In pictures: Ringing in 2020

The world celebrates 2020 with fireworks, family and friends
Reuters | January 01, 2020

Revellers celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., December 31, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS

The world celebrated the New Year on Wednesday with fireworks displays from Sydney to London, although celebrations were clouded by deadly wildfires in Australia, protests in Hong Kong and India and nuclear tensions with North Korea.

People watch the fireworks during the New Year's celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People watch fireworks explode around the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year's celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People watch fireworks at the Red Square during the New Year's celebrations in Moscow, Russia January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People watch as fireworks explode over the London Eye wheel during New Year celebrations in central London, Britain, January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People release balloons as they celebrate the New Year's countdown event in a road in Ahmedabad, India, January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS



People attend New Year celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on January 1, 2020 by North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). PHOTO: REUTERS


People record fireworks on mobile phones at the Gateway of India monument on New Year's Day in Mumbai, India, January, 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People record fireworks on mobile phones during a New Year celebrations at the Waterway in Cairo, Egypt January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People record fireworks on mobile phones during a New Year celebrations at the Waterway in Cairo, Egypt January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


People walk under New Year and Christmas decorations during New Year celebrations in Podgorica, Montenegro January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS


Revellers celebrate the New Year in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
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