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The photographer who took the record-breaking photo of Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup trophy says he's not a fan of the crop.

A photo posted by soccer legend Lionel Messi celebrating his recent World Cup win has become the most-liked post on Instagram.

Twitter just announced that a photo and quote Tweeted out by former President Barack Obama has become the most liked Tweet of all time on the social media platform.

Beyonce posted a maternity photo to her Instagram account yesterday, and in less than a day, that photo became the most-liked post Instagram has ever seen.

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Chances are good many of our readers couldn't care less about a wedding photo from Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding, or even what the most popular photo on the photo sharing service Instagram is. But the story behind the photo that claims both of those titles is actually pretty interesting.

Barack Obama broke online photo-sharing records this week after winning Tuesday's presidential election. When his victory became evident, Obama shared the above photograph on his Facebook timeline with the simple caption, "Four more years." That photograph quickly attracted "likes" faster than any other image shared through the social networking service. When it hit more than 2.1 million likes shortly after midnight Wednesday morning, Facebook announced that it had become the most-liked Facebook photo of all time.