A "terrorist" attack against nightclubs in Istanbul that killed at least 35 people in mourning the New Year 2017, which came under tight security in many countries of the world, and in 2016 was stamped by numerous attacks from Paris to Berlin, Brussels and Baghdad.
The attack took place in the early hours, in an emblematic nightclub Istanbul, Reina, where at least one gunman disguised as Santa Claus opened fire on the people who were there to celebrate New Year.
According to a local TV channel, many of the 700-800 people who were in the nightclub dived into the Bosphorus to escape from the offender.
After multiple attacks and the failed coup attempt last summer, Turkey has taken important security measures for the night, with strict police controls and police who had and they disguised as Santa Claus to detect the slightest anomaly in the crowds celebrating .
Before those dead in Istanbul, the world's passage in 2017 had started with a giant fireworks show in Sydney. Then New Year giortasthike throughout Asia, the Middle East, in Africa, in Europe and then in America.
In 2016, in Nice (France, 86 dead) and Berlin (12 dead), people's gatherings had become targets of attacks with trucks and there were fears that such a scenario could be repeated on the night of New Year's Eve.
Baghdad, Ouagadougou, Istanbul, Orlando, Brussels ... The list of other cities hit by indiscriminate attacks in 2016 is long.
Merkel: appeal for "compassion"
Because of the time difference, Sydney was the first metropolis began the countdown to New Year: midnight (15:00 GMT), more than 1.5 million. Spectators watched the spectacle of fireworks above the iconic Bay and the opera.
In Tokyo, thousands of balloons were raised in the sky while in Seoul half a million Koreans chose to march with candles in hand, to demand the immediate withdrawal of kathairetheisis President Park Gkeoun-Hye.
In Rome, Pope Francis spoke at Vespers in favor of young people: "If you want to target in a future that they deserve, will not be able to achieve only betting to include everyone in this," especially through " work. "
In every continent, security was at the center of concerns.
So in New York developed about 7,000 policemen and dozens of refuse vehicles were placed in "strategic" points to prevent any vehicle fall on the crowd. One million people were expected for the traditional "descent of the ball" in Times Square in New York.
In Berlin, concrete barriers and armored vehicles were also placed near the Brandenburg Gate, while Angela Merkel urged Germans to show "compassion" and "consistency" in front of "hate-filled killer".
Two New Year's in Cyprus
In Paris, after the New Year of 2016 was mournful atmosphere after the attacks of November 13, 2015, half a million people arrived in the Champs Elysees for fireworks shows and sound and light that was dedicated to the 2024 Olympics, which dikedikei the French capital.
"We have not finished with this scourge of terrorism," he said a few hours earlier, French President Francois Hollande in TV wishes for the new year.
In Moscow, the Red Square was closed to the public and access to it was limited to 6,000 guests. The "difficult" 2016 "enabled us to unite," said President Vladimir Putin to his wishes.
In Nicosia, several dozen people took advantage of the time difference between the occupied north and south of the island to celebrate twice the advent of 2017. "A sort of peaceful protest," he explained winking Michael Tsiknakis, one of the event organizers.
Twenty-seven dead in Baghdad
At Rio, more than two million people attended the traditional spectacle of fireworks in Copacabana beach. Because of the crisis, this year the show had a shorter duration.
America is the last continent that passes in this new year, which begins with many unknowns, especially the arrival at the White House of Republican Donald Trump, who wished via Twitter Happy New Year "to all, even to many enemies (it). "
Uncertainty also exists regarding the outcome of the conflict in Syria, the shock of which diffuses v
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