2023: How People Celebrated A Wonderful New Year Around The World
United States Confetti flies around the countdown clock during the first public New Year’s event since the coronavirus pandemic at Times Square in New York City in the United States. [Andrew Kelly/Reuters] Thousands of people braved the rain to welcome in 2023 at New York’s iconic Times Square which exploded into a spectacular light show as revelers watched the ball drop at midnight. The magnificent light show was kicked off by New York City Mayor Eric Adams who had the honor of pushing the Waterford Crystal button signaling the 60-second descent of the New Year’s ball while partygoers watched on. Crowds danced while singing to Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ and after midnight cooed the lyrics to ‘What a Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong, according to Daily Mail. At the stroke of midnight, confetti rained down on soggy revelers, glittering amid the jumbo screens, neon, and pulsing lights after the crowd sang ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, along with Chelsea Cutler w