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| New Year’s Eve 2020: Pictures From Around the World | New Year’s Eve 2020: Pictures From Around the World |
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| From Australia to New York City, people are gathering to ring in the new year with fireworks and musical celebrations. | From Australia to New York City, people are gathering to ring in the new year with fireworks and musical celebrations. |
| Here’s a collection of images, updating as the clock strikes midnight around the world. | Here’s a collection of images, updating as the clock strikes midnight around the world. |
| Confetti fell on revelers in Quezon City, Philippines. | Confetti fell on revelers in Quezon City, Philippines. |
| Fireworks over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. | Fireworks over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia. |
| [Are you staying in this year? Here’s our roundup of the best TV shows from 2019.] | [Are you staying in this year? Here’s our roundup of the best TV shows from 2019.] |
| Prayers for the new year were said among lanterns at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea. | Prayers for the new year were said among lanterns at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea. |
| In Singapore, drones were used to create a floating countdown clock over Marina Bay. | In Singapore, drones were used to create a floating countdown clock over Marina Bay. |
| [For millennials, Y2K felt like an apocalypse. Twenty years later, we’re still anxious.] | [For millennials, Y2K felt like an apocalypse. Twenty years later, we’re still anxious.] |
| Fireworks explode along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. | |
| Protesters in Hong Kong, who have gathered on and off since June, took a moment to count down to the new year. | Protesters in Hong Kong, who have gathered on and off since June, took a moment to count down to the new year. |
| Crowds gathered at Shougang Industrial Park, one of the sports venues for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympics in China. | Crowds gathered at Shougang Industrial Park, one of the sports venues for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympics in China. |
| The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |