Published: January 01, 2021 11:52 am BdST
Updated: January 01, 2021 12:00 pm BdST
Due to the Kovid-19 epidemic, most countries in the world had imposed various restrictions on New Year celebrations. The world has welcomed the new year without hesitation with the conviction to return to normal life, leaving behind the fear of death, anxiety and an uncertain future.
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In Japan, the land of the rising sun, residents of Tokyo welcome the first sun of the year through prayer. People participate in prayers after wearing masks and maintaining physical distance.
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The city of Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus epidemic has spread around the world. There also the first sun of the new year is received through prayer.
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Try to catch the first sun of 2021 in Beijing, the capital of China.
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Festival of fireworks from the bridge over the river Nile at the New Years festival in Egypt.
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In Pyongyang, North Korea, the New Year is celebrated by dancing and singing on stage. This time, a New Years festival like this was not seen much.
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Four levels of strict restrictions have been imposed in the UK to prevent the spread of the new strain of coronavirus. New Year’s festivities were also banned. In the early hours of 2021, a group of people protested in London.
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Lighting welcomes 2021 at Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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‘Light show’ on London’s Tower Bridge to mark the New Year.
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Fireworks display at New Year’s celebrations in Moscow, Russia.
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Greece imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. on December 31 to 5 a.m. on January 1 to keep New Year’s celebrations closed amid the Covid-19 epidemic, leaving the capital, the famous Monastiraki Square of Athens , so deserted.