Confetti are flying in the air after the ball dropped to ring in the new year in a mostly empty Times Square in New York City on January 1, 2021.
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People celebrate the new year after counting down as they dance in a bar at Kibera slum in Nairobi, on January 1, 2021.
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People celebrate the new year dancing around a bonfire in the street of Nairobi's Kibera slum on January 1, 2021.
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Two women gesture next to the water front of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on January 1, 2021, despite the Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in place and the New Year fireworks cancelled, people gathered to celebrate the New Year.
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This picture shows fireworks on the Burj Khalifah tower in Dubai during the new year's eve celebrations on December 31, 2020.
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Children spin hot steel wool to spread sparks of fire on a street in Nairobi's Kibera slum on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2020.
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A man uses his mobile phone to record as Ivorians watch a fire works display to ring in the New Year, in Koumassi a neighbourhood of Abidjan on January 1, 2021, as nations around the world hold subdued celebrations to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19.
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People wearing protective facemask walk past festive decorations set for Christmas and the upcoming New Year's celebrations, in Moscow on December 27, 2020, amid the ongoing Covid-19, (the novel coronavirus) pandemic.
A laser show pierces the sky to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31, 2020 in Brussels, as the laser show replaces the traditional fireworks as most countries around the world cancelled the annual New Year celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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People celebrate the new year after counting down as they dance in a bar in Nairobi's Kibera slum on January 1, 2021.
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A Hindu devotee lights an oil lamp to on the occasion of the New Year Day at a Hindu temple in Colombo on January 1, 2021. (Photo by
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The ball drops to ring in the new year in a mostly empty Times Square in New York City on January 1, 2021.
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People gather north of a barricaded Times Square for New Year's Eve in New York City on December 31, 2020.
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Singer Jennifer Lopez performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2020 in New York City.
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