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French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. IMAGES
Vienna, Dec 31 (EFE/EPA).-Crowds of people gathered Thursday night in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna to celebrate the New Year during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.Austria has so far recorded more than 360,000 cases and 6,200 deaths from COVID-19. (Camera: CHRISTIAN BRUNA).SHOT LIST: AUSTRIAN CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE STEPHANSPLATZ SQUARE IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
Bangkok celebrates the passage to 2021 with a spectacular, eco-friendly display using 20,000 fireworks made from sticky rice, launched over the Chao Phraya River. IMAGES
Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
Continuing an annual tradition, Romans jump off a bridge into the Tiber river to celebrate the New Year. IMAGES
Palestinians rally in Ramallah on New Year's eve in solidarity with Gaza. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack will last for "many months." IMAGES