There is no question, 2016 was rough. The Pulse nightclub shooting, riots, small children covered in dust and blood after being pulled from bombing rumble in Aleppo, Syria.
Google posted its “Year in Search 2016” video Wednesday showing the events, people and things that internet users searched for this year.
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The video opens with the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France, where 86 people were killed and hundreds were injured when a man drove a cargo truck through a crowd of people celebrating the holiday on the Promenade Des Anglais in Nice.
People gathered in front of the rainbow-lit Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is in the video, showing the days after the Orlando mass shooting.
The review reminds people of all the horrible events that happened this year but it also reminds people of the good and the funny trends of 2016.
A reoccurring theme of love and hope is strong throughout the video.
SpaceX landed a rocket booster on an ocean barge off the Florida Space Coast in April and then did it again in May.
Chewbacca Mom. That happened. We laughed.
Spoiler alert.
Jon Snow came back from the dead but Winter is still coming.
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won all around gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics games.
Everyone had to “catch ‘em all” with the Pokémon Go app. By October, the first interactive app of its kind had 15.4 million users a week, according to SurveyMonkey.
According to Google, people searched for the legends the world lost who have influenced music, science and culture.
Muhammad Ali, Prince, author Harper Lee, David Bowie, former astronaut John Glenn, journalist Gwen Ifill, golf legend Arnold Palmer. The list goes on.
Politics was a top theme in 2016 searches.
British citizens voted in June to leave the European Union in the shocking move known as Brexit.
Hillary Clinton became the first woman candidate for president of the United States.
Real estate mogul and reality TV host Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The Syrian war continued into its six year. The death count is up to 450,000, including 50,000 children, according to Iamsyria.org, a site that tracks the victims.
The video closes with Lin-Manuel Miranda giving his acceptance speech at the Tony Awards on June 12, the day of the Pulse shooting.
“Love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside, now fill the world with music, love and pride,” he said.
His words would become a rally cry for Orlando in the days, weeks and months of healing after the massacre.
Google closes with this:
“Love is out there. Search On.”
Watch the full review video below: