WASHINGTON: Football's World Cup and the Ebola outbreak topped the list of topics shared by Facebook users around the globe in 2014, the social networking giant said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

The World Cup was the top item, followed by the Ebola crisis, Brazilian elections, the death of actor Robin Williams and the "ice bucket challenge," which saw participants around the world doused with frigid water to raise funds for research on Lou Gehrig's disease.

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