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Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 1:12 AM
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Indian Christians release balloons to celebrate the New Year after offering prayers at a Church in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, January 1, 2023.
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Indian Christians release balloons to celebrate the New Year after offering prayers at a Church in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, January 1, 2023.
Confetti falls at midnight on the Times Square New Year’s celebration in New York in the United States.
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Confetti falls at midnight on the Times Square New Year’s celebration in New York in the United States.
People ring in the New Year as they watch fireworks explode over Santos Bay, in Santos, Brazil, early Sunday morning.
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People ring in the New Year as they watch fireworks explode over Santos Bay, in Santos, Brazil, early Sunday morning.
Fireworks celebrating the New Year explode behind Saint George’s Castle in Lisbon, Portugal, in the first minutes of Sunday, January 1.
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Fireworks celebrating the New Year explode behind Saint George’s Castle in Lisbon, Portugal, in the first minutes of Sunday, January 1.
Fireworks explode to celebrate the New Year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Fireworks explode to celebrate the New Year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Fireworks light up the sky over the London Eye and the Elizabeth Tower, also known as ‘Big Ben’, in central London during the New Year celebrations.
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Fireworks light up the sky over the London Eye and the Elizabeth Tower, also known as ‘Big Ben’, in central London during the New Year celebrations.
Fireworks illuminate the sky above the London Eye as viewed from Horse Guards Parade in central London to celebrate the New Year.
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Fireworks illuminate the sky above the London Eye as viewed from Horse Guards Parade in central London to celebrate the New Year.
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia.
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia.
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NEW YORK (AP):

New Year’s celebrations swept across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks – and marking an end to a year that brought war in Europe, a new chapter in the British monarchy, and global worries over inflation.

The new year began in the tiny atoll nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific, then moved across Russia and New Zealand before heading deeper, time zone by time zone, through Asia and Europe and into the Americas.

Here are a few scenes from around the world as revellers rang in the New Year.