and looking at the spec kag tack coul spectacular images, it is considered one of the greatest fireworks displays each new year s eve. and in taipei, the fireworks were shot from the tallest high r rise. they ring in the new year with the same breath taking performance it always performs. and in dubai, the city s skyscrapers serve as the center piece. and now let s go to athens, greece which is ringing in 2023 right now. no wedding saturday within the month of june and in new york crowds are always forming in times square, the celebration returning to full capacity after two years of scaled back celebrations. gloria, people turned up there this morning waiting for all the fun and festivities to start shortly. reporter: that s right. and you know the big attraction is times square. it is new year s eve. but for a lot of these folks, the big attraction is the rehearsal right now. and these folks have been waiting all day to see him. i ve been here since 6:30 a.m
year that started with a bang. a tsunami advisory is now in effect for the entire u.s. west coast and alaska. under sea volucano erupted with such force, the ash cloud was 35 miles into the stratosphere, the boom was heard in alaska and the tsunami took two lives across the pacific in peru. some of the world s most important rivers fell to sobering levels from italy to germany to the mississippi, where the army corps of engineers is still dredging as fast as they can to keep billions moving to market. at number eight, a surprise reversal in coal country gives the u.s. its most ambitious climate laws in history. with unwavering conviction, commitment and patience, progress does come. the biden promise to make