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Google's Emotional 2021 'Year In Search' Reflects a World Learning 'How to Heal'

The annual year-end film balances the struggles of the pandemic with the importance of community

Naomi Osaka behind a search window — This year, the search data reflects a world that is actively coping as "how to heal" becomes the most prominent search.Google

By Sara Century

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For more than two decades, Google’s “Year In Search” has provided an annual time capsule for the events that have captured the world’s attention. These reports give unique insight on the current zeitgeist by observing the words that appeared most often in search bars across the globe, encouraging reflection of our shared tragedies and triumphs.

In 2020, Google’s “Year In Search” showed internet users asking “why?” in unprecedented numbers as they attempted to find meaning behind the catastrophic global events

Sara Century

Sara Century is a freelance writer for Adweek.

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