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Fireworks explode from Burj Khalifa during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, UAE. (AFP)
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New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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People hold numeric shaped balloons during celebrations on the eve of New Year in Amritsar on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Women are silhouetted against the setting sun as they hold up numeric shaped balloons on the eve of New Year in Bhopal. (AFP)
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People enjoy the last day of the year on New Year's Eve at Gwanghwamun square in central Seoul on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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People gather at the sea promenade, lit up during sunset on New Year’s Eve in Mumbai on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Bystanders look on as fireworks light up the sky for New Year celebrations over Taipei 101 in Taipei on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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Revellers count down to the new year at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP)
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Revellers count down to the new year at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP)
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People celebrate during a New Year's Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks light up the sky in Manila to celebrate during New Year celebrations on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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Fireworks light up the sky in Manila to celebrate during New Year celebrations on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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People celebrate during a New Year's Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Revellers watch a fireworks and laser show as they celebrate the New Year next to Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong on January 1, 2023. (AFPP)
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Revellers watch a fireworks and laser show as they celebrate the New Year next to Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong on January 1, 2023. (AFPP)
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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People pose for a picture with a lit up 2023 sign at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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People pose for a picture with a lit up 2023 sign at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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People pose for a picture with a lit up 2023 sign at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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A man sells balloons along the waterfront of the Shat al-Arab river in the southern city of Basra, 550kms south of Baghdad, on December 31, 2022, ahead of the new year. (AFP)
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A man sells flowers at the waterfront of the Shat al-Arab river in the southern city of Basra, 550kms south of Baghdad, on December 31, 2022, ahead of the new year. (AFP)
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Men look at the water at the waterfront of the Shat al-Arab river in the southern city of Basra, 550kms south of Baghdad, on December 31, 2022, ahead of the new year. (AFP)
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Iraqis gather around the citadel of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, ahead of New Year's celebrations on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Iraqis gather around the citadel of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, ahead of New Year's celebrations on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Iraqis gather around the citadel of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, ahead of New Year's celebrations on December 31, 2022. (AFP)
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Fireworks explode over the London Eye ferris wheel as Britons across the country welcome the New Year, in London, Britain, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks illuminate the night sky over Zurich, Switzerland, during New Year's celebrations, on Sunday, January 1, 2023. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
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A reveller spins burning-steel wool to spread sparks of fire during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe, at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during New Year celebrations in Paris, early on January 1, 2023. (AFP)
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Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, January 1, 2023. (Reuters)
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Berlin's famous landmark Brandenburg Gate is illuminated during the New Year's celebrations in Berlin, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. (AP)
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People gather in front of the torii gate of Oarai Isosaki shrine to watch the sunrise on New Year's Day in Oarai of Ibaraki Prefecture on January 1, 2023. (AFP)