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The world has been saying goodbye to 2023 and welcoming 2024. Here's how people in different countries celebrated the new year.
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Australia was among the first countries to welcome 2024. It did so in style with a spectacular firework display in Sydney Harbour
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Image caption,In India some chose to meet 2024 in a state of inner peace as they meditated at a temple near Ahmedabad
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Image caption,In China, balloons were released to celebrate the arrival of 2024 in Nanjing...
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Image caption,...while in the capital Beijing, tourists stopped to take pictures of the first sunrise of the year from the Great Wall
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Image caption,In Shanghai, a man burns incense paper and sticks while praying for good luck in Jing'an Buddhist Temple
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Image caption,Lights lit up the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, as the city prepares for its Olympic year
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Image caption,Fireworks exploded over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin, but there were also outbreaks of violence in the city
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Image caption,In the Wat Bang Na Nai temple in Bangkok, people lay down inside coffins in a ritual believed to rid them of bad fortune through a resurrection ceremony
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Image caption,People perform workouts during sunrise on the first day of the new year in Sana'a, Yemen
There were fireworks in London, where 100,000 people gathered to watch a display...
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Image caption,... and fire in the Lompoul desert in Senegal where musicians performed a traditional dance
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Image caption,US rapper LL Cool J was among the acts at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New York
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Image caption,Matt Lutz and Olivia Shain, from Owensville, Indiana, chose midnight at the New York celebration to get engaged
And if you want to see some moving images...
Watch: How the world is welcoming 2024
Published
31 December 2023
English (US) ·