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Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope. That was a common sentiment as people around the world began welcoming in the new year. Fireworks explode over the Strip during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Las Vegas (AP/PTI Photo)
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Lights and fireworks mark the start of the year 2022, after midnight, by the Wilshire Grand Center, a 1,100-foot skyscraper, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
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A view of Expo 2020 Dubai to mark New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (REUTERS Image)
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Fireworks explode in the sky behind the Millennium bridge while open-air celebrations are banned due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Podgorica, Montenegro. (REUTERS image)
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Laser show at Bandra-Worli sealink on the New Year’s eve, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
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Revelers celebrate on New Year’s Eve at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday. (AP Photo)
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Christians release balloons to celebrate the New Year after offering prayers at a church in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo)
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People celebrate the New Year the Christmas tree in Manezhnaya Square near an empty Red Square due to pandemic restrictions during to New Year’s celebrations, in Moscow, Russia. (AP/PTI Photo)
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Fireworks explode over Copacabana Beach during New Year’s celebrations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AP/PTI Photo)
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Fireworks explode over the the St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin with the Spasskaya Tower on empty Red Square due to pandemic restrictions during New Year’s celebrations, in Moscow, Russia. (AP/PTI Photo)
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People pose with Christmas tree and 2022 form as they celebrate the new year in Cairo, Egypt. (AP/PTI Photo)
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Visuals from Sydney as fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year’s Eve celebrations begin. (AP Photo)
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People enjoy New Year’s Eve amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand (Reuters photo)
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The numbers 2022 are displayed on the world’s fifth tallest building the Lotte World Tower to celebrate the 2022 New Year on New Year’s Eve in Seoul, South Korea (AP photo)
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Fireworks explode over the Yarra River waterfront during downsized New Year’s celebrations, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to spread, in Melbourne, Australia. (Reuters photo)
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Women dance on the Belgrade’s main pedestrian street in front of brass band prior a New Year’s Eve, Serbia (AP Photo)
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Youngsters with their face painted pose for photographs on New Year’s eve, in Prayagraj (PTI Photo)
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Women pose for photographs in front of the historic Taj Mahal on New Year’s eve in Agra (PTI Photo)
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Tourists pose for photographs as they stand near a message ‘Happy New Year 2022’ painted on snow near a ski resort in Gulmarg (PTI Photo)
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Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture on the eve of New Year, in Puri (PTI Photo)