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In May, President Trump touching a glowing volleyball glass orb at a summit in Saudi Arabia lit up the whole internet with its reflective glow. He was inaugurating the new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, King Salman bin Abdulaziz. Trump’s critics – who saw a villainous pop culture vibe - took it from there, comparing it lots of other groups that encircled an object that glowed. On Google, searches for Trump orb spiked immediately, and it caught the whole word's attention. Case in point: Prime Minsters from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland recreated the ubiquitous image, tweeting who orb'd it better?

TIME Picks the Best Viral Photos of 2017

When you look back at 2017, it's the photos that dutifully fed the internet...

When you look back at 2017, it's the photos that dutifully fed the internet by dominating social feeds that defined the year. And the year's most notable viral photos are as varied as they are...

A man injects himself while a woman looks on. July, 2014.

A Window Into a Back Alley Reveals a World of Sex, Drugs and Destitution

The photographer Waldy Martens has captured images of hundreds of people in...

The photographer Waldy Martens has captured images of hundreds of people in the 30-square-foot radius around the dumpster by his building

MIAMI BEACH, FL - MAY 13: Dwayne Johnson attends Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of 'Baywatch' on May 13, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic)

The Rock Gives the People What They Want With This Iconic Photo Remake

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, everybody's favorite Baywatch star and the inter...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, everybody's favorite Baywatch star and the internet's preferred celebrity, never shies away from a chance to poke fun at himself. That tendency came out in full force when he hosted the...

Surfers avoiding the hurricane rip in Western Australia.

See Earth From Above

TIME selected some of the most mesmerizing Drone photographs

Flames and smoke billowing from a hole in the exterior wall after the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, on Sept. 11, 2001.

FBI Releases Never-Before-Seen Photos From 9/11 Pentagon Attack

The photos show first responders and firefighters working after the attack

NASA's Never-Before-Seen Photos of Astronauts Going to Space Are Incredible

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Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway checks her phone after taking a photo as President Donald Trump and leaders of historically black universities and colleges pose for a group photo in the Oval Office, on Feb. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Kellyanne Conway Part of a Long Line of Casual Moments in the Oval Office

A photo of Kellyanne Conway sitting on a couch in the Oval Office drew crit...

A photo of Kellyanne Conway sitting on a couch in the Oval Office drew criticism, but there's a long history of casual moments in the White House