Fireworks light-up the sky over the London Eye in central London to celebrate the New Year on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. In New York, people lined up early to nab a spot in Times Square for the midnight ball drop. In Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, the mood was upbeat as revelers gathered for a fireworks show at the bamboo-shaped Taipei 101 skyscraper and at concerts and other events citywide. In Muslim-majority Pakistan, the government banned all New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians. On New Year's Eve 2022, a machete-wielding man attacked three police officers a few blocks from Times Square.

Source: Huffington Post January 01, 2024 17:58 UTC