Fireworks, countdowns, and celebrations took place Sunday night across the globe, as people bid farewell to the year 2023, and welcomed 2024. The first sunrise of the year brought some of those same revelers back out to take part in New Year’s Day swims, or to reflect on the past and offer prayers for the new year. Gathered below, images of some of the varied ways people ushered in the year 2024.
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Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe with "2024" projected on it, during New Year celebrations in Paris, France, early on January 1, 2024. #
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People gather at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees for the New Year celebrations in Paris, on December 31, 2023. #
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People watch the traditional New Year's fireworks from the water at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2024. #
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Lights are projected from the Burj Khalifa during the New Year's celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 31, 2023. #
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A woman holds a "2024" sign while taking part in the Loony Dook in South Queensferry, Scotland, on January 1, 2024. #
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People stroll in the main shopping and pedestrian street of Istiklal in central Istanbul, Turkey, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2023. #
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A couple shares a kiss as they celebrate New Year's Eve in Istanbul's Taksim Square on January 1, 2024. #
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Participants attend a yoga meet to welcome the new year at the Sun Temple in Modhera village near Ahmedabad, India, on January 1, 2024. #
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In this aerial view, revelers are seen celebrating New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square on December 31, 2023. #
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A reveler wearing 2024 glasses looks on in Times Square during the celebrations of New Year's Eve, in New York City. #
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Times Square Alliance volunteers throw confetti as the clock strikes midnight, as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, early Monday, January 1, 2024. #
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A couple kiss after the clock strikes midnight in Times Square on January 1, 2024. #
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Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, in New York, on January 1, 2024. #
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Fireworks explode around the London Eye and The Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock's bell, "Big Ben", at the Palace of Westminster in central London, just after midnight on January 1, 2024. #
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People gather along a beach to bid adieu to the last sunset of the year near the Arabian Sea in Mumbai on December 31, 2023. #
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People celebrate New Year's at a promenade in Mumbai, India, on January 1, 2024. #
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Worshippers hold candles during a New Year's prayer at the St. Joanes, Legio Maria of African Church Mission within Fort Jesus in the Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya, on January 1, 2024. #
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on January 1, 2024. #
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People take part in the annual Allendale Tar Barrel Festival, in Allendale, England, on December 31, 2023. #
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A bather exits the chilly waters of English Bay while celebrating New Year's Day with the Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on January 1, 2024. #
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People celebrate New Year's Eve in Palu, Central Sulawesi province, Indonesia, on January 1, 2024. #
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This photo taken on December 31, 2023, shows people gathering for New Year's celebrations in China's southwestern Chongqing municipality. #
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People release balloons during a New Year's celebration in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on January 1, 2024. #
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People greet the first sunrise of the year on the beach in Miura, south of Tokyo, Japan, on January 1, 2024. #
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