New Year’s celebrations are sweeping across the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks.
The new year began in the tiny atoll nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific, then moved across Russia and New Zealand before heading deeper, time zone by time zone, through Asia and Europe.
Turkey’s most populous city, Istanbul, brought in 2023 with street festivities and fireworks. At St. Antuan Catholic Church, dozens of Christians prayed for the new year and marked New York City prepared to join the glow of the new year with a dazzling Saturday night spectacle in iconic Times Square, anchoring celebrations across the United States.
Ali Thompson, who was showing her brother around Times Square the day before, said people should do their part to take care of their corner of the world.
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