Looking back, because it s that time of the year: Maps that explain some of what went on in the world in 2014. The best of the best of 2014 from lists of movies, television shows and books. An In Focus look at winners of the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest. And more than two dozen animals that (likely) became extinct this year.
Photo: Mason (Ellar Coltrane), age 6, in the move Boyhood, which was on many best-of lists this year. (Matt Lankes/IFC Films)