In pictures: New Year 2020 celebrations across the world
With fireworks in the sky and joyful crowds on the streets, revellers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump. The end of the year celebration was a time of sadness and remembrance. From Paris, New York and London to Hong Kong, Sydney and Beijing, a look at how the world is ushering in 2020:
Fireworks are seen from Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)A woman poses for photos to celebrate the upcoming New Year in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.(AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)Fireworks explode over the London Eye Ferris wheel by the River Thames in London, to mark the start of the new year, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)People celebrate the arrival of the year 2020 at a New Year’s Eve countdown event near the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters in Bejing, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Fireworks explode over the Kremlin during New Year’s celebrations in Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Russians began the world’s longest continuous New Year’s Eve with fireworks and a message from President Vladimir Putin urging them to work together in the coming year. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)Fireworks light the sky near the Television Tower during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Wednesday, Germany, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Fireworks explode over a Christmas tree and skyscrapers during New Year’s celebrations in Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Hundred thousands of people celebrated New Year’s Eve welcoming the new year 2020 in Germany’s capital. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP)People offer their new year’s prayers at the Meiji Jingu Shinto shrine as they celebrate the arrival of the year 2020, Wednesday, Jan 1, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)Pakistani children hold a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to victims of terrorism in 2019, at rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)People gather on Praia Vermelha beach to make offerings to Yemanja, a deity from the Yoruba religion, as they honor the African goddess of the sea as part of New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers of Yemanja celebrate the deity and ask for blessings for the coming year. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)A man walks near a light sculpture before a New Year’s Eve countdown event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters in Bejiing, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)A woman prays in front of lanterns to welcome in the upcoming New Year at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Protesters react as police fire tear gas during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping in a New Year’s address Tuesday has called for Hong Kong to return to stability following months of pro-democracy protests that began in June over a proposed extradition law, and have spread to include other grievances and demands for more democracy. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)A woman hangs a paper note bearing her New Year wishes to a wire at Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
