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2023: Cities around the world bring in the New Year
New year’s celebrations are in full swing as the UK and countries across the globe welcome 2023.
In the UK, thousands attended Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh while people gathered at the South Bank in London for a huge fireworks display over the River Thames.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, earlier teased viewers as he told Sky News there are “at least three massive surprises” in the iconic fireworks display.
He also said the fireworks reflected the past year, taking in happiness as well as the losses seen.
For many, this is the first New Year’s Eve in three years where parties and festivities are fully free from Covid restrictions.
The UAE attempted to break two Guinness World Records during its celebrations by featuring 452 pyro drones and 15,000 nano lights, colours and shapes in their fireworks display in Abu Dhabi.
Meanwhile, crowds released balloons in Tokyo, Japan to the first strikes of the new year, as people in Seoul prayed and lit up the sky with their phones as they bid farewell to a painful year.
Thousands also gathered in cities across China, despite surging Covid infections.
Thousands of people gathered hours before celebrations began in New York’s Time Square.
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Natalie Crockett1 January 2023 02:30
Celebrations ‘a reminder of how we have come from the very darkest days of the pandemic’
In Edinburgh, crowds enjoyed what First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called the “first full Hogmanay celebrations in three years”.
“Thinking back to Hogmanay last year and indeed the year before that, we’re reminded of just how far we have come from the very darkest days of the pandemic,” she said in a New Year’s Eve message on Twitter.
People queued in the rain to enter the party in Princes Street as fireworks lit up the sky behind the city’s castle.
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Natalie Crockett1 January 2023 02:00
London’s New Year show pays tribute to Queen and gave nod to Ukraine
London’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display paid tribute to the late Queen, featuring a voice recording from her and words from Dame Judi Dench, before honouring the King, together with a message from Charles about the need to preserve our planet’s future.
Complete with music that included Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline, Ukrainian Eurovision winner Kalush Orchestra, and hits from Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Cher, Dave, Rihanna and Calvin Harris, the show concluded with the traditional Auld Lang Syne.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he was “delighted” that Londoners and visitors could once again join together on the banks of the River Thames to ring in the new year.
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Natalie Crockett1 January 2023 01:30
100,000 people gather along the Thames in London for The sold-out show of ‘love and unity’
Partygoers defied the wet weather to welcome in 2023.
Big Ben chimed in London as a crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered along the Thames Embankment in central London to watch 12,000 fireworks streak across the sky.
The sold-out show was designed to send a message of “love and unity”, as it highlighted the Lionesses’ history-making Euro win at Wembley, marked 50 years of London’s Pride with a message from Peter Tatchell from the Gay Liberation Front, and sent a message of support to Ukraine.
People gather on the Embankment opposite the London Eye(Victoria Jones/PA)
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Natalie Crockett1 January 2023 01:00
UK welcomes new year with iconic fireworks display which pays tribute to the late Queen
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain1 January 2023 00:09
Countdown for New Year in London begins
People gather on the Embankment opposite the London Eye in central London as minutes remain on 2022.
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 23:58
Fireworks light up the sky to welcome the new year in Uganda
Fireworks light up the sky as people react while they celebrate after counting down to the new year at Miracle Center Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda.
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 23:30
Paris and Berlin welcome 2023
Spectacular scenes are coming through from Paris and Berlin as the new year begins incities across Europe.
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 23:20
Germany welcomes new year with stunning display over Berlin skyline
The new year has started in Germany as the country put on a dazzling display of fireworks above Berlin’s skyline.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 23:15
Crowds gather in Times Square for the first NYE event since the pandemic
People gather in Times Square for New Year celebrations during the first New Year’s Eve event without restrictions since the pandemic began.
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Maryam Zakir-Hussain31 December 2022 22:58
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