In pics: New Year's celebrations around world

A Palestinian vendor sells balloons on a street in Gaza City, Dec. 31, 2019. On the new year's eve, the Palestinians living in the impoverished coastal enclave of Gaza Strip, under Israeli siege since 2007, wished for a better life in the year of 2020. TO GO WITH "Feature: On new year's eve, Palestinians in Gaza yearn for better life" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)