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Fans of gifs, Vines and the Olympics suffered a devastating blow on Thursday, as news surfaced that the International Olympic Committee has banned news organizations from creating the short, highly shareable clips during the games in Rio.

Tunisia's tourism industry had already suffered a devastating blow on March 18, when attackers hit the Bardo National Museum in the capital, whose antiquities were a major draw for visitors.

The Twi-hard community was dealt a devastating blow on Wednesday when Stewart, who plays Bella Cullen née Swan in "The Twilight Saga," released a statement publicly acknowledging that she cheated on "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson with director Rupert Sanders.

"It was a devastating blow to miss out on the final, but we have to move on and enjoy ourselves.

Democratic House members who are still undecided ought to spare a thought for the wisdom of dealing a devastating blow to President Clinton on the eve of the struggle over universal health insurance.

The climatic effects of an eruption do not increase linearly with its size, but if it arrived without years of warning (time to allow massive precautionary stockpiling) a repeat of the Toba eruption today would be a devastating blow to food security on a global scale and could be expected to cause tens of millions or hundreds of millions of casualties.

This all sounds a bit bleak but there is no way of dodging the fact that the election of Donald Trump is a devastating blow to global efforts on climate.

Richard Dyer, Friends of the Earth's (FoE) transport campaigner, said: "Spending cuts have come as a devastating blow to those who depend on buses to get from A to B – elderly people especially.

"800 job losses is a devastating blow for the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde and the broader Scottish economy.

"Rumours have been circulating for years about the future of the MS Regional Respite Unit in Dalriada Hospital, Ballycastle, and this announcement is a devastating blow for people who rely on this service.

Disability rights groups said the changes would be a devastating blow to disabled people who rely on the benefit to help them live on their own, while Labour branded the changes "morally reprehensible".