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Ringing in 2024

Published:Tuesday | January 2, 2024 | 12:11 AM
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Scenes from the Urban Development Corporation’s Fireworks Festival 2023, held at the Kingston waterfront on New Year’s Eve.
Gladstone Taylor
Scenes from the Urban Development Corporation’s Fireworks Festival 2023, held at the Kingston waterfront on New Year’s Eve.
Pauline Espeut watches the performances with four-year-old Josh asleep on her lap.
Gladstone Taylor
Pauline Espeut watches the performances with four-year-old Josh asleep on her lap.
UDC General Manager Bobby Honeyghan (centre) speaks with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his wife, Speaker of the House Juliet Holness.
Gladstone Taylor
UDC General Manager Bobby Honeyghan (centre) speaks with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his wife, Speaker of the House Juliet Holness.
Members of the Grants Pen Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew enjoy a game of dominoes during watchnight service, to ring in the new year.
Ian Allen
Members of the Grants Pen Seventh-day Adventist Church in St Andrew enjoy a game of dominoes during watchnight service, to ring in the new year.
Members of the Church of the Open Bible in Kingston take part in the praise and worship section of their watchnight service on Sunday.
Ian Allen
Members of the Church of the Open Bible in Kingston take part in the praise and worship section of their watchnight service on Sunday.
Two-year-old Nicana Wiltshire had a blast at the UDC Fireworks Festival 2023 held at the Kingston Waterfront on New Year’s Eve.
Gladstone Taylor
Two-year-old Nicana Wiltshire had a blast at the UDC Fireworks Festival 2023 held at the Kingston Waterfront on New Year’s Eve.
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Whether taking part in praise and worship at church or watching the fireworks display at the Kingston waterfront, Jamaicans were on Sunday night singularly focused on welcoming a new year and bidding goodbye to a challenging 2023.

Here are just a few of the sights from a nation celebrating the arrival of 2024.