Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, devoted his new year address to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine. Festivities in Moscow were muted, without the usual fireworks on Red Square.
At the stroke of midnight, a ton of confetti rained down on revellers, glittering amid the jumbo screens, neon and pulsing lights. Elsewhere, Australia marked its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with more than a million revellers watching the traditional fireworks display in Sydney’s harbour.
Fireworks went off every hour between 9pm and 11pm, counting down to the traditional midnight display.Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters, celebrations went ahead at Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens without fireworks due to budget pressures.
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