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The year kicked off with January's highlighting events, where near misses and calamities dominated the news cycle. The attempted assassination of South Korean opposition leader Lee Chyang sent shockwaves, while an Alaska Airlines plane incident exposed Boeing's ongoing safety concerns. In simpler terms, it was a month filled with alarming news that simultaneously seemed to reflect the repetitiveness of the digital narrative—almost everything happening, yet feeling like nothing at all.