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In an image taken with a fisheye lens, confetti drops over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's celebration as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square.
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Fireworks are seen over the Gateway of India on the occasion of New Year 2020, in Mumbai, India.
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People celebrate as they watch the traditional New Year's fireworks at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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People record fireworks on mobile phones during a New Year celebrations at the Waterway in Cairo, Egypt.
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Fireworks explode around the London Eye wheel during New Year celebrations in central London, Britain.
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People watch fireworks during New Year celebration in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia.
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Fireworks explode over Ljubljana castle during New Year's celebrations in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Performers taking part in an event marking the New Year on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Fireworks light up the sky over the General de Gaulle bridge and the Ebrie lagoon during New Year's celebrations in Abidjan.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Al-Aghwat Mosque as Iraqi celebrate celebrate New Year's eve in Mosul’s war-ravaged old town.
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People celebrate New Year's eve in Beirut Martyr’s Square in Lebanon.
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Fireworks light the sky over a camp area in the Kuwaiti desert, 60 km south of the capital, during the New Year's celebrations.
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Tens of thousands of revelers in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta were soaked by torrential rains as they waited for New Year's Eve fireworks while others in the country were wary of an active volcano. People watch a water show at National Monument (Monas) complex during New Year's Eve celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia December 31, 2019.
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Fireworks explode near Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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People celebrate the new year during an event at Shougang Industrial Park, one of the venues for the Beijing 2022 Olympics, in Beijing, China.
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Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during New Year's Eve celebrations in Singapore.
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A couple takes a selfie as a crowd waits for the new year's eve fireworks at the Champs Elysees in Paris.
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A girl spins a burning steelwool near a bonfire to sprinkle fire sparks as they celebrate the new year on a street of Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
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A New Year fireworks display on and above the Binnenhof and Hofvijver near the Dutch parliament in The Hague marks the start of 2020 during the National Countdown Moment.
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Fireworks explode over Zagreb during the New Year celebrations in Zagreb, Croatia.
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An illuminated view of the Gateway of India during the celebrations on the eve of New year in Mumbai, India.
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Reveller celebrate as confetti falls during a New Year's Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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The midnight fireworks are seen from Mrs Macquarie's Chair during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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A woman uses a phone as National Monument (Monas) is illuminated by video mapping during New Year's Eve celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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A joyful crowd of Parisians and tourists walked, biked and used scooters to reach the Champs-Elysees for the new year celebrations, in a city with almost no public transport amid massive strikes. Revelers converged at the famous avenue to watch a light show at the Arc de Triomphe, followed by a fireworks display at midnight. Paris police set up a security perimeter around the Champs-Elysees area with a ban on alcohol and traffic restrictions. All metro lines in the French capital were closed except for two automatic lines, and only a few night buses were running, as Tuesday marked the 27th consecutive day of transport strikes against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to overhaul the French pension system.
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Auckland welcomes the new year with celebratory fireworks.
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People from Japan gesture as they await before the New Years eve celebration in Times Square in New York City.
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People pose for photographs as they welcome the New Year 2020, in Amritsar, India.
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Fireworks explode over Podgorica main square during the New Year celebrations in Podgorica, Montenegro January 1, 2020.
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New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House (L) during the fireworks show.
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People attend a ceremony to celebrate the New Year in Seoul, South Korea.
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Fireworks explode to welcome in the New Year over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, as seen from Cahill Expressway during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Revellers take a selfie while arriving for a New Year countdown party outside a shopping mall in downtown Bangkok.
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Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during New Year's Eve celebrations in Singapore.
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Japanese priestess prepare for New Year prayers at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo.
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Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during New Year's Eve celebrations in Singapore.
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Fireworks are seen from Mrs. Macquarie's Chair during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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Pakistani girls are busy in writing of Happy New Year 2020 at the beach of Sea View ahead of Year New Year celebrations in Karachi.
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Fireworks explode to welcome in the New Year over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, as seen from Cahill Expressway during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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Crowds watch fireworks display during New Year's Eve celebrations in Brisbane, Australia.
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Iraqis gather near the citadel of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, during New Year's eve celebrations.
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Auckland welcomes the new year with celebratory fireworks.
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A Yemeni woman checks a decoration with large numbers for the upcoming year 2020 installed at a shop in the southern coastal city of Aden.
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Midnight fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during New Year's eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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A man walks near a light sculpture before a New Year's eve countdown event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters in Bejiing.
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Fireworks are seen from Mrs. Macquarie's Chair during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia.
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Girls take a selfie as they wait to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks at South Bank in Brisbane, Australia.
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Crowds watch a fireworks display during New Year's Eve celebrations in Brisbane, Australia.
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Pakistani children light candle to welcome the New Year in Lahore.
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney.
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People watch confetti as it's thrown from the Hard Rock Cafe marquee as part of the annual confetti test ahead of the New Year's Eve ball-drop celebrations in Times Square in New York City.
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