Fireworks light in Dubai, North Korea, Taiwan and Moscow as the clock strikes midnight and the world begins welcoming in 2022 after another tumultuous and pandemic-ridden year capped by new restrictions, soaring case numbers, and a slight glimmer of hope for better times ahead.

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