{"id":50080,"date":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=50080"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:48:12","slug":"year-in-review-25-moments-that-marked-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/50080\/year-in-review-25-moments-that-marked-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review: 25 Moments That Marked 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<big>2016 unfolded as one action-packed assortment of overwhelmingly devastating and hilariously orchestrated events and we tried relatively hard to bring you a brief yet comprehensive overview of its major highlights to keep you busy as you prepare for another messy trip around the sun.<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>1. January kicked off with a major bang for Lebanese politics.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Daily Star<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>2. We lost too many legends\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-1.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>3. And to seal the deal, the guy who sings <i>Last Christmas<\/i> eventually had to draw his last breath on Christmas Day.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-2.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via WordPress<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>4. The UK broke up with the EU as a result of a nationwide referendum, thereby initiating the most devastatingly popular hashtag of the year.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How do I tell them?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Brexit?src=hash\">#Brexit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Y7hRIKINi\">pic.twitter.com\/6Y7hRIKINi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Offer (@joffley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joffley\/status\/746228107850354690\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>5. Brangelina followed suit in September, breaking the Internet and our hearts in the process.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-3.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>   <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>6. An EgyptAir flight was taken over by an \u2018unstable\u2019 Egyptian man wearing a fake explosive belt in what appeared to be a desperate attempt to reconnect with his Cypriot ex-wife, and one passenger\u2019s picture with the hijacker went viral in the aftermath of the incident.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-4.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Twitter<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>7. Lebanon became an international trash sensation.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-5.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Al Jazeera<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>8. Harambe, Evil Kermit, Skai Jackson and Trump gained iconic meme status.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-6.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>9. Twitter cheerfully celebrated its 10th anniversary in March.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starting in \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa on 3\/21 and moving across the \ud83c\udf0d, we thank you for 10 incredible years. <br><br>Love, Twitter<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveTwitter?src=hash\">#LoveTwitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pH4WWdgK6q\">https:\/\/t.co\/pH4WWdgK6q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Twitter (@twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/twitter\/status\/711658625924620288\">March 20, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>10. And then went on to shut down short-form video hosting platform Vine in October, leaving the Internet in intense mourning.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-7.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Adweek<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>11. Instagram, on the other hand, gave up its retro polaroid logo in favor of a severely gradient uplift and Twitter wasn\u2019t exactly impressed.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How the new Instagram icon was made. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnivZv81pW\">pic.twitter.com\/GnivZv81pW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oliur (@UltraLinx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UltraLinx\/status\/730414715642482688\">May 11, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>12. But the Instagram drama wasn\u2019t over just yet as the platform went on to rival Snapchat by venturing into expiring content with Instagram Stories.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-8.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via WordPress<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>13. There was an explosion near BLOM bank\u2019s Verdun branch in June and no one bothered to brief us on the actual suspects\/motives to this day.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-9.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Annahar<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>14. Driving trucks into celebrating crowds became the latest terrorist fad with two horrific vehicle-ramming attacks striking Nice (July 14) and Berlin (December 19).<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-10.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>15. Footage of this Syrian kid took social media by storm, reminding the world of ongoing war horrors in Syria.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-11.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via WordPress<br \/>   <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>16. Pok\u00e9mon GO changed the face of mankind, becoming the world\u2019s biggest ever augmented reality game and one of the most viral mobile applications of all time.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-12.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>17. Turkey\u2019s failed coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat kept the world on its edge for quite some time back in July.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-13.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via CNN<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>18. And after Turkey\u2019s controversial downing of a Russian jet in 2015, tension between the two nations shot up following the \u2018cinematic\u2019 assassination of Russia\u2019s ambassador to Turkey by an off-duty Turkish policeman inside an Ankara museum on December 19, 2016.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-14.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via WordPress<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>19. Lebanon managed to elect a president after *30 months* of presidential vacuum in one hilariously messed up parliamentary session.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-15.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Wikipedia<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>20. And a brand new government was announced mid-December in the form of a 30-minister cabinet where the State Minister of Women\u2019s Affairs somehow had to be a man.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0632\u0644\u0645\u064a \u0627\u0631\u0645\u0646\u064a \u0648\u0632\u064a\u0631 \u0644\u0634\u0624\u0648\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0623\u0629&#8230;. \u0637\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0643\u062a \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0643\u0628\u0648 \u0644\u0648\u062d\u062f\u0646&#8230; \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0634\u0648 \u062e\u0635\u0646\u064a<\/p>&mdash; Jad Bou Karam (@OHMYJAD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OHMYJAD\/status\/810570287163052032\">December 18, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>21. The mannequin challenge froze people, and the Internet.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-16.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via NBA.com<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>22. Beauty vloggers lost their minds (and faces) under 100 layers of makeup.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-17.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via YouTube<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>23. Oh and let\u2019s not forget about the Rio Olympics.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/50080-18.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via LA Times<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>24. Donald Trump defied all odds, memes and media speculations, becoming the 45th President-elect of the United States.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.beirut.com\/GetImage3\/24\/article\/50080\/690x300\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via CNN<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><Big><Big>25. And this two-word mess somehow became Lebanon\u2019s biggest megahit.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jE40X37Da0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/> <br \/> 1    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>2016 unfolded as one action-packed assortment of overwhelmingly devastating and hilariously orchestrated events and we tried relatively hard to bring you a brief yet comprehensive overview of its major highlights to keep you busy as you prepare for another messy trip around the 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