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Photos: New Year 2024 celebrations around the world

Photos: New Year 2024 celebrations around the world

Published By The Statesman For The Statesman Digital
1 year ago

Photos: New Year 2024 celebrations around the world

The celebrations come as ongoing conflicts raise security concerns and lead to muted or cancelled festivities.

In New York City, the NYPD had heightened security for the famed Times Square ball drop following Hamas' attack on Israel, CBS New York reported. Despite added safety measures, the FBI said there was no credible threat to New York City, and New Year's Day arrived to cheers from tens of thousands of beaming people in Times Square who were showered with confetti and hugs and kisses after watching the descent of the colorful, iconic ball.

Here are some photos from New Year's celebrations from around the globe:

New Years New York — Confetti drops over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, early Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in New York.YUKI IWAMURA/AP

UK Celebrates The New Year With London Fireworks — Fireworks light up the London skyline over Big Ben as thousands of revelers gather along the banks of the River Thames to ring in the New Year on January 1, 2024, in London, England. LEON NEAL / GETTY IMAGES

FRANCE-NEW YEAR — Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe with "2024" projected at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during New Year celebrations in Paris, early on January 1, 2024.BERTRAND GUAY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

New Year's Eve 2023 Chimes At Puerta Del Sol — The clock of the Real Casa de Correos congratulates 2024 with fireworks at the Puerta del Sol on January 1, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. EUROPA PRESS NEWS

New Year in Ukraine — Singers in folk costumes perform folk songs for the New Year at the city square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 31, 2023.DANYLO ANTONIUK/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

New Year's Eve In Berlin — Fireworks explode over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight on January 01, 2024, in Berlin, Germany.ADAM BERRY/GETTY IMAGES

UAE-NEW YEAR — Fireworks light up the sky by the landmark Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai, U.A.E., at midnight on January 1, 2024.GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

UAE-NEW YEAR — The number 2024 lights up the landmark Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the world's tallest building, in Dubai, U.A.E., at midnight on January 1, 2024.RYAN LIM/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

New year celebration in Iraq — New Year is celebrated with a drone show in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 31, 2023.MURTADHA AL-SUDANI/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

The Philippines Celebrates New Year — Fireworks explode over skyscrapers during New Year's celebrations on January 01, 2024, in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines.EZRA ACAYAN / GETTY IMAGES

Hong Kong Marks The Arrival Of 2024 — A couple is wearing 2024 headbands to mark the arrival of the year 2024 in Hong Kong, China, on Jan. 1, 2024.VERNON YUEN/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES

INDIA-NEW YEAR — Visitors throng the illuminated Atal Pedestrian Bridge over Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad on the eve of New Year on Dec. 31, 2023.SAM PANTHAKY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

New Year celebrations in Turkey — Hundreds of people celebrate the arrival of the new year on Istiklal Street on January 1,2024 in Istanbul, Turkey.SERCAN OZKURNAZLI/DIA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES

Hong Kong Marks The Arrival Of 2024 — A man is wearing a 2024 headband while watching fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to mark the arrival of the year 2024 in Hong Kong, China, on Jan. 1, 2024.VERNON YUEN/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES

People Celebrate New Year's In Bangkok. — Thai people and Buddhist monks are chanting during an auspicious prayer rite to welcome the upcoming new year at Wat Pathum Wanaram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 31, 2023.ANUSAK LAOWILAS/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES

Australians Celebrate New Year's Eve 2023 — A woman poses for a photo wearing a Happy New Year headpiece at Mrs Macquarie's Chair during New Year's Eve celebrations on Dec. 31, 2023 in Sydney, Australia.R.BINTANG / GETTY IMAGES

Australians Celebrate New Year's Eve 2023 — Fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations on Jan. 1, 2024, in Sydney, Australia.RONI BINTANG / GETTY IMAGES

New Year's Eve in Jakarta — An aerial view shows people gathering at Sudirman Street during Car Free Night to celebrate New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia on Jan. 1, 2024.FIRDAUS WAJIDI/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

New Year's Eve celebration in Taiwan — People attend the celebration party while waiting for the fireworks show to light up Taipei's sky and Taipei 101 during New Year's Eve celebrations just after midnight at Xinyi District, Taipei on Dec. 31, 2023.WALID BERRAZEG/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

Palestinian Fishermen — Palestinian girls are writing ''2024'' in the sand during the last sunset of the year in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 31, 2023.MAJDI FATHI/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES

New year celebrations in China — Iron Flower Performance is seen during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Foshan, Guangdong, China on Dec. 31, 2023.JOHN RICKY/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

New year celebrations in Istanbul — Citizens and tourists who want to enter the new year in Taksim district are seen in Istanbul, Turkey on Dec. 31, 2023.HAKAN AKGÃ¼N/ANADOLU VIA GETTY IMAGES

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