Couples kissed, others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in New York City's Times Square.
Couples kissed, others cheered and waved balloons as fireworks burst into the night sky and confetti fell to welcome the start of 2020 in New York City's Times Square.
Confetti drops over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's celebration as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Female impersonator Gary Marion, known as "Sushi," descends in a large replica of a women's high heel shoe to mark the beginning of 2020. The Red Shoe Drop was one of Key West's six warm-weather takeoffs on New York City's Times Square "ball drop" to celebrate the start of the new decade. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
About 3,000 pounds (1,360 kilograms) of confetti showered the sea of attendees, many of whom were also briefly rained on earlier in the evening as they waited in security pens for performances by stars including rap-pop star Post Malone, K-pop group BTS, country singer Sam Hunt and singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Sandra Desjardins kisses Jean-Charles Goulet both of Montreal, Canada, during New Year's celebration. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
People celebrate the New Year in Times Square in New York. Throngs of people cheered and sang along to the X Ambassadors' soul-stirring rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine" just before midnight. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Alanis Morisette performs on stage at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration in New York. (Photo by Ben Hider/Invision/AP)