News in Pics, January 1: Best photos from around the world

Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's day celebrations, amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Athens, Greece. Credit: Reuters

A woman and her cats look at the new year’s eve fireworks through her window of her home in Ajdovscina, Slovenia. Credit: AFP

People gather at Southern Beach of Chigasaki to watch the sunrise on New Year's Day in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Credit: AFP

A man runs along the coast line, in the popular Yoff neighbourhood in Dakar, Senegal. For the last four weeks beach’s have been closed as Covid-19 cases slightly rose in Senegal over the past months. Credit: AFP

Farmers watch a movie projected on a screen at their agitation site at Ghazipur border, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Thousands of farmers are protesting against the Centre's farm laws at Delhi borders. Credit: PTI

A woman poses for a picture at an installation on New Year's Eve inside a mall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Mumbai, India. Credit: Reuters