In pictures: New Year's Eve celebrations around the world
A boy is silhouetted as he looks at the last sunset on year of 2022 at Lhoknga beach, Indonesia's Aceh province on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFPBuddhist followers light candles during celebrations for the New Year at Jogye temple in central Seoul on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFPA youth lights candle on a sand sculpture to welcome the New Year at the Sangam area, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, in Prayagraj on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFPA tourist poses for a picture with a camel dressed in christmas themed clothing near the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFP
This photo taken on December 31, 2022, shows a bystander taking photos of lanterns ahead of the New Year in Shenyang, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Photo: AFPPeople pose for photos ahead of midnight to celebrate the start of the New Year at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo late on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFP
A Palestinian man smokes shisha on the beach during the last sunset of 2022, in Gaza City, on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFP