Fireworks explode over the Atlantis hotel during the first day of Dubai Expo 2020 on Friday. Reuters

Fireworks lit up Dubai skies on Friday marking the first full day of the Expo 2020 Dubai in a spectacular visual celebration commemorating the journey from winning the bid in 2013 to opening the first World Expo in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region and the largest global event held since the start of the pandemic.

Expo 2020 Dubai, the unique world event, carrying in its womb limitless pledges of universal harmony and unity, will without doubt sow millions of seeds of economic growth and social progress for generations of Emiratis to come.