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New York’s Times Square nearly empty on New Year’s Eve

By Associated Press

Dec. 31, 2020

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New York Police officers block a street leaving Times Square ahead of the New Year's Celebration Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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New York Police officers wear protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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Pedestrians wear protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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People pose for photographs while wearing protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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A woman wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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Pedestrians wear protective masks during the coronavirus pandemic as a Sanitation truck blocks entry to Times Square at 6th Avenue Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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Police officers stand along a mostly empty Seventh Avenue during what would normally be a Times Square packed with people in New York, late Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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A man wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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Pedestrians pass by and also watch street entertainment on Eighth Avenue, adjacent to a closed-off Times Square in New York, late Thursday, Dec. 31, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Pedestrians move along Eighth Avenue adjacent to a closed-off Times Square in New York, late Thursday, Dec. 31, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Seventh Avenue is mostly empty during what would normally be a Times Square packed with people in New York, late Thursday, Dec. 31, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Seventh Avenue is mostly empty during what would normally be a Times Square packed with people in New York, late Thursday, Dec. 31, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Seventh Avenue is mostly empty during what would normally be a Times Square packed with people, late Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Pedestrians walk in a nearly empty Times Square ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration Thursday, Dec. 31, in New York.
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In this photo combo, on top, a New York Police Department K-9 officer walks with his dog along Seventh Avenue, in New York's Times Square, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, during New Year's Eve celebrations. In bottom photo, Seventh Avenue is mostly empty during what would normally be a Times Square packed with people, late Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in New York, as celebrations have been truncated this New Year's Eve due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, late Thursday, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off to due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Jaclyn Bernstein of New York stands in the confetti after the Times Square New Year's Eve ball dropped, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. Bernstein, an owner of an event planning company who said she has done no business during the coronavirus pandemic, was invited to the event as part of a much smaller crowd due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Jaclyn Bernstein, of New York, lies in confetti after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball dropped in Times Square, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York. Bernstein, an owner of an event planning company who said she has done no business all year, was invited to the event as part of a much smaller crowd due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Jaclyn Bernstein, of New York, lies in confetti after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball dropped in Times Square, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York. Bernstein, an owner of an event planning company who said she has done no business all year, was invited to the event as part of a much smaller crowd due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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