This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget.
World Bids Farewell to Year 2020
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Police secure the area near the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve, amid coronavirus restrictions, in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 31, 2020.
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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Athens, Jan. 1, 2021.
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People celebrate New Year in front of the Royal Palace, rear left, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jan. 1, 2021.
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A small group of people look across from the embankment towards the London Eye Ferris wheel by the River Thames in London as the New Year starts, Jan. 1, 2021. A firework display was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.