Fireworks and a Trump party: new year’s best photos

Palm Beach, US

The former US president Donald Trump, who has announced a third run for the White House, hosts a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters

Tokyo, Japan

A delivery robot leaves the Nihonbashi post office to deliver traditional New Year’s Day cards.

Photograph: JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

People enter the water during new year celebrations at Copacabana beach.

Photograph: Reuters

Bridlington, UK

People take part in the Flamborough fire festival, a Viking-themed parade in aid of charities and local community groups that is held on New Year’s Eve in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is joined by his wife, Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, to deliver a new year address.

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Athens, Greece

Fireworks explode above the Acropolis during new year celebrations.

Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France

People gather on the Champs-Élysées as they wait for the New Year’s Eve fireworks.

Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

Rostov-on-Don, Russia

President Vladimir Putin poses as he delivers a new year address to the nation at the headquarters of the southern military district.

Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP/Getty Images

New York, US

Confetti fills the air to mark the beginning of the new year in Times Square.

Photograph: Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

New year fireworks light the Burj Khalifa tower at midnight.

Photograph: Ryan Lim/AFP/Getty Images

Pyongyang, North Korea

People take part in a dance party to celebrate the new year on Kim Il-sung Square.

Photograph: Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images

Barcelona, Spain

Fireworks explode in the sky as people gather in Plaça d’Espanya to celebrate the new year.

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

New York, US

A worker cleans up litter after the first public New Year Eve’s event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Manila, Philippines

Fireworks explode over buildings in Makati city.

Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Cappadocia, Turkey

Tourists are taken on hot air balloon rides on the first day of the new year.

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

London, UK

New year fireworks light up the sky above the London Eye.

Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian