The New Year's Eve ball at Times Square, New York City, USA was tested on December 30 to prepare to become the focus of the New Year's Eve celebration on December 31, 2022. Photo: AFP
This year, out of 2,688 pieces of the triangle on the ball, 192 new crystal pieces were replaced, representing the theme of 2023 "Love gift". Photo: AFP
An outdoor area decorated to welcome the New Year in central Greece on December 30, 2022. Photo: AFP
Decorate to welcome the New Year 2023 in the center of Greece. Photo: AFP
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a recording of his New Year speech at the Chancellor's Office in Berlin on December 30, 2022. Photo: AFP
A woman and a baby wearing bear skin costumes attended a Bearskin Parade parade in Comanesti, Romania on December 30. Photo: AFP
All regions of Romania have similar events, but Comanesti is the center that attracts more and more dance troupes every year. Photo: AFP
In this event, attendees wore traditional bear skin costumes and marched to ward off ghosts to welcome the upcoming New Year. Photo: AFP
Moscow Metro staff dressed up as Ong Gia Tuyet to participate in flashmobs on Christmas and New Year's Day.
This activity surprised passengers in the metro system of the Russian capital on December 30.
A woman after getting her hands and face painted before a New Year's Eve celebration in Amritsar, India.
The New Year's wall painting was painted at a house in Chennai, India. Photo: AFP
People go to Sensoji Pagoda before the New Year holiday in Tokyo, Japan on December 30, 2022.
People pray near an incense at Sensoji Pagoda before the New Year holiday in Tokyo, Japan.
Nepalese people in traditional costumes attended the New Year's Eve celebration of Tamu Lhosar in Kathmandu on December 30, 2022.
The work is set to welcome the New Year 2023 in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish Autonomous Region. Photo: AFP
Fireworks at the port as part of the New Year's celebration of Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 29, 2022.
Lantern exhibition before the New Year in Shenyang, Liuzhou Province, northeast China on December 29, 2022.
