Many cities across the world celebrated New Year’s Eve without restrictions for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Revellers in major city centres across the world were ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks, as many celebrated New Year’s Eve without restrictions for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
“During the coming year, we will be unfailingly at your side. We will help you until victory and we will be together to build a just and lasting peace. Count on France and count on Europe,” he said. People bring in the New Year as they watch fireworks explode over Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.Over 1 million people crowded along Sydney’s waterfront for a multimillion-dollar celebration based around the themes of diversity and inclusion. More than 7000 fireworks were launched from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a further 2000 from the nearby Opera House.
People in the centre of Moscow prepared late on Saturday to mark a somewhat muted New Year’s Eve without the usual fireworks and celebrations on Red Square, with many saying they wanted peace in 2023. A woman in Russian kokoshnik takes a photo at a Christmas Market set up in Red Square before its closure for celebrations on New Year’s Eve.“We hope that people will be happy, on each side of this conflict, and there will be peace,” he continued, in a reference to what President Vladimir Putin calls the 10-month “special military operation” in Ukraine.
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