A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
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The start of 2023 is the perfect time to revisit experts' century-old predictions about the world. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The New Year's Eve ball that will be lit and sent up a 130-foot pole atop One Times Square to mark the start of the 2019 new year in Times Square, New York. Julie Walker/AP hide caption
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New York Police Department officers prepare for New Year's Eve celebrations in Manhattan's Times Square in New York. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters hide caption
Tightest Security In Years At New Year's Celebrations In New York And Las Vegas
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Pasta Carbonara is made with spaghetti, eggs, cheese and pork. FooDFactory/Getty Images hide caption
The original recipe, which Susan still has on hand. Susan Stamberg/NPR hide caption
Your obligatory shot of a clock — with this crucial reminder: The ineluctable march of time will pause just for a second as 2016 ends. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
People celebrate New Year's in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square, on Jan. 1, 2011. Traditionally, the drinking doesn't begin until after midnight, when people eat 12 grapes for good luck. Alvaro Hurtado/AP hide caption
In Spain, New Year's Eve Is All About The Grapes — Save The Bubbly For Later
Smoke billows from the Address Downtown skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Jon Gambrell/AP hide caption
Anusha Gurung (left) and her friend Illa Gurung take part in a New Year's dance competition in Kathmandu, Nepal. Salim Ali/for NPR hide caption
New Year's fireworks explode over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in Sydney. Rob Griffith/AP hide caption