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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A woman runs by decorations near the parliament, a traditional place for street celebrations on New Year's Eve, in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 31, 2020. Public celebrations and fireworks were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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A Lebanese couple celebrate New Year's Eve at a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 1, 2021. The Lebanese Health Minister appealed to revelers to keep their masks on and maintain social distance protocols.
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Opponents of Poland's right-wing government gather in downtown Warsaw for a protest in defiance of the anti-COVID-19 regulations that ban public gatherings and advise people to stay indoors, as they celebrate New Year, in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 31, 2020.
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A woman wearing a protective mask takes a photo outside Times Square during the virtual New Year's Eve event following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, Dec. 31, 2020.