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The Top 10 Dubai Instagram Moments Of 2020

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Take this trip down memory lane.

Lovin Dubai has an incredible community on Instagram. We post about four or five times a day 365 days a year and when a story resonates, the number of likes, shares and views are the proof.

Here are the top 10 most viewed and shared posts on Lovin Dubai this year. From lockdown moments, a happy-ending COVID story and an expat love story to the Beirut bomb blasts, here are the posts that made the most noise this year.

10. A Nine-Year-Old Boy Leaves ICU In Abu Dhabi After Recovering From COVID-19

On his 9th birthday, the medical team cheered the exit of the youngest ICU patient at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical. We’re not crying, you are.

9. This video was captured during the Beirut explosions

It shows a nanny putting her own life in danger to save a child. The August 4 blasts in the Lebanese capital caused 204 deaths, 6,500 injuries, left over 300,000 people homeless and untold damage to the Lebanese nation.

8. Fazza stopping for a selfie with a Careem driver was a massive attention-grabber

THE. ULTIMATE. SELFIE.

7. The AED1 Million bill at Five Palm

This mighta been a publicity stunt, but I’m still shook by this.

6. Footage of huge animal sculptures getting air-lifted into Dubai Marina one sunny Sunday morning got shared around the world

5. Heavy rain in Dubai in January caused a serious amount of flooding

4. When Friday mosque prayers resumed in December, the people rejoiced and took to the streets to observe the max 30% capacity within mosques

3. Shortly after the Beirut blasts, Dubai honoured Lebanese residents at DXB with a police welcome on arrival and by handing out roses

The number of times this post was liked and shared proves the respect people have for the small but beautiful act by police at DXB.

2. During April lockdown, Abu Dhabi Police interrupted cheers of support from windows and balconies to send a message

“One moment, one moment, thank you all for staying at home and following the instructions”. During lockdown, the community came together like never before, and police took to the streets to say thank you.

1. The most viewed video on Lovin Dubai this year was the Beirut explosion

We’ll all remember where we were when we first heard about the explosions, the uncertainty that followed and the countless phonecalls DXB residents made to family and loved ones in Lebanon to make sure they were okay.

Emirates Red Crescent is still accepting donations for relief efforts – read more here.

And one for good luck…

This wasn’t the most viewed story, but how could you forget that little twinge of heartbreak we all felt looking at this picture.

The story of a cleaner who simply missed his new wife back home in India actually had a happy ending. Read it here.

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