Fireworks explode over deserted streets as 2020 slinks off into history
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New Years 2021: Thousands crowd to watch New Zealand fireworks, but streets deserted, celebrations cancelled around globe
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31 Dec 2020 / 23:56 H.
By Gareth Jones and Peter Graff
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Blue and gold fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House as they do every New Year s Eve, but the harbour below was a deserted ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed.
No light show was to illuminate Beijing from the top of the TV tower. The lions of London s Trafalgar Square were barricaded off, as was Red Square in Moscow and Madrid s Puerta del Sol. In Rome, crowds would not assemble in St Peter s, the Pope would lead no Mass, and revelers would not make their yearly dive into the Tiber.