With only 4 more days left until 2012, the web is awash with reviews of the year we’ve just experienced.

2011 has certainly been eventful, so we’ve picked out 5 of the best attempts to make sense of it all…

For a look at the stories that were dominating the news month-by-month, check out The Telegraph’s interactive video calendar.

News agency Reuters have also compiled a suitably epic but also rather harrowing Year in 60 Seconds video:

You’ll also see all the year’s defining events in Yahoo’s Biggest Moments of 2011 film.

Each year, Google releases its Zeitgeist report, providing an insight into what the world has been searching over the last 12 months. Their video, Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review is a reminder not just of what got people talking in 2011, but also how the Internet allowed those conversations to happen in powerful new ways:

And finally, for a rather more lighthearted take on the year that was, check out the top 5 most-watched videos on YouTube.

We hope 2011 has been a year to remember for you. Why not let us know what you’ll be remembering it for…