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Confetti lies on the street after the Times Square New Year's Eve ball dropped in a nearly empty Times Square early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, as the area normally packed with revelers was closed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Confetti lies on the street after the Times Square New Year's Eve ball dropped in a nearly empty Times Square early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, as the area normally packed with revelers was closed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Jan. 01, 2021 01:21 AM EST
Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, late Thursday, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off to due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Confetti flies after the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball drops in a nearly empty Times Square, late Thursday, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in New York, as the area normally packed with revelers remained closed off to due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Jan. 01, 2021 01:26 AM EST