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New Year’s Eve sweeps across Mideast and Europe

Revelers counted down to midnight on New Year's Eve across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, where fireworks and festive lights offered a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe's ongoing conflicts have subdued celebrations and raised security concerns.

By Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image, Andrew Medichini, Aurelien Morissard, Ariel Schalit, Chiang Ying-ying, Emrah Gurel, Fareed Khan, Hadi Mizban, Kamran Jebreili, Marina Lystseva, Matt Slocum, Mohammed Hajjar, Ng Han Guan, Rafiq Maqbool, Sayyid Abdul Azim and Yuki Iwamura / AP, Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo and Kharkiv Regional Administration via AP

Dec. 31, 2023

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With fireworks and more traditional ceremonies, cities across Asia celebrated the arrival of the New Year.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's New Year's message is projected onto a wall during New Year's celebrations at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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The moon and a Christmas tree are seen during New Year's celebrations at the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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A video mapping is projected on the Arc de Triomphe to celebrate France's entry into the Olympic year, during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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A reveler climbs onto a pole during New Year's celebrations in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People gather near Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and the Spasskaya Tower, left, in the background, to celebrate the new year after midnight in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Dancers perform during a New Year's celebration on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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Dancers perform during a New Year's celebration on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People watch a light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate New Year's on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People watch a light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate New Year's on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People walk on the Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral, left, the Spasskaya Tower and the Kremlin Wall, right, in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. The Red Square will be closed for celebrations on the New Year's Eve.
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People pose for a photo with an actor dressed as Ded Moroz, Grandfather Frost, the Russian Santa Claus, on Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral in the background in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. The Red Square is closed for celebrations on the New Year's Eve.
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and on the Harbour Bridge as part if New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Mourners gather in grief around the grave of Israeli soldier Captain Harel Ittah during his funeral in Netanya, Israel, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Ittah, 22, died of his wounds after he was injured while the army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.
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Seoul's Mayor Oh Se-hoon, rear left, and other participants hit a huge bell to welcome the New Year during a countdown event at the Bosingak pavilion in Seoul, Korea, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Children and their parents ride a carousel at a Christmas Market set up in Red Square decorated for the New Year and Christmas festivities in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. The Red Square will be closed for celebrations on the New Year's Eve.
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A Pakistani man and his camel are silhouetted, against the last sunset of 2023 at Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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Fireworks explode at the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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People walk in popular Istiklal Street near the city's main Taksim Square, in Istanbul, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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Revelers ring in the new year after a countdown to 2024 in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Pope Francis leaves St. Peter's Square after praying in front of the Nativity scene after celebrating a New Year's Eve vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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Revelers prepare for a countdown to the new year in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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A spectator wears 2024 glasses in honor of the New Year prior to an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Philadelphia.
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Iraqis stroll around a Christmas tree decorated with items resembling children wrapped in shrouds in a display of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People celebrate New Year's at a promenade in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during the New Year's Eve celebration, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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NYPD officers check people ahead of the New Year's Eve in Times Square celebration, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in New York.
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Fireworks explode over the city during New Year's celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe during a New Year's celebration on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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People gather near Red Square with the St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and the Spasskaya Tower, left, in the background, to celebrate the new year after midnight in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
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A Palestinian child looks at the graves of people killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and buried inside the Shifa Hospital grounds in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.
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In this photo provided by Kharkiv Regional Administration, a man clears broken glass in a storefront after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

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