New Year’s 2021: Berlin sky lit up with fireworks despite lockdown

Footage showed fireworks being set off across the city of Berlin, Germany on Thursday, lighting up the sky on New Year’s Eve despite the partial lockdown the city is experiencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans in her last New Year address that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope. For more info, please go to