [[Philae (spacecraft)|Philae probe]] completed humanity's first [[Philae (spacecraft)#Landing and surface operations|landing]] on a comet.

2014 was designated as:
*[[International observance#2010s|International Year of Crystallography]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years">{{cite web|title=United Nations Observances: International Years|date=6 January 2015|url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-years/index.html|publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=14 April 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 observance#2010s|International Year of Family Farming]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years" />
*[[International observance#2010s|International Year of Small Island Developing States]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years" />
*[[International observance#2010s|International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People]]<ref name="United Nations Observances: International Years" /><ref>{{cite web|title=International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2014 |url=https://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/solidarity.htm |publisher=[[United Nations]] |access-date=28 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929051526/http://unispal.un.org/unispal.nsf/solidarity.htm |archive-date=29 September 2014 }}</ref>
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