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Added on the 03/01/2016 13:01:48 - Copyright : Wochit
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, check out these fun facts you may not know about the iconic Times Square Ball.
Revelers start to gather at Times Square, as they wait for New Year's Eve celebrations to kick off in New York City. IMAGES
Police officers check vehicles on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris to ensure that curfew rules are being respected in the French capital on New Year's Eve. IMAGES
Bangkok celebrates the passage to 2021 with a spectacular, eco-friendly display using 20,000 fireworks made from sticky rice, launched over the Chao Phraya River. IMAGES
People celebrate New Year's Eve at the banks of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, the first epicentre of the coronavirus. IMAGES
UPI reports Ohio State University found nearly 40% of US residents plan to attend gatherings of ten or more people this holiday season. Despite concerns over the spread of COVID-19, one-third of respondents said they wouldn't ask attendees at holiday parties with family or friends to wear masks. The data showed that just over 25% indicated that they wouldn't practice social distancing, either. Figures from Johns Hopkins University report nearly 10.5 million people nationally have been sickened by the virus. More than 240,000 have died from it.