How people around the world celebrate the New Year | DW News

How people around the world celebrate the New Year | DW News

Across Asia Europe and Africa people are celebrating the start of a new year with the Americas soon to follow cities from Oakland to Dubai have and onto London have lit up the night sky with pyate Technics to welcome 2024 for many New Year’s is more than just a party it’s a

Celebration of Hope for the future people across the world have been ushering in the start of the new year the Thai Capital Bangkok rang in 2024 with a firework display along the city’s Riverfront and performances and [Applause] events the residents of Karachi Pakistan bid farewell to the old year one full of political upheaval we want the new year to be better for Pakistan the year 2023 was a year of Crisis people have been very disturbed whatever happened is now in the past and

We wish the new year to be good for our country particularly for young people in Berlin the curbside fireworks set off by ordinary berliners around the TV Tower and across the city VI with the official Extravaganza at the Landmark Brandenburg gate where party goers shared their hopes for the New

Year we hope things calm down in Ukraine and elsewhere that people stay healthy and that we can finally live with and for each other again in harmony My Hope Is that the world will finally become more peaceful because the way things stand right now it’s not good

And it can’t go on like that for every one of us I wish luck happiness and good health tourists and Romans gathered in the ancient City’s biggest Public Square the Piaza Del poelo to see in the New Year in Italy’s Capital Rome and Athens framed its pyate Technic

Display with a monument from its past celebrating its hopes for the future now Alex in a a city where five works are available to the public it looks like you have a relatively safe place to get a bird’s eyee view of all the action well uh relatively safe is the

Right word I mean Anthony um you you you really can can I I can barely hear you I can I can barely hear myself but what we really can tell is that Germans and Bolinas they indeed love pyrot Technics and firecrackers and very close to here

Actually there’s a huge party going on I mean we’ve just seen at the pictures from there about 65,000 people have gathered there to welcome 2024 but all this comes under very heavy security measures so the the uh Bin authorities bin officials they have banned uh pyrot Technics although it

Does not look like it that they have banned it but indeed in some areas of Berlin uh pyos are banned at the moment um and um there’s uh 4,000 police officers also on the street to prevent that things get out of control and um also we have seen public appeals by the

Berlin Police not to make them the targets because they are the ones who are trying to help people in need um and uh this is a clear sign actually for how tense the situation is although it does rather look like a big party in berin at

The moment yeah Alex I trust you can still hear me I want you to take us a little bit deeper into that topic German police implemented some extra security measures this year why is that yes indeed um efforts have been made in order to limit violence um especially violence against police off

Officers and firefighters ambulance services just a little reminder because last year Berlin was really shocked when it learned that people on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s days they they used fire crackers and pyrot Technics to attack to Target police officers and um these measures are in place to prevent those

Things from happening but the Berlin the the head of the police in Berlin has said despite all the measures it is unlikely that all kinds of violence can be prevented so even the police and officials they’re expecting to see violence and indeed we’re getting the first reports that there have been some

Attacks already uh on on police officials people have been detained for mixing Molotov cocktails I quote here the police and um the the police though has regained control over these situations so nothing is out of hand yet at the moment and um a little earlier the Berlin mayor Kai Vagner uh he has

Said and I quote him here that tonight may also be if necessary a night of repression so he clearly made um his he he made clear that he would support even harsh police measures but we will see how this unfolds tonight I suspect it’s so loud you can barely hear yourself

Think at this point but I wonder are there any New Year’s resolutions for you in 2024 Alex yes Anthony uh I hope for more Sports more greens and less sweets that’s it for me simple but fair Alex G in Berlin thank you so much thank you

Across Asia, Europe and Africa, people are celebrating the start of a new year – with the Americas soon to follow.
Cities from Auckland to Dubai to London lit up the night sky with pyrotechnics to welcome 2024.
For many, New Year’s is more than just a party – it’s a celebration of hope for the future.

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