World Bids Farewell to Year 2020

People watch New Zealand band The Black Seeds perform during New Year's Eve celebrations at Hagley Park in Christchurch, Jan. 1, 2021.

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year celebrations begin in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 31, 2020.

A combination photo shows people celebrating the New Year, Dec. 31, 2019 (R), and a policeman standing on a zebra crossing on New Year's Eve amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Seoul, South Korea, Dec.31, 2020 (L).

Dancers perform during celebrations to mark the New Year, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 1, 2021.

Police officers hold up signs as people arrive at Shibuya crossing, a popular location for New Year's Eve gathering, Dec. 31, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan.

People arrive to watch the New Years countdown concert in Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 31, 2020.

People gather to celebrate the arrival of the new year during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Wuhan, China, Dec. 31, 2020.

A general view of the Victoria Harbor on the 2021 New Year's Eve in Hong Kong, Dec. 31, 2020.

Traditional guards called 'pecalang' guard the access to Kuta Beach, a famous spot normally crowded with tourists on New Year's eve, on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, Dec. 31, 2020. The government banned New Year's celebration events.

People watch as the Marina Bay area is lit up as part of New Year's Eve celebrations in Singapore, Dec. 31, 2020.

People gather on a street during New Year's Eve celebrations in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan. 1, 2021.

Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 1, 2021.

A man crosses an empty street as the New Year countdown celebrations and crowded events were banned amid the spread of the COVID-19 in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 31, 2020.

A boy make heart sign while the last sunset of 2020 hangs over the Sindh's provincial capital of Karachi, Pakistan, Dec. 31, 2020.

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

Fireworks explode behind the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower during New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 1, 2021.

French police patrol on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris after celebrations and gatherings have been banned due to COVID-19 restrictions in France, Dec. 31, 2020.

Conchita, 90, a resident of the San Jeronimo nursing home, plays piano during New Year's Eve celebrations in Estella, Spain, Dec. 31, 2020.

A woman, wearing a mask to help protect from the spread of the coronavirus, poses for photographs in front of decorations in central Istanbul's Taksim Square, Dec. 31, 2020.

Revelers take part in New Year's Eve celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 31, 2020.

Police secure the area near the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve, amid coronavirus restrictions, in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 31, 2020.

Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Athens, Jan. 1, 2021.

People celebrate New Year in front of the Royal Palace, rear left, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jan. 1, 2021.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A small crowd gathers as fireworks light up the sky in Reykjavik, Iceland, Dec. 31, 2020.

A man walks with balloons on an almost deserted Podgorica's central square, as New Year's Eve gatherings and celebrations have been restricted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Montenegro, Dec. 31, 2020.

Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off to due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jaclyn Bernstein, of New York, lies in confetti after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball dropped in Times Square, early Jan. 1, 2021, in New York.