The desperation follows two years of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions that were followed by vaccination needs that continued to hamper. In spite of everything, people were able to organize, but all those pent-up frustrations and expectations led to incidents all over the world.
These are just a few examples of the worst stories that have made headlines over the past year.
Video captured by local Spanish outlet CEN showed fighting along a popular tourist street in the Catalonian city of Sitges early on July 23 as men attacked each other with anything they could get their hands on, like barstools, glass bottles and metal bars, to name a few.
The cause of the brawl remains unknown despite an investigation by the Catalan region’s main police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, but the main explanation is that a war of words with a goalkeeper temporarily escalated.
The violence lasted for about a minute before those involved attempted to flee the scene, Mirror UK reported. Between 30 and 40 other people were reportedly involved in the fight. Two police officers suffered dislocated joints and cuts after being punched through glass. bottle. No arrests have been made and no suspect is known as the instigator.
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A tourist in Mexico was arrested and fined after climbing up the steps of a sacred pyramid (Daniel Fretwell via Storyful)
The street, officially known as Calle Primer de Maig, is lined with bars and restaurants. It is a popular destination for British tourists, but it is still unclear whether any of those involved in initiating or intensifying the fighting were British.
American tourist Angkhan Vorac Chhieng was caught on video using a “Ghostbusters-style weed blower” to smoke out a crowd of people on a busy street in Phuket, Thailand, according to a report from ViralPress.
Video footage shows the tourist blowing what is believed to be hashish smoke at pedestrians in the area. The video circulated widely on the Internet, prompting an investigation through the Phuket Provincial Police.
“I’m sorry, I’d like to apologize to Phuket. It’s a misunderstanding,” the American said.
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The police also issued a statement allegedly stating that they intended to ban Chhieng from re-entering the country.
The video shows a tourist trying to pup a bison that was grazing near a trail on May 20 after an organization approached the animal to take selfies.
When the woman came to puppy the big bovine, she was very frightened. The bison lowered its head and lunged at it with its horns. The animal snagged the tourist’s sweater as she rushed away, but she managed to escape and gave the impression of being unharmed.
The incident shows precisely why other people shouldn’t get too close to wild animals, according to Zoo Miami ambassador Ron Magill. Yellowstone officials say park visitors will have to stay at least 25 yards away from bison for their own safety. But Magill warned that some other people forget the rules when looking for likes on social media.
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“They take out their phones. They’re looking to pose. They turn their back on a wild animal. I don’t know what they’re thinking,” Magill told Fox Weather. “Now that the birthing season is approaching, women are going to be very protective of their young. “
A video emerged in July of a Swiss teenager carving the letter “N” into a wall of the roughly 2,000-year-old structure, as first reported by local media outlet ADN Kronos. In the video, the woman is seen with her face blurred while a crowd is heard applauding off-camera.
The man filming, excursion consultant David Battaglino, told Italian newspaper La Repubblique that he was giving a group of other people a tour of the scene when someone brought the girl to his attention.
“After a few seconds, my group applauded me. To her, in English, I said, ‘Do you want applause?’ The young girl understood that she had ended up in the crosshairs of those who protect art and turned away to go toward her family,” Battaglino said.
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The incident occurred just weeks after a British tourist, 31-year-old Danailov Dimitrov, was left defacing the old building in a video. A viral video shows Dimitrov carving a wall with his fiancée’s name on it: “Ivan Haley 23. “
Video from February caught an unidentified tourist from Poland who ran up the steps of the Kukulkan pyramid in Mexico’s Chichén Itzá archeological site, a move that’s frowned upon by the local populace.
A passerby attacked the tourist with a stick as the Mexican government took the assailant away and shouted, “Are you stupid?”
The director of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) told the Mexico Daily Post that the tourist was fined 5,000 pesos ($263) for the incident and released after 12 hours of detention.
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“Tourists will have to respect INAH’s protection measures in the archaeological zone to maintain Mexico’s cultural heritage, take care of other visitors and enjoy this Mayan heritage,” said INAH Director José Arturo Chab Cárdenas.
Perhaps the most provocative and shocking incident this year is the murder of a tourist near the Marienbrücke bridge near Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany.
The 30-year-old man met the two American women, ages 21 and 22, on a trail and lured them to a trail leading to an overlook, police said.
“The younger of the two women assaulted the suspect,” police spokesman Holger Stabik said. “The older woman attempted to run to his aid, then strangled the suspect and then drove him downhill. “
The assailant then allegedly tried to sexually assault the 21-year-old before pushing her down the slope as well. She fell nearly 165 feet, ending up close to her friend. The suspect left the scene but was quickly arrested nearby.
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A mountain rescue team reached the two women. The 22-year-old “responded” and was taken to the hospital, where she spent the night, police said. A helicopter flew the critically injured 21-year-old to another hospital, where she died. overnight.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Lee, Chris Pandolfo, Bradford Betz and Andrew Mark Millar contributed to this report.
Peter Aitken is a reporter for Fox News Digital who focuses on national news.