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Only in 2021 were there a few nations in the Pacific. Since then, more and more countries around the world have entered the new year.
Already at 11 p.m. on New Year’s Eve local time, the British stopped complying with EU legislation, leaving the scope of the EU with the entry into force of new agreements with the Union.
The British left the Union at the end of January, but they have remained part of the customs union and the EU internal market.
“We have our freedom in our hands and it is up to us to make the most of it,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson says in a New Year’s speech.
From the northern parts of the kingdom, the tones were different.
“Scotland will be back soon, Europe. Keep the light on,” writes Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s regional prime minister in Twitter.
The pandemic has affected New Year celebrations in many places. An exception was New Zealand, where thousands of people gathered on Victoria Street West in central Auckland to witness the fireworks that were fired from the Sky Tower at noon.
With the help of strict restrictions, the country has managed to keep the infection at levels well below those in Europe and the United States.
– We are very lucky to live in New Zealand, says Taufau Aukuso, who had left the city with her 18-year-old daughter Rasela, to the New Zealand Herald.
Sydney, the Australian city of millions, was on tour at 2pm Swedish time, with its traditional massive New Years fireworks on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The large crowds did not show up: the city had threatened fines for spectators who tried to watch the fireworks, after a corona eruption with about 150 cases.
Held in mask
In Wuhan, China, where the corona virus first appeared, thousands of people gathered to celebrate the new year, although the “real” Chinese New Year does not fall until February. Police had put up fences to avoid congestion at the city’s customs bell tower, but they didn’t help much when the crowd, especially young people, pressed in.
2020 has been a very difficult year for us, local resident Xu Du tells AFP news agency.
Also in North Korea, the entrance of the new year was celebrated, and state television showed New Year celebrators in masks filling Kim Il-Sung Square in the capital Puyongyang to watch musical performances and fireworks.
In Dubai, the authorities have taken a less strict stance. Thousands of Emirates and tourists saw a pyrotechnic and laser show at the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, at 9 pm Swedish time.
Deferred curfew
Two hours later, at 11 p.m. Swedish time, the inhabitants of Beirut had to touch their glasses, when the usual nighttime curfew in honor of the day did not occur until 3 p.m. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs were opened and huge parties were organized to celebrate the New Year, and perhaps even to give a moment of forgetfulness after all the hardships after the huge explosion in the port in August, which killed about 200 people, it wounded thousands and equated parts of the Lebanese capital with the land.
When the clock struck twelve in Sweden, Italians also celebrated the New Year. In Rome, a large bonfire was lit at the former Circus Maximus racecourse, which was broadcast live with a two-hour musical program, according to AFP.
Honor healthcare professionals
The celebration in New York’s Times Square won’t be the same either. Only a handful of guests, including medical personnel and others who stood on the front lines to combat the coronavirus, will gather to witness the traditional crystal ball coming down the flagpole in a skyscraper, at 6 a.m. Swedish.
– It has been an interesting year; You don’t normally see empty Times Square. We also came here for Thanksgiving, and it’s really surreal, “Manhattan resident Allysa Hassid, who was pulling out a card in the plaza during the day, told The New York Times, adding:
– We’ll be home the rest of the night. It feels really festive. Festive in a strange way, he says.
The New Brazil is also not celebrated as usual in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, a coastal strip has been blocked for vehicular traffic, and only those who live nearby can celebrate the Twelfth on the city’s famous beaches.
Gustav Sjöholm / TT
Pontus Ahlkvist / TT
Moscow’s Red Square was almost empty when fireworks erupted over the Kremlin. Photo: Pavel Golovkin / AP / TT
Magnificent fireworks in Sydney as usual, but without the millions of people who usually see them. Image: Rob Griffith / AP / TT
The new year drew attention to the tallest building in the world in Dubai. Photo: Kamran Jebreili / AP / TT
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