وێنەی 1 ی یەکی 2021

Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

A medical staff wears personal protective equipment (PPE) with the words "Happy New Year 2021" to encourage COVID-19 coronavirus patients while working at the Bogor City Hospital in West Java.

Locals look on during the shakedown stage at the annual Dakar motor rally in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus visit Yonghegong Lama Temple as they offer prayers on the first day of the New Year in Beijing.

Fireworks explode over Chao Phraya River during the New Year celebrations amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Bangkok, Thailand.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling shot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli settlements, in Deir Jarir in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Police officers gesture during a patrol on New Year's day as a nighttime curfew is reimposed amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year's Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.

Philipp Aschenwald of Austria soars through the air, with Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, in the background, during a trial jump at the second stage of the 69th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Alejandra Paiz, a tourist from Guatemala who is visiting Mexico for the holidays, wears festive glasses to mark New Year's Eve at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City.