World welcomes 2023! Sydney’s stunning fireworks to Delhi’s dazzling India Gate – See top pics

World welcomes 2023! Sydney’s stunning fireworks to Delhi’s dazzling India Gate – See top pics1/8

The world is ringing in 2023 with great gusto and grandeur. Mega celebrations returned to major cities around the globe. From spectacular fireworks in Sydney, Auckland, Tokyo to big gatherings in Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai, the world has put away the gloom of coronavirus pandemic to usher in 2023. In New York, the traditional December ritual of Times Square drew large audience to witness the ‘ball drop’. In Paris and London, major landmarks are lit up in beautiful lights. Even in China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the first wave of coronavirus back in 2020, people were seen out on the streets. Despite fresh wave of Covid infections and some concerns over economic recession, nations are optimistic about what 2023 holds for them. Here are some pictures from around the world telling the tales of celebration. (Photos: PTI/AP/Reuters)2/8

Youths celebrate the New Year in the center of Moscow, Russia. (Image/AP)

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A reveller laughs as she waits for the countdown during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. (Image/AP)

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Confetti flies around the countdown clock during the first public New Year’s event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York City. (Image/Reuters)

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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, confetti flies as revelers celebrate the dawn of 2023 outside Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. The bar is a Key West landmark and was frequented by legendary author Ernest Hemingway when he lived in the subtropical island city in the 1930s. (Image/AP)

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Devotees pay obesiance at Dwarkadheesh temple on the New Year day, in Mathura, on Jan 1, 2023. (Image/PTI)

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People record a drone depiction of Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth during the New Year’s celebrations, in central London, Britain, January 1, 2023. (Image/Reuters)

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A view of a drone depiction of Britain’s King Charles during the New Year’s celebrations, in central London, Britain, January 1, 2023. (Image/Reuters)