In Pakistan, children are silhouetted as they play against the backdrop of the last sunset of 2022 in Lahore.

Also on the eve of the new year, this bather poses as hundreds of people take part in a traditional "disguised" sea bath to mark the New Year's celebrations in Dinard, western France.

The same day in India, these women are silhouetted against the setting sun as they hold up numeric shaped balloons in Bhopal.

The New Year's Eve picture and mood was much different in other parts of the world - here, a serviceman stands at the bottom of a hotel, which has been partially destroyed by a Russian strike in the centre of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

It was a thrilling way to wrap up the year in Saudi Arabia, as Audi's hybrid Spanish drivers Carlos Sainz and co-driver Lucas Cruz compete during the prologue of the Dakar 2023 by the Red Sea in Yanbu.

Because of the different time zones, the explosive fireworks displays happen at different times around the world. Among the first nations to usher in the new year is Australia, where the sky over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge is lit to ring in 2023.

In Kenya's capital Nairobi, people enjoy the fireworks spectacle at the building of Old Mutual Tower.

Here is another shot from the same spot in Nairobi.

On the first day of 2023, Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves at supporters as he arrives with his wife First Lady Rosangela 'Janja' da Silva (2-L), new Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin (R) and his wife Maria Lucia Ribeiro Alckmin at Planalto Palace after their inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia.

The new president gets emotional next to his wife First Lady Rosangela da Silva as he delivers his inaugural speech at Planalto Palace.

On the second day of the new year, Monday, the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

The same day, performers play music, sing and dance as they take part in the Minstrels Parade in Cape Town, South Africa.

On Monday, members of the 'Ekum Baba' society react as their hunting costume is revealed during the annual hunting festival in Banjul, Gambia.

On Tuesday, the inflatable dinosaur known as "Saurian" is seen during "Saurian and the Witnesses of Outer Space" - the night parade of the French Plasticiens Volants company - on the inaugural day of the "Teatro a Mil" international festival, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile.

Elsewhere that very day, a cleaner cleans the floor under the red lanterns of Chinese New Year decorations at the Thean Hou Temple ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations, which marks the year of the rabbit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

On Tuesday, Al-Nassr's new Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, wearing a cross earing, poses for a selfie with the presenters during his unveiling at the Mrsool Park Stadium in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Elsewhere the same day, this aerial picture shows fans of the late Brazilian football star Pele gathering on the street as a firetruck transports the football legend's coffin to the Santos' Memorial Cemetery in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil.

That very day, a prawn fisherman walks into the Sine Saloum Delta ahead of a night of fishing in Simal, India.

In the early hours of the following day, Wednesday, police officers are struck by flares thrown by demonstrators demanding the release of the Governor of Santa Cruz, Luis F. Camacho at the gates of the Police Departmental Command in Santa Cruz in Bolivia.

The same day, but in Ukraine, construction workers climb onto the roof of a destroyed church in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Also on Wednesday, drivers barrel into standing water on Interstate 101 in San Francisco in the US state of California.

The same day, this slow exposure zoomed picture shows the seat of the US House Speaker standing empty as the House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

On Thursday, pedestrians look at the destroyed Russian military vehicles at an open air exhibition of destroyed Russian equipment in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The same day, Pope Pope Francis pays his respects as he touches the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the end of his Funeral Mass at St. Peter's square in the Vatican.

Before the Funeral Mass, this nun holding a rosary waits at St. Peter's square in the Vatican.

Early Saturday, Republican frontrunner Kevin McCarthy is elected the Speaker of the US House of Representatives on the 15th round of voting.