The desperation follows two years of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions that were followed by vaccination needs that continued to hamper. Regardless, 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.
A video captured by local Spanish media outlet CEN showed fights along a popular tourist street in the Catalan city of Sitges in the early hours of July 23, as men attacked others with anything they could get their hands on, such as bar stools, glass bottles and steel bars, to name a few.
The cause of the fight remained unknown despite an investigation by the Catalan region’s main police force, Mossos d’Esquadra, but the leading explanation was that a disagreement with a bouncer quickly 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 arrested and fined after climbing the stairs 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 not yet clear whether any of the other people involved in starting or intensifying the fighting were British.
American tourist Angkhan Vorac Chhieng was filmed using a “Ghostbusters-style lawnblower” to smoke a crowd of people on a busy street in Phuket, Thailand, according to a report by ViralPress.
Video footage shows the tourist spewing 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 purportedly stating that they intended to ban Chhieng from re-entering the country.
Video shows a tourist attempting to pet a bison that was grazing by a pathway on May 20 after a group approached the animal to take selfies.
When the woman came over to puppy the giant bovine, she was very frightened. The buffalo bowed its head and threw itself at her with its horns. The animal pierced the tourist’s sweater as she rushed away, but she managed to break free and gave the impression unharmed.
The incident shows precisely why other people should not 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 the 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 took out their phones. They’re looking to pose. They turn their backs on a wild animal. I don’t know what they’re thinking,” Magill told Fox Weather. “Now that calving season is approaching, women are going to be very protective of their young. “
In July, a video surfaced of a Swiss teenager etching the letter “N” onto 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 as a crowd is heard clapping 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 band applauded me. I said to her in English: ‘Do you need applause?’ The woman realized that she had found herself in the spotlight of those in the art and turned around to address his 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. “
A February video filmed an unidentified Polish tourist climbing the stairs of the Kukulkan pyramid at the Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico, a move that was frowned upon among locals.
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 was released after a 12-hour stint in custody.
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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 upsetting and shocking incident this year involved the murder of a tourist near the Marienbruecke bridge near Neuschwanstein Castle in 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 was attacked by 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 attempted to sexually assault the 21-year-old woman before pushing her down the hill as well. She fell about 165 feet and ended up near her friend. The suspect left the scene but was temporarily detained nearby.
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A mountain rescue team reached the two women. The 22-year-old woman “responded” and was taken to the hospital, where she spent the night, police said. A helicopter transported the critically injured 21-year-old woman 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 Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.