ShareFireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while rockets and strikes marked the year’s earliest hours in Gaza and Ukraine. Much of the world’s population — now more than eight billion — is hoping to shake off high living costs and global tumult in 2024, which will bring elections concerning half the world’s population and the Paris Olympics. — AFP
A woman poses for a photo in front of a 2024 luminous sign before a countdown event to celebrate the New Year in central Seoul.
An illustration photo taken in Budapest shows the numbers of the year 2024 painted with light in front of an illuminated Christmas tree.
Fireworks light up the sky by the landmark Burj al-Arab luxury hotel tower in Dubai.
TOPSHOT - People gather at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees for the New Year celebrations in Paris, on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
Revelers take part in celebrations during the 2024 New Year’s Eve Ball drop in Times Square in New York City.
This combination of pictures shows the Arc de Triomphe illuminated for the New Year celebrations in Paris.
People watch the traditional New Year's fireworks from the water at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Fireworks explode around the London Eye and Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in central London.
Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the New Year.
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong.
Youth and students take part in celebrations to welcome in the new year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.
Fireworks explode over the city skyline along the Chao Phraya River during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Bangkok.
A couple release a lantern as people fire fireworks to mark the arrival of the New Year at a beach in Sihanoukville, the coastal capital of Cambodia's Preah Sihanouk province.
