(Yicai Global) Jan. 4 -- Countries have welcomed a fresh year by organizing festivities of light and dance despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The Chinese government held the first flag-raising ceremony in 2022 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

As temperatures dropped below -35 degrees Celcius in northern China's Ergun, a police officer was covered in frost.

Tigers were playing in South Korean theme park Everland.

The Sino-American Friendship Association brought a show of traditional dance from central China's Henan province to New York's Times Square to celebrate the change of the year.

The words "2022 Happy New Year" were written on a skyscraper in Shanghai.

France colored the Eiffel Tower blue with light to mark the 20th anniversary of the circulation of the euro.

Editor: Emmi Laine