2013: Eyewitness accounts
Key events of 2013, as recalled by the people who were there
Sir Alex Ferguson retires as manager of Manchester United
Edward Snowden is revealed as the NSA whistleblower
The Pope washes of the feet of young offenders in Rome
Prince George is introduced to the world
Andy Murray wins Wimbledon 2013
A chemical weapons attack kills 1,400 in Syria
The horsemeat scandal erupts
Surfing the world's biggest wave
Al-Shabaab gunmen attack Nairobi's Westgate Mall
Charles Saatchi is seen grabbing Nigella Lawson by the throat – triggering an acrimonious divorce
Breaking Bad's final episode sends a global TV audience wild
19 August: Oscar Pistorius is sent to trial for the killing of his girlfriend
Miley Cyrus twerks – and the world gets overexcited
Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall
Berlusconi tries to bring down the Italian government – and is humiliated in parliament
Angelina Jolie reveals she has had a double mastectomy
Carnage at the Boston marathon as two bombs explode in the crowd
Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered by extremists
