People gather to welcome the New Year in Chongqing, China on Saturday. (Photo: CFP)

A woman weeps for joy as she celebrates the New Year at Times Square in New York City on Saturday. (Photo: CFP)

A volunteer gives a thumb-up at a residential area in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Healthcare staff, who left behind another difficult and tiring year in the struggle against COVID-19 pandemic, send a message prior to the new year, with the hope that the pandemic will lose its effect with the vaccination in 2022, and the deaths due to COVID-19 will end, on Wednesday in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo: CFP)

A craftsperson from a handcraft cooperative decorates a house in traditional Tibetan style in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday. (Photo: China News Service)

Siberian tiger cubs play at a zoo of the Everland amusement park on Wednesday in Yongin, South Korea. (Photo: CFP)

Aerial photo taken on Thursday shows the frozen surface of the Yellow River in Shizuishan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Photo: Xinhua)

Homes burn as wildfires rip through a housing development Thursday in Superior, Colorado. (Photo: AP)

A picture shows the Eiffel Tower lit up in blue to mark the French presidency of the European Union during New Year's Eve in Paris on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Aerial photo taken on Friday shows the ancient city wall with light and projected words to greet the New Year and pay tribute to people making efforts to fight against the recent resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo: Xinhua)