Some countries have already rung in the new year, but across the U.S., cities are getting ready to say hello to 2020 in myriad strange ways. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, faced criticism after he sent a now-deleted tweet about the suspect in the stabbing attack in Monsey, N.Y. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse in northern Virginia in March. A top official with the United Nations says that her punishment for refusing to testify amounts to torture. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
During a vigil this month for people who died while homeless in Los Angeles in 2019, organizers floated candlelit lanterns on Echo Park Lake. Anna Scott/KCRW hide caption