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New Year’s revelers ring in 2023

By Associated Press, AAP Image, Florida Keys News Bureau, Moscow News Agency, NZ Herald and PA

Dec. 31, 2022

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The New Year's Eve ball sits atop One Times Square in New York on Friday, Dec. 30.
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Evalena Worthington rehearses being lowered from the mast of a sailing vessel at the Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West, Fla., Friday, Dec. 30.
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Palestinian women take photos of themselves in front of giant panda decorations and illuminated numbers for the new year 2023, at the main road in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 30.
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Members of a Turkish dance club perform during New Year's Eve celebrations in a public garden in Turkish capital Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 30.
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People walk through a shopping street in the Ueno district famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30.
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People with shopping bags walk across a traffic intersection towards a train station near a shopping street in the Ueno district famous for a year-end shopping before New Year holidays in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30.
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Volunteers hand out free meals for the homeless at a Tokyo park on New Year's Eve on Saturday, Dec. 31.
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People wait in queue before they pray at the main hall of Sensoji Buddhist temple on New Year's Day in Tokyo, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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People gather before the New Year's countdown event at downtown Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Women dancers pray before their perform during culture parade to bid farewell to 2022 and welcoming 2023 in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday, Dec. 31.
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A woman tosses flower offerings into the waters of Urca beach for the African goddess of the sea Yemanja, as part of New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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A woman prepares a traditional turkey meal for New Year dinner at a restaurant in Turkish capital Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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People dressed as Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost, the Russian Santa Claus, attend an annual flash mob in Moscow's Metro (Subway) in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 30.
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A man in a Santa Claus costume meets children at the subway station "University" decorated for Christmas and New Year in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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People pose for pictures with a 2023 installation as they celebrate the New Year's eve at Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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People stand in the waters of the Arabian Sea at sunset in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Indonesian soldiers stand guard in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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A women take a selfies on the main business district celebrate New Year's Eve, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec 31.
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A commercial aircraft approaches the runway as the sun sets for the last time in 2022, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Viking reenactors use flaming torches to write 2023 at the Flamborough Fire Festival, a Viking themed parade in aid of charities and local community groups, held on New Year's Eve in Flamborough near Bridlington, England, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Viking reenactors watch fireworks during the Flamborough Fire Festival, a Viking themed parade in aid of charities and local community groups, held on New Year's Eve in Flamborough near Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, on Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in central Auckland as New Year celebrations begin in New Zealand, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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South Korean people strike a big bell during New Year celebrations in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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A firework display explodes off Taiwan's tallest skyscraper Taipei101 to usher in the New Year in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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Revelers take photos after a count down to the new year at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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Fireworks are seen over Victoria Harbour at midnight on New Years Sunday Jan. 1, 2023, in Hong Kong.
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, is illuminated during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.
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Sound and light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 31.
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Revelers watch a sound and light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 31.

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