News in Pics | January 1, 2024

"2024" is projected onto the Arc de Triomphe to celebrate the entry into the Olympic year, during the New Year's celebrations on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, January 1, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Fireworks illuminate Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg Gate, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany January 1, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with commanders of the Korean People's Army, at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Party, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on January 1, 2024.

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on New Year's Eve in Beirut, Lebanon December 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui