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Hong Kong : Hong Kong New Year Countdown Concert in Hong Kong, south China. (Xinhua/Li Gang/IANS)

Bangkok : A fireworks display is seen to celebrate the New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Teng/IANS)

Thailand : A fireworks display is seen to celebrate the New Year in Pattaya, Thailand, on Jan. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak/IANS)

Malaysia :People celebrate the New Year in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua/IANS)

Malaysia :A light painting of 2022 is pictured during the celebration of the New Year in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 31, 2021. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua/IANS)

Beirut : A New Year clock decoration in a shopping mall of Beirut, Lebanon. (Xinhua/Liu Zongya/IANS)

Damascus : A man poses for a photo holding a New Year cake in Damascus, Syria on Dec. 30, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/IANS)

Seoul : People watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day on a bridge in Seoul on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day on the southern island of Jeju on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People watch the sunrise at Jeongdongjin Beach in Gangneung, 240 kilometers east of Seoul, on Dec. 31, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day in the southeastern city of Busan on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : Visitors jump watching the sunrise on New Year’s Day in the southeastern city of Pohang on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People watch the sunrise on New Year’s Day on a beach in the eastern city of Gangneung on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : A performance takes place at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang during New Year’s celebrations, in this photo captured from the North’s official Korean Central Television on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : Fireworks explode over Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang during New Year’s celebrations, in this photo captured from the North’s official Korean Central Television on Jan. 1, 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : The last sunset of the year is seen at a public park in Tongyeong on the south coast on Dec. 31, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : The sun sets for the last time in 2021 over rocks at Kkotji Beach in Taean on the west coast on Dec. 31, 2021, in this photo provided by the Taean County Office.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : People enjoy the last sunset of the year on a viewing deck in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Dec. 31, 2021.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : This file photo, taken Dec. 21, 2021, shows container ships being loaded with cargo at a port in South Korea’s largest port city of Busan.(Yonhap/IANS)

Seoul : Access to a popular tourist site in the eastern coastal city of Pohang remains restricted on Dec. 31, 2021, due to infection fears among possible crowds for the first sunrise of 2022.(Yonhap/IANS)