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New Year 2021 photos: Only a handful of invited guests, including health care workers and others from the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, gathered in New York's Times Square to witness the dropping of the New Year's Eve ball, marking the end of a sobering 2020 and a hopeful start to 2021. It was a subdued celebration from across the world amid coronavirus pandemic. Scores of New Year's Eve events have been similarly curtailed or moved online. Let us take a look at some spectacular fireworks photos from around the world:
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Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square during the virtual New Year's Eve event following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. (Reuters Photo)
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Jennifer Lopez performs in Times Square on New Years Eve in New York City. (Reuters Photo)
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Fireworks explode over a not-too-crowded square with a Christmas tree and and the main mosque during New Year's celebrations in Grozny, Russia. (AP Photo)
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Fireworks explode over the Kremlin and almost empty Red Square during New Year's celebrations in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo)
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This showing a general view of the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris very early on New Year's Day. As the world says goodbye to 2020, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots like the Champs Elysees in Paris and New York City's Times Square this New Year's Eve. The virus that ruined 2020 has led to cancelations of most fireworks displays and public events in favor of made-for-TV-only moments in party spots like London and Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo)
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A light show is seen over Tower Bridge in the new year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain. (Reuters Photo)
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Musicians watch as fireworks explode over Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate during the New Year Celebrations in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo)
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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's day celebrations, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Athens, Greece. (Reuters Photo)
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Fireworks explode behind the towers of the Kremlin during New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia. (Reuters Photo)
Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Reuters Photo) -
Fireworks explode over Pyongyang during New Year's day celebrations in this photo supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2021. (Reuters Photo)
Fireworks explode over the new suspension bridge crossing the River Nile and named the Tahya Misr (Long Live Egypt) bridge, during New Year celebrations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters Photo) -
New Year 2021: This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget. New Zealand and Australia were among the first nations to ring in 2021 due to their proximity to the International Date Line. Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo)
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New Year 2021: Fireworks are launched from Auckland's Sky Tower to mark the changing of the year on New Year's eve in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand and its South Pacific island neighbors have no COVID-19, and New Year celebrations there are the same as ever. (AP photo)
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Happy New Year 2021: Fireworks explode over Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, during New Year celebrations. New Zealand and its South Pacific island neighbors have no COVID-19, and New Year celebrations there are the same as ever. (AP Photo)
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New Year 2021: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia. A million people would usually crowd the Sydney Harbor to watch the annual fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But this year authorities advised revelers to watch the fireworks on television as the two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria battle to curb new COVID-19 outbreaks. (AP Photo)
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Happy New Year 2021: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during downsized New Year's Eve celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Australia. (Reuters image)
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New Year's Eve: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge during downsized New Year's Eve celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Australia. (Reuters image)
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The crowd watch as fireworks explode from the landmark building Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. (Reuters image)
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Happy New Year 2021: Dubai celebrates the new year in India by reflecting their national flag on the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, to mark New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)
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Fireworks detonate from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo)
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Fireworks explode on New Year's Eve during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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People use their mobile phones as fireworks explode on New Year's Eve, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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New Years Eve 2021: Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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Fireworks explode on New Year's Eve, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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Happy New Year 2021: People wearing face masks gather at a shopping mall as The New Year countdown celebrations and crowded events were banned amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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Happy New Year 2021: A woman wearing a mask takes pictures at a shopping mall as The New Year countdown celebrations and crowded events were banned amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. (Reuters image)
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New Year's Eve: People watch a light show, as the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks are cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Marina Bay in Singapore. (Reuters image)
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New Year 2021: A man wears 2021 glasses as a small number of people begin celebrating New Year's Eve at the Sydney Harbour waterfront amidst tightened COVID-19 prevention regulations in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters image)
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Priests perform 'Ganga Aarti' as people prepare to welcome the New Year 2021, in Varanasi,. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_31_2020_000201B)
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An illuminated Raisina Hill on the eve of the New Year 2021, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. (PTI Photo)
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New Year 2021: A security guard stands on duty as a phoenix is shown on a big screen in Beijing, China. (AP/PTI image)
People pose for a picture next to an installation at a mall on New Year's Eve in Mumbai. (Reuters Photo)
