New Year's celebrations ring in 2023 in U.S. and around the world
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New York City ushered in 2023 with a dazzling Saturday night spectacle in iconic Times Square, anchoring New Year's celebrations across the United States. The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.
Its surface is comprised of nearly 2,700 Waterford crystals that were illuminated, officials said, by a palette of more than 16 million colors.
At the stroke of midnight, a ton of confetti rained down on soggy revelers, glittering amid the jumbo screens, neon and pulsing lights.
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