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World rings in 2021 and says good riddance to 2020

World rings in 2021 and says good riddance to 2020

World+Biz

Reuters
01 January, 2021, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 01 January, 2021, 02:17 pm

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World rings in 2021 and says good riddance to 2020

Reuters
01 January, 2021, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 01 January, 2021, 02:17 pm

Fireworks explode over Pyongyang during New Year's day celebrations in this photo supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2021
Fireworks explode over Pyongyang during New Year's day celebrations in this photo supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2021

Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Medical personnel work during the New Year at a field hospital set up at a sports gym to treat patients suffering with the coronavirus in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Medical personnel work during the New Year at a field hospital set up at a sports gym to treat patients suffering with the coronavirus in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

An effigy representing the coronavirus burns after it was set on fire on New Year's Day in Mumbai, India, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
An effigy representing the coronavirus burns after it was set on fire on New Year's Day in Mumbai, India, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

People hold balloons as they gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Wuhan, China December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
People hold balloons as they gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Wuhan, China December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

A woman wearing protective face mask prays at a Buddhist temple on New Year’s Day, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
A woman wearing protective face mask prays at a Buddhist temple on New Year’s Day, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

People pose for a picture next to an installation at a mall on New Year's Eve in Mumbai, India, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
People pose for a picture next to an installation at a mall on New Year's Eve in Mumbai, India, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

People sing as they gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year at the site of a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi, India, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
People sing as they gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year at the site of a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near New Delhi, India, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Police officers gesture during a patrol on New Year's day as a nighttime curfew is reimposed in Johannesburg, South Africa January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Police officers gesture during a patrol on New Year's day as a nighttime curfew is reimposed in Johannesburg, South Africa January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Fireworks explode behind the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower near St. Basil's Cathedral during New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Fireworks explode behind the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower near St. Basil's Cathedral during New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square during the virtual New Year's Eve event in Manhattan, New York, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square during the virtual New Year's Eve event in Manhattan, New York, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's day celebrations, in Athens, Greece, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's day celebrations, in Athens, Greece, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

People gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Wuhan, China December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
People gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Wuhan, China December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

 

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