With fireworks in London, Paris and Berlin, hopes for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-Covid-19 normality, Europe and Asia bid farewell to 2022. It was a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine, economic stresses and the effects of global warming. But it was also a year that saw a dramatic soccer World Cup,.
"We've already had COVID, so now feel it's safe to enjoy ourselves." In Hong Kong, days after limits were lifted on group gatherings, tens of thousands of people met near Victoria Harbour for a countdown to midnight - the city's biggest New Year's Eve celebration in several years.