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TIME's top 100 photos of 2014: Selfies, protests and wild weather

From the protests in Ferguson to a record-setting selfie to a stunning hailstorm, TIME magazine has released its top 100 photos from 2014, and the images cover a wide spectrum of emotion. Among the top 10 pictures selected by TIME editors from that group is the selfie taken by Ellen DeGeneres at the Academy Awards featuring Hollywood's biggest stars (and Lupita Nyong'o's photobombing brother) tha
This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper,...
Ellen DeGeneres with Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyong’o Jr., and, second row, from left, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a \"selfie\" portrait on a cell phone during the Oscars on March 2, 2014.Today
By Scott Stump

From the protests in Ferguson to a record-setting selfie to a stunning hailstorm, TIME magazine has released its top 100 photos from 2014, and the images cover a wide spectrum of emotion. 

Among the top 10 pictures selected by TIME editors from that group is the selfie taken by Ellen DeGeneres at the Academy Awards featuring Hollywood's biggest stars (and Lupita Nyong'o's photobombing brother) that has been retweeted a record 3.36 million times and counting. 

This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper,...
Ellen DeGeneres with Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyong’o Jr., and, second row, from left, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a \"selfie\" portrait on a cell phone during the Oscars on March 2, 2014.Today

On a much more serious note, another defining image from 2014 selected by TIME came from the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the shooting death of 19-year-old Michael Brown in August at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson. 

A man backs away as law enforcement officials close in on him and eventually detain him during protests over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014.
A man backs away as law enforcement officials close in on him and eventually detain him during protests over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager killed by a police officer, in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014.Whitney Curtis / Today

A wild weather event in Russia resulted in another eye-opening photo when a sunny day turned into a pelting hailstorm.

In this photo taken on a smartphone on July 12, 2014, people run to shelter from hailstorm on the beach at Ob River, the major river in western Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia.
In this photo taken on a smartphone on July 12, 2014, people run to shelter from hailstorm on the beach at Ob River, the major river in western Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia.Nikita Dudnik / Today

You can find all of TIME's picks for the photos of the year here.

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