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The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-COVID normality in Asia.

economic stresses and the effects of global warming. But it was also a year that saw a dramatic soccer World Cup, rapid technological change, and efforts to meet climate challenges.

Earlier, across the Atlantic, the London Eye turned blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine as fireworks saw in midnight in the British capital. In a video message to mark the New Year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Time Magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year, said: “I want to wish all of us one thing – victory.”

But, like many places, the Czech capital Prague was feeling the pinch economically and so did not hold a fireworks display.COVID DAMPENS PARTY IN CHINA

 

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Don't forget this oppression too.

While conveniently overlooking this 75 year old genocide.

Having been at TableMountain to watch CapeTownians welcoming the New Year ….. what a disappointment !

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