People gather in Times Square in the first New Year's Eve event without restrictions since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 31, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)





This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Office on December 31, 2022 shows the President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena during their New Year's address to Ukrainian people. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A view of Christmas decorations and lights in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, 29 December 2022. Georgia, as a mainly Orthodox Christian country, celebrates Christmas according to the 'old' Julian calendar, 13 days after Christmas Day in the Gregorian calendar. (Photo by Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA/EFE)





Ukrainian soldiers share a toast to celebrate New Years Eve, in a military rest house, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in region of Donetsk, Ukraine on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Berlin's famous landmark “Brandenburg Gate” is illuminated during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Michael Sohn/AP Photo)





Argentina fans celebrate in a bar in Madrid, Spain during the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France in Qatar, Sunday, December 18, 2022. (Photo by Andrea Comas/AP Photo)





A bather poses as hundreds of people take part in a traditional “disguised” sea bath to mark the New Year's celebrations in Dinard, western France on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Loic Venance/AFP Photo)





France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (1) punches away the ball on a corner kick during the semi final FIFA World Cup 2022 match against Morocco at Al Bayt Stadium in Khor on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)





2023 New Years Eve fireworks display on the Thames in London, United Kingdom on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Martyn Wheatley/i-Images Picture Agency)





A reveller wearing a bearskin costume poses during the Bearskin Parade in Comanesti, Romania, on December 30, 2022. More than two hundred “bears” and dozens of musicians, surrounded by police and tourists, took part in the end-of-the-year parade. Young men and women dressed in real bearskin and traditional costumes paraded to chase away the evil spirits of the coming year. In all regions of Romania similar events exist but it is in this historical region of Moldova that they are the most developed. Comanesti has become the centre, attracting more and more troupes of dancers every year. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)





People gather to celebrate the New Year as the war continues in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Vladimir Shtanko/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People dance during New Year's celebrations in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia, late Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Fireworks illuminate the night sky over Zurich, Switzerland during New Year's Eve celebrations on Saturday, December 31, 2022. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP Photo)





A rescuer looks at a residential building damaged by a missile attack in the village of Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka, Kharkiv region on December 2, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP Photo)





Women hold bengal fires next to a Christmas tree during a celebration the New Year eve before a curfew, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)





A woman smokes as people make offerings to the Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea, Lemanja, at Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Aline Massuca/Reuters)





2023 New Year themed photo, painting with light on Frinton beach, Frinton-on-Sea in Essex on Thursday evening, December 29, 2022. It took a team of four people to create the images with light up tubes moved around during a long exposure. A 117 second exposure. (Photo by Kevin Jay/Picture Exclusive)