Fireworks, music and celebrations were seen as people across the globe said goodbye to 2021 and welcomed in 2022 on Friday.
See photos of some of the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
PHOTOS: New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world
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Fireworks are set off at midnight during the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, early Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in New York.
(Photo by Ben Hider/Invision/AP)
Fireworks are set off at midnight during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration, early Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Ben Hider/Invision/AP)
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year’s Eve celebrations begin in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's Eve celebrations begin in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
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People celebrate the New Year’s Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue, in Paris, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
People celebrate the New Year's Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue, in Paris, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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A visitor wearing a face mask poses for a photo in front of an illuminated decorations on New Year’s Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A visitor wearing a face mask poses for a photo in front of an illuminated decorations on New Year's Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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The Village People perform on New Year’s Eve at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
The Village People perform on New Year's Eve at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Indians, wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, hold the cutouts to welcome 2022 on New Year’s Eve in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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2022 is displayed on a big screen during a New Year’s Eve concert in Hong Kong Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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A Palestinian woman takes photos of her children near the beach on the last day of the year and New Year’s celebrations, in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022.
(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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A man looks at the decorations for the coming 2022 Year on New Year’s Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A man looks at the decorations for the coming 2022 Year on New Year's Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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A photo of New York preparing to ring in the New Year 2022. .
(AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
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A light installation is projected onto the building of the European Central Bank during a rehearsal in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. The light show will mark the 20th anniversary of the European currency Euro on New Year’s Eve.
(Photo/Michael Probst)
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A woman prays in front of lanterns on New Year’s Eve at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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“Sushi,” portrayed by Gary Marion, is lowered to the ground in a giant facsimile of a woman’s red high heel on Duval Street, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, on New Years Eve., at the Bourbon Street Pub in Key West, Fla. Some Florida New Year’s Eve celebrations are proceeding as planned, while others have been adjusted to fit the rapidly changing COVID-19 environment. Key West’s maroon-heeled shoe will descend from a Duval Street bar.
(Rob O’Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)
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Revelers watch at Drai’s nightclub as fireworks explode on the Las Vegas Strip during a New Year’s celebration on Jan. 1, 2019, in Las Vegas. Tourism and elected officials announced Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, that fireworks will return to the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve with a theme pointed toward 2022 — Deuces Wild — and the addition of an eighth resort-top launching place.
(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
