2020 Vs 2021: Images Show How Pandemic Changed The Way We Celebrate New Year

Finally! We have said goodbye to 2020, the year of the pandemic that changed the way we live our lives. Most people across the world welcomed the new year with muted celebrations, which were very different from the year before. Take a look at these starkly different pictures from January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021.

1. Mumbai, India

A combination picture shows people recording fireworks on mobile phones at the Gateway of India monument on New Year's Day January 1, 2020 and the same place during a curfew to restrict large gatherings in Mumbai, India, January 1, 2021.

2. Tokyo, Japan

A combination photo shows people walking to pray on the first day of the new year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2020 and 2021.

3. Ahmedabad, India

A combination picture shows people releasing balloons to celebrate the New Year's countdown event on a road on January 1, 2020 and the same place restriction of covid-19 in Ahmedabad, India, January 1, 2021.

4. Tokyo, Japan

This combination image shows a group of visitors taking selfies in front of Maiji Jingu Shinto Shrine on December 31, 2020, in Tokyo and the same place on January 1, 2020. This was the first time the popular shrine closed its door on New Year's Eve night in 74 years.

5. Seoul, South Korea

A combination photo shows people attending a ceremony to celebrate the new year on December 31, 2019, and a policeman standing before a zebra crossing on New Year's Eve in Seoul, South Korea, December 31, 2020.

6. Tokyo, Japan

A combination photo shows people walking at Shibuya crossing on January 1, 2021 and revellers taking part in a new year countdown event at Shibuya crossing on January 1, 2020, both taken and released by Kyodo on January 1, 2021.

7. Mumbai, India

This combination photo shows a few people in front of the iconic Gateway of India, during New Year's Eve in Mumbai on December 31, 2020 and the same place on December 31, 2019.

9. Jakarta, Indonesia

A combination picture shows people wearing raincoats gathering at Bundaran Hotel Indonesia roundabout as they attend New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2019 and the same place on New Year's eve, December 31, 2020.

10. Seoul, South Korea

A combination photo shows a couple posing for a selfie during New Year's Eve on December 31, 2019, and a general view of the Cheonggye stream on New Year's Eve amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, December 31, 2020.

11. Paris, France

A combination photo showing a general view of the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris very early on New Year's Day on January 1, 2021, and the bottom one the same location packed with revelers early on January 1, 2020.

12. Moscow, Russia

This combo image shows at top fireworks exploding over the Kremlin and the Spasskaya Tower with St. Basil's Cathedral at left in an almost empty Red Square during New Year's celebrations in Moscow, Russia on December 31, 2020, a file photo taken from the same angle during New Year's celebrations on December 31, 2019.

13. Jakarta, Indonesia

This combo image shows Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in Jakarta, a popular spot for New Year's Eve celebration, taken on December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2016.