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“The year 2020 was 20% happy and 20% sad, the track of rest 60% no one kept”
Source: BOB FM Cayman
The day when this apocalypse (2020) ends.
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| Source: BOB FM Cayman |
The year 2020 was welcomed with big expectations and open arms. Do you remember your first day of 2020? And did you have even the slightest idea of how you would be celebrating this year’s end? If you are reading this then “Congratulations you survived!” We have survived tragic news of disasters, natural calamities, deaths of relatives, friends, and celebrities, the economy collapsing, unemployment, and missing out on important days of our lives. We have all fought depression, anxiety, mental sickness and a lot we don’t even know. So take a few minutes to appreciate coming this far and doing great till now. The war isn’t over and neither are we done. We humans are very strong. Let’s take a small look over the things that happened in 2020:
Beirut explosion
A massive explosion shattered Beirut on August 4, 2020, the blast emanated from Beirut's port, where 2,750 tonnes of highly explosive ammonium nitrate was being stored. At least 157 people were killed, over 6,000 injured, and hundreds of thousands were displaced.
Black Lives Matter Movement by virtue of George Floyd's killing
Massive protests swept the US in late May and early June following the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, raising the unsolved and ever-fought racism issue not only in the US but all over the world.
Coronavirus pandemic
The outbreak of coronavirus, or COVID-19, is the most disturbing and major issue of the year 2020. It was successful in making the whole world at a halt, causing the loss of huge human life and economic depression.
Wasn't Corona Virus itself harmful and fatal that we also got introduced to Covid 19's new strain?
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| Source: BBC.com |
Australian bushfire
The 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season, known as the black summer, began with several serious and uncontrolled fires in June 2019, mainly in the southeast of the country. The fires, which peaked during December and January, have since been contained and extinguished.
Airline Crashes.
1) Ukrainian jetliner crash in Iran
2) Pakistan airliner crash
3) Air India Express Flight Crash
Natural Disasters
1)Devastating floods in Indonesia
Floods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta and nearby towns in the early hours of January 1st killed 66 people and forced almost 400,000 to flee their homes.
2)Taal volcano eruption
Red-hot lava gushed out of a volcano in the Philippines on January 12 after a sudden eruption of ash and steam forced villagers to flee and also shut down Manila’s international airport, offices, and schools
3)Earthquakes in Turkey and the Caribbean
A total of 41 people were killed and more than 1,600 were injured in eastern Turkey after an earthquake rattled the region on January 24.
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| Source: Mera Vote |
4)In India
2019–20 locust infestation
2020 Ahmedabad chemical factory blast
2020 Dahej chemical plant explosion
2020 Uttarakhand forest fires
Cyclone Amphan
2020 Assam gas and oil leak
Aurangabad railway accident
Cyclone Burevi
Eluru outbreak
2020 Hyderabad floods
2020 Kerala floods
Cyclone Nisarga
2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning
Srisailam hydroelectric power plant fire
Tariq Garden collapse
2020 Vijayawada fire
Visakhapatnam gas leak
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| Source: BBC.com |
Hundreds of billions of locusts swarmed through parts of East Africa and South Asia in the worst infestation for a quarter of a century, threatening the food supply of tens of millions.
Deaths of Famous Personalities that made us speechless
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| Source: The Hans India |
29 April – Irrfan Khan, Film actor (b. 1967)
30 April – Rishi Kapoor, Film actor (b. 1952)
25 May – Balbir Singh Sr., 96, Hockey player
(b. 1923)
31 May – Wajid Khan, musician
14 June – Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, Film and television actor (b. 1986)
3 July – Saroj Khan, 71, Dance Choreographer (b. 1948)
8 July – Jagdeep, 81, Film Actor (b. 1939)
11 August – Rahat Indori, Poet and lyricist, 70, (b. 1950)
17 August -Nishikant Kamat, Filmmaker & Actor, (b. 1970)
31 August – Pranab Mukherjee, Former President. (b.1935)
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| Source: Daily Mail |
26 January 2020, Kobe Bryant, an American basketball player
28 August 2020, Chadwick Boseman, American actor
The number of Deaths caused due to Covid is 1.82M. The number keeps on changing
Africa was declared free of polio
On 25 August, the World Health Organisation delivered the news that there had been no new cases of wild poliovirus recorded on the continent of Africa since 2016. While other types of the virus persist, this is hopeful news.
Cat missing for three years reunited with UK owner
53-year-old Keith Bigland from Fenland in Cambridgeshire was “distraught” when his late mother’s pet cat, Biscuit, disappeared in 2017 after escaping from their home. But Mr. Bigland and his wife Su were in disbelief when a local vet called them last Wednesday to say their fluffy gold and white pet, now aged 14, had been handed in after he was spotted just over one kilometer from their house.
I won’t feed you all with all news, just go and Google more “Good things that happened in 2020” and see how we found positivity and happiness in these stressful times.
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| Source: iSLCollective |
Yes, we lost a lot of people and almost lost a few; yes we learned the value of life, love, contact, touch, relationship, hygiene, and clear breath. Few of us used the time we got in this lockdown period; they did something ‘productive’, few of us just had the ‘leisure times of our lives’, few were a part of both and trust me no one did anything wrong by being in any of these clubs. The thing is in this year of ups and downs and global disasters; we have all survived and evolved.
We all have lots and lots of expectations from 2021, I will be turning 20 and entering my 20s which is making me anxious, it will probably be my last academic or college year making me very well-graduated and eligible for employment. I am not sure whether I will ace this year or come out as a dumb piece but I am ready for any and everything. One thing that this year 2020 and its events have made us all is strong and open to accept any challenge and brave enough to face them. God forbid, if next time when something devastating happens, we will be ready to deal with it and not be as clueless or lost as we were this time. And even if anyone of us still feels lost, anxious, or scared we know that we have someone whom we can turn to.
Cheers to this New
Year,
Cheers to new
opportunities,
Let us all be
together and ace this year,
Fight all the
challenges,
Defeat all the
problems,
Embrace our
pluses,
Celebrate our joys
and share our sorrows,
Let us all evolve
into the best of us,
Save the
environment, Save yourself.
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| Source: Etsy |
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Humaira Kazi
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