New York Metropolis joined the glow of the brand new yr with a blinding evening spectacle on the iconic Occasions Sq.. The evening culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 ft (3.6 meters) in diameter and weighing virtually six tons descended from atop One Occasions Sq.- the unmissable ball drop.

The ball’s floor was comprised of practically 2,700 Waterford crystals that officers mentioned have been illuminated by a palette of greater than 16 million colours, AFP reported. At midnight, confetti rained on the folks celebrating as they have been seen amid neon lights.

Final yr, a scaled-back crowd of about 15,000 mask-wearing spectators watched the ball due to pandemic guidelines.

New 12 months’s celebrations additionally swept throughout the globe, ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks because the world bid adieu to a yr that introduced warfare in Europe, a brand new chapter within the British monarchy and world worries over inflation.

The brand new yr started within the tiny nation of Kiribati within the central Pacific, then moved throughout Russia and New Zealand earlier than heading, time zone by time zone, by way of Asia and Europe and into the Americas.