Latest New Year’s Eve 2022: London fireworks have ‘colossal surprises’, mayor says as crowds gather

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2023: Cities around the world welcome the new year

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New Year celebrations are in full swing across the world as countries across Asia welcome the year 2023.

The UAE attempted to break two Guinness World Records by displaying 452 pyro drones and 15,000 lights, colors and shapes in a fireworks show in Abu Dhabi.

Meanwhile, crowds released balloons in Tokyo, Japan in the first strikes of the new year, as people in Seoul prayed and lit up the sky with their phones as they bid farewell to an agonizing year.

In the UK, thousands will attend Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations as people begin to gather on London’s South Bank.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, teased viewers as he said there were “at least three colossal surprises” in the iconic fireworks display.

He also said that the fireworks will reflect on the past year, absorbing all the happiness as well as the loss.

For many, this is the New Year’s Eve in three years where parties and festivities are completely free from Covid restrictions.

View latest update 1672524990 New Year’s Eve parties are underway all over the world after Covid stops

Partygoers in major city centers around the world are welcoming the year 2023 with a countdown and fireworks.

The events come as many cities around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve without restrictions for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

People look at the fireworks launched from the Old Mutual Tower building to celebrate the New Year in Nairobi

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Fireworks on New Year’s Eve, Maasdam, Netherlands

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People gather on the Champs-Elysées awaiting fireworks on New Year’s Eve in Paris

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 22:16

1672522397 Fire explosions welcome the arrival of 2023 in Iraq

Mosul and Baghdad witnessed spectacular firework displays to welcome the arrival of the year 2023.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 21:33

1672519663UAE attempts to break two Guinness World Records with a lavish fireworks show

The UAE attempted to break two Guinness World Records by displaying 452 pyro drones and 15,000 lights, colors and shapes in a fireworks show in Abu Dhabi.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 20:47

1672518448 Burj Khalifa fireworks explode

The UAE entered the new year with amazing scenes.

Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, witnessed a stunning fireworks display to welcome the year 2023.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 20:27

1672516330 Crowds in Wuhan carry balloons to celebrate the beginning of the new year

Crowds in Wuhan, China hold balloons as they gather to celebrate the start of the new year.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 19:52

1672515495 Zelenky and the First Lady of Ukraine say that 2023 will be “the year of our victory”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, the First Lady of Ukraine, published a New Year’s message calling 2023 “the year of our victory.”

Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 19:38

People in Moscow celebrate the silent new year without fireworks because they hope for peace

People in central Moscow prepared late Saturday for a fairly quiet New Year’s Eve without the usual fireworks and festivities in Red Square, where many said they wanted peace in 2023.

Authorities closed off the famous cobbled square in the heart of Moscow, citing restrictions to combat COVID-19, and increased the number of police in nearby side streets.

New Year’s Day is the main seasonal holiday in Russia, while Orthodox believers celebrate Christmas on January 7.

“We hope that there will be a predictable year, we hope that there will be world peace, as strange as it sounds in such a situation,” Muscovite Alexander Tsvetov said.

“We hope that people will be happy, on every side of this conflict, and that there will be peace,” he continued, referring to what President Vladimir Putin calls the ten-month “special military operation” in Ukraine.

People walk in Red Square before it closes to celebrate New Year’s Eve

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Deprived of the opportunity to gather on Red Square and watch the traditional fireworks show on New Year’s Eve, people walked along the damp streets, looking at Christmas markets, brightly lit shop windows and trees set up with ornaments.

New laws adopted in March provide for fines and prison terms for defaming or spreading “deliberately false information” about the armed forces.

“I am sure that those – to put it mildly – unexpected, harsh, aggressive events will certainly be moderate. 68-year-old Yelena Popova predicted that next year there will be a turn for the better.

She said the canceled fireworks display was an act of solidarity with what was happening in Ukraine.

“No one should pretend that nothing is happening – our people are dying there. The holiday is celebrated, but there must be limits,” she said.

Tatiana, a woman who did not give her full name, said she hoped for “world peace, clear skies, happiness and health for all”. Without a doubt, the Russian forces were going through difficult times, she said, “so we support them spiritually.”

Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 19:11

India says hello to the year 2023

New Year celebrations are in full swing in New Delhi, India as crowds welcome the year 2023.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 18:41

Malaysia welcomes the New Year as a jubilant crowd celebrates it

New Years revelers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia celebrated the year 2023 with smiles all around.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 18:18

Fireworks light up the sky in Singapore as the new year begins

Singapore welcomes the New Year with a dazzling display of fireworks outside the iconic Marina Bay Hotel.

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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 17:51

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