Fireworks, smoke and tear gas start new decade with a bangA woman celebrates as she watches the traditional New Year's fireworks at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an estimated three million revelers. Most of them wore white as they listened to concerts and watched a traditional fireworks show at Copacabana Beach. Pro-democracy protesters took their movement into the new year with midnight countdown rallies and a massive march planned for Wednesday. Before midnight, thousands of protesters gathered across the financial hub, including along the waterfront of Victoria Harbour and at nightlife hotspot Lan Kwai Fong. Russia celebrated the new decade over several time zones, with Muscovites flocking to the centre of the capital for fireworks over the Kremlin.

Source: Standard Digital January 01, 2020 04:41 UTC