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It may not have been the dominant headline, but make no mistake -- 2016 was the year when mass atrocities against children became the new normal.

Perched on a ledge in a Taipei apartment, Ge Ge -- aka Elder Brother -- looks satisfied as he surveys his new territory.

Before it became the scene of a New Year's Eve bloodbath, the Reina nightclub in Istanbul was a glittering waterside venue frequented by Turkey's wealthy secular millennials and international celebrities.

Turkey is so deeply polarized around the powerful persona of its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that instead of asking why terror attacks are happening and how they can be stopped, the country's pro- and anti-Erdogan blocks are blaming each other.

Queen Elizabeth did not attend a New Year's Day church service as she continues to recover from a "heavy cold," a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

Revelers on the United States' west coast cheered the advent of the new year and said good riddance to 2016.

New security camera footage shows the exterior of a Turkish nightclub during an armed attack. CNN's Cyril Vanier has more.

Brazilian police are questioning the widow of the Greek ambassador to that country, along with a military police officer described as her lover and another man in the death of the diplomat, authorities said Friday.

The American journalist disappeared in Syria in August 2012.

Rebels in the Free Syrian Army have warned they will no longer adhere to Syria's fledgling ceasefire if the regime continues to violate it, according to a statement seen by CNN.

Khemaridh Hy did the unthinkable. In 2015, at age 35, the rising star quit a very lucrative Wall Street career. He didn't have another job lined up -- or even a real game plan of exactly what he was going to do.

From livestreaming video to new smartphone features, 2016 brought us more ways to capture and share experiences.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump, rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year's greetings statement to foreign heads of state and government.

Allan Williams, the club owner and promoter widely credited with the discovery of The Beatles, has died. The music impresario, who also supported the group through their earliest years, was 86.

China has announced a plan to phase out all ivory processing and trade by the end of 2017, the government said on Friday, a move that conservationists hope will stymie the mass killing -- and threat of extinction -- of African elephants.

Edgar Matobato's days are spent -- for now, at least -- in a verdant, bucolic compound some way outside Manila.

In 2016, more countries legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes.

President Barack Obama and his first secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, entered the White House in 2009 with visions of a "Russian reset." But Obama will leave office next month in the midst of a shadowy Cold War-era fever dream, as Washington and Moscow are, once again, beset by accusations of diplomatic chicanery and outright espionage.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has recommended that the Kremlin expel 35 US diplomats from Russia in response to sanctions announced by Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.