New Year’s celebrations around the world
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 1: Fireworks light up the London skyline over Big Ben and the London Eye just after midnight on January 1, 2023 in London, England. London’s New Years’ Eve firework display returned this year after it was cancelled during the Covid Pandemic. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
WUHAN, CHINA - DECEMBER 31: (CHINA OUT) Revelers release balloons to celebrate the New Year on pedestrian street Jianghan Road on December 31, 2022 in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Getty Images) (Getty Images / Getty Images)
Revelers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) (Aurelien Morissard/AP)
TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on January 1, 2023 shows a fireworks show over Wat Arun Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP) (Photo by JACK TAYLOR/AFP via Getty Images) (JACK TAYLOR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian girls pose for a photo with national flag as they celebrate the New Year eve before a curfew start, near a Christmas tree decorated in the colors of Ukrainian flag at the Sofia Square in Kyiv, Ukraine 31 December 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
People light up their smartphones as they celebrate the New Year’s eve in front of the Bosingak pavilion where its annual New Year’s bell-ringing ceremony is held in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
A youth lights candle on a sand sculpture to welcome the New Year at the Sangam area, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Prayagraj on December 31, 2022. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP) (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images) (SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images)
People celebrate the start of the New Year, backdropped by fireworks exploding in the background over Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) (Bruna Prado / Associated Press)
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP) (Bianca De Marchi / Associated Press)
People kiss as confetti fills the air to mark the beginning of the new year, in Times Square, New York City, on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images) (YUKI IWAMURA / AFP via Getty Images)
