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Brangelina break-up: The world reacts

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    20 September 2016
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What's popular and why

It's over. The world's most famous couple (apart from Kim and Kanye) are no more. Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt after two years of marriage, and more than a decade together.

Take a moment. We're in shock too. Undoubtedly there will be plenty of magazine op-eds and analysis published in the coming days. But in the interim, let's see how it's playing out on social media.

Unsurprisingly the hashtag #Brangelina is the world's top Twitter trend.

2016 has gone too farImage source, Twitter
Love isn't realImage source, Twitter

There's the inevitable talk about Pitt's ex-wife, actress Jennifer Aniston. Pitt and Jolie famously met on the set of Mr & Mrs Smith in 2004 while he was still married to Aniston.

Aniston told Vanity Fair magazine, external in 2005 that photos of Pitt and Jolie together, in the aftermath of her break-up with the actor, had upset her. "I would be a robot if I said I didn't feel moments of anger, of hurt, of embarrassment," she said.

Everyone looking for Jennifer Aniston JokesImage source, Twitter
Photo of Jennifer Aniston laughingImage source, Twitter
Picture of Jennifer Aniston with caption 'And that, my friend, is what they call closure'Image source, Twitter

One of the most popular tweets highlights Jolie's accomplishments beyond that of being half of a celebrity couple.

Tweet mentioning that Angelina Jolie us a lecturer at LSE

There's despair...

Woman drinking under a deskImage source, Twitter

...and some seem ready to give up on love completely.

Love doesn't exist tweetsImage source, Twitter

Others, however, were more hopeful sharing pictures of different famous couples looking happy.

Beyonce and Jay ZImage source, Twitter
The Obamas huggingImage source, Twitter

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