According to several street vendors, the children apparently felt inspired by Hizzoner's ceremonial confetti toss and started throwing glass bottles.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/child-12-charged-after-tossing-glass-bottles-from-32nd-floor-of-us-hotel-injuring-woman-4771646

A Just Stop Oil protester targeted the wedding of George Osborne and Thea Rogers and showered the newlyweds in orange confetti as they emerged from the church.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/george-osborne-just-stop-oil-confetti-b2371867.html

Any doubts that Norton couldn’t fill Wogan’s shoes quickly vanished in a puff of confetti.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/eurovision/graham-norton-commentating-eurovision-2023-b2336884.html

As confetti fell, Drake performed “Knife Talk” featuring 21 Savage and Project Pat.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/02/11/drake-delivers-hits-at-homecoming-super-bowl-week-concert/

As the blue confetti flew in the air, symbolising she's having a boy, Nicole and her partner looked joyous.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-11740511/Martha-Kalifatidis-Michael-Brunelli-MAFs-star-shares-disappointment-having-boy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

At that point, the confetti will disappear on its own.

Source: https://www.devicemag.com/why-is-there-confetti-on-pokemon-go/

At the end, as the final notes of “Karma” faded and the last pieces of confetti fell, I was left with the certainty that I had just borne witness to something spectacular.

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/taylor-swift-eras-tour_n_645c226fe4b0c10612e96b20

Barker plays a drumroll as the two kiss before blue confetti explodes into the air as he smashes on the cymbals.

Source: https://pagesix.com/2023/06/24/kourtney-kardashian-and-travis-barker-reveal-babys-gender/

But locals – including other town councillors – all identified her as the Osborne wedding protester, who evaded security to chuck confetti over the newlyweds.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12302633/Protester-targeted-Osbornes-wedding-jetted-Thailand-declaring-climate-emergency.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Elton John performed as confetti falls over the crowd to mark his final UK show during the Glastonbury 2023 music festival.

Source: https://pagesix.com/2023/07/11/glastonbury-festival-2023-elton-john-lil-nas-x-lizzo-more/

Fast forward to the following year and Rivers stood alongside Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett with confetti falling from the TD Garden rafters after a Finals win over the Lakers.

Source: https://nesn.com/2023/02/four-memorable-players-to-play-for-both-celtics-76ers/

For a simple and subtle touch, this King Charles crown-shaped confetti has a choice of engravings including date, year and even a Queen Consort option.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1761198/best-memorabilia-party-essentials-and-events-for-the-coronation

Graeme Park announces “Manchester, you’re the best” before closing the night with a triumphant encore and confetti filling the air.

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/review-hacienda-classical-castlefield-bowl-27285647

It’s not all flowers and confetti, though.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/brooklyn-beckham-nicola-peltz-wedding-celebrity-b2288989.html

“Mister Rodger’s Neighborhood” substituted concern for others for stunts like dumping a bucket of confetti on them.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-tribune-bozo-wgn-20230326-wgq4fgklg5b5ljkfguowsw7k7u-story.html

More confetti — rainbow, this time — stuck to the floor, to the players, to the footwear of passersby.

Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-basketball/uconns-dynasty-restored-dan-hurley-connected-past-to-present-in-dominant-title-run

‘Not thinking things through I decided to blow on the funnel to push the confetti through.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/11/asda-balloons-are-health-hazard-after-parents-choke-on-confetti-18265246/

Players Quinn Boehle, left, and Lennon Salazar bask in the adulation of the crowd and the confetti.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-28/el-segundo-little-league-world-champions-parade-photos

She passed them on the hills in Newton, Mass., heard their cheers and their music, saw their confetti and got fired up.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/sports/erika-kemp-marathon-boston.html

The ball dropped on New York's iconic Times Square as huge crowds counted down the seconds into 2023, culminating in raucous cheers and a deluge of confetti glittering amid jumbo screens, neon, pulsing lights and soggy streets.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/time-zone-by-time-zone-another-new-year-sweeps-into-view-179752