With the pandemic raging on us, the year 2020 has been quite a difficult one for most of us. Although it impacted our health and sanity, it did not steal away the zeal from all of us. In different time zones, people welcomed the new year 2021 with the same zeal while maintaining social distancing norms.
We have collated photos of the celebration and decorations from all across the world.
Bengaluru: A roadside vendor sells balloons at Mahatma Gandhi Road, on the New Years eve in Bengaluru, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. | Shailendra Bhojak - PTI
A man sells balloons as Iraqis gather around the citadel of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, to celebrate the new year on December 31, 2020. | (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
Gulmarg: Tourists sit near Happy New Year 2021 sign on snow at the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir on the eve of the New Year, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. The resort is witnessing a huge rush of visitors, with most of them not adhering to social distancing norms and other COVID-19 related precautions. | (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI12_31_2020_000179B)
Mumbai: Lightings outside a mall, on the eve of the New Year 2021, in Mumbai, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. | Kunal Patil
New Delhi: An illuminated Raisina Hill on the eve of the New Year 2021, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. | (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) (PTI12_31_2020_000164B
A deserted Sydney Opera House forecourt can be seen in front of fireworks exploding from the Sydney Harbour Bridge during New Year celebrations in central Sydney on January 1, 2021. | (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
A Ferry Boat decorated with lights on the occasion of New Year 2021, in the Upper Lake in Bhopal on Thursday. | ANI
Musicians watch as fireworks explode over Berlins landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the new year during a concert Willkommen 2021 (Welcome 2021) on January 1, 2021. | (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / various sources / AFP)
A near-deserted Princes Street in Edinburgh is pictured as the time passes midnight early on January 1, 2021 in Edinburgh, as the message to stay at home rather than going out to celebrate Hogmanay in the city is generally obeyed. - The streets of Scotlands capital are normally packed at Hogmanay, as people from around the world flock to see in the New Year in raucous style. As with so much else, the coronavirus outbreak has put paid the celebrations, putting Scots in a gloomy mood made worse by Britains parting of the ways with Europe. | (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
A board is seen at the centre sqaure of the Swiss Alpine resort of Verbier to prevent people from gathering for the New Year on late December 31, 2020. | (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
