the pandemic celebrations and more social distancing. brian takes a look. >> you wouldn't have said that here in london at the strike of midnight, my entire neighborhood erupted in a crescendo of fireworks, a lot of people stay home with her own fireworks and watch the show on tv, that's with the mayor of modern asked people to do. people were still out there, 61, warmest day on record here in london as well yesterday. omicron is breaking records from 190,000 cases across the uk new year's eve. capita, that's double the number in u.s. sydney australia, the world's first big new year's celebration kicked off, tens of thousands watched, not as many people as before the pandemic but many more than last year. dubai went for it with a spectacular display against the backdrop of the world's tallest building. dubai hosting expo 2020 and put