New Year Celebration in Different Countries (Photo Feature)

Fireworks light the sky during the New Year celebrations over the alps mountains massif ‘Nordkette’ in Innsbruck, Austria, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Giuseppe Palmulli (aka Mister OK) of Italy, dives in the Tiber river as part of the traditional New Year celebrations on January 1, 2020 in Rome. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
A Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarovar (water tank) on the occasion of New Year Day amid foggy conditions at the Golden Temple in Amritsar January 1, 2021. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)
Sikh devotees take a selfie pictures on the occasion of New Year Day amid foggy conditions at the Golden Temple in Amritsar January 1, 2021. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)
Young Buddhist devotees holds out flowers towards a fountain before praying during the New Year’s celebration at the Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Kelaniya on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Singer Jennifer Lopez performs in Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations on December 31, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn / various sources / AFP)
People watch a fireworks display during New Year celebrations at Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on January 1, 2021. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)
A couple watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day at a seaside park in Tokyo on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Artists watch as after firework explode over Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the new year during a concert ‘Willkommen 2021’ (Welcome 2021) on January 1, 2021. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / various sources / AFP)
People watch the national flag raising ceremony and fireworks display to celebrate the New Year, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, early Friday, Jan., 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
People line up to cross the road as they celebrate the New Year of 2021 in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
People take a dip into the North Sea from the beach at Whitley Bay, England, Friday Jan. 1, 2021. For many people a swim in open water embraces prospects of New Year’s Day. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
People celebrate the New Year under the lights of the Christmas tree in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Despite COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, a lot of Ukrainians enjoy outdoor New Year events, often ignoring protective measures. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Dubai celebrates the new year in Singapore by reflecting their national flag on the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, to mark New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, to mark New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Police vans are parked on the Champs Elysees avenue during the New Year’s Eve, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. As the world says goodbye to 2020, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots like the Champs Elysees in Paris and New York City’s Times Square this New Year’s Eve. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk through a shopping area on New Year’s Eve in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget. (Chinatopix via AP)
People celebrate the New Year under the lights of the Christmas tree in Kyiv, Ukraine, late Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Despite COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, a lot of Ukrainians enjoy outdoor New Year events, often ignoring protective measures. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Despite a ban on gatherings and fireworks, a few hundred people gathered on Dam Square in front of the Royal Palace, rear, to celebrate New Year in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. As the world says goodbye to 2020, a year ruined by the coronavirus, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots like the Champs Elysees in Paris and New York City’s Times Square this New Year’s Eve. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Indians hold cutouts welcoming the New Year on the eve of New Year at a Church in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Marco Fois dives into the Tiber river from the 18 meters (59 feet) high Cavour Bridge in Rome, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2021. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
Massed crowds look on during celebrations with national flag raising, entertainers and firework display to mark the New Year, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, early Friday, Jan., 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

The city center is near deserted in the last hour of the countdown to the new year in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. As the world says goodbye to 2020, a year ruined by the coronavirus, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Light beams instead of traditional fireworks are seen around Warsaw’s tallest building, The Palace of Culture and Science, greeted New Year under anti-COVID-19 restrictions in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
(210101) — KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 1, 2021 (Xinhua) — A screen showing “Welcome 2021” is seen near the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
(210101) — MANILA, Jan. 1, 2021 (Xinhua) — Fireworks are displayed during the New Year celebration in Manila, the Philippines, Jan. 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A general view in an empty Madrid’s Puerta del Sol before the New Year’s celebrations in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Across Spain regional authorities are limiting gatherings to a handful of people while some are slightly relaxing the nightly curfew to allow families to gather before getting home for an early night. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this photo made with a fisheye lens, lights near the district of Sandkrug shine onto the clouds in Hatten, Lower Saxony, Germany on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Festival organizer Jan Meiners set up powerful spotlights at four locations to celebrate New Year’s Eve. (Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP)
A general view of an empty Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. All the accesses to the beaches will be closed on the night of new years, to help curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Crowds of people celebrate the New Year around the Christmas tree with the St. Sofia Cathedral in the background in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Despite of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, a lot of Ukrainians enjoy outdoor New Year events, often ignoring protective measures. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A groom carries his bride to their hotel following their new year wedding in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on January 1, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)

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