Revellers across the globe celebrated the countdown to midnight on New Year’s Eve with fireworks and brightly lit signs — offering a hopeful start to 2024 for some, even as the globe’s ongoing conflicts raised security concerns and led to muted or even cancelled festivities.
As the clock struck midnight in India, thousands of revellers from the financial hub of Mumbai flocked to a bustling promenade to watch the sun set over the Arabian Sea. In New Delhi, fireworks raised concerns that the capital — already infamous for its poor air quality — would be blanketed by a toxic haze on the first morning of the new year. However, in Pakistan, the government has banned all New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Here is a look at how the world celebrated the New Year:
