There are already 20 dead and 358 injured by the floods in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Colorado authorities confirmed that four were killed and one officer was injured in a series of shootings in Denver.
In India, resident doctors have been on strike for 11 days due to the shortage of health personnel in the face of the possibility of a third wave of covid-19.
Russia's Supreme Court ordered the closure of a prominent human rights organization.
Crystals from the Irish company Waterford are attached to the glittering triangles that cover the Times Square ball.