Welcoming 2016: The world glitters with New Year festivities

New Year’s Eve fireworks illuminate Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge during the traditional early family fireworks show held before the main midnight event on December 31. (AFP Photo)

Updated on: Jan 1, 2016 3:36 PM IST

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New Year’s Eve fireworks illuminate Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge during the traditional early family fireworks show held before the main midnight event on December 31. (AFP Photo)

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Revellers gather near the Arc de Triomphe which was lit with the blue, white and red colours of the French flag on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris. (Reuters)

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A woman watches fireworks just after New Years at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP Photo)

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Palestinians celebrate the last day of the year at the sea port in Gaza City. (AFP Photo)

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A worker wears mock spectacles in the shape of 2016 during a countdown event in Beijing. (AP Photo)

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Carrie Underwood performs during New Year’s Eve celebrations at Times Square in New York. (AP Photo)

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Revelers watch as fireworks explode during New Year celebrations outside the Philippine Arena in Bocaue town, Bulacan province, north of Manila. (Reuters)

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Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he visits the crib in St Peter’s square after the celebration of vespers and Te Deum in thanksgiving for the past year at St Peter’s basilica on December 31, 2015 at the Vatican. (AFP Photo)

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At the Giza Pyramids, hundreds of people gathered for a fireworks and lighting display at the stroke of midnight. (Reuters)

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People watch the sun rise on New Year’s Day at a beach along Tokyo Bay. (AFP Photo)

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Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to usher in the new year. (AFp Photo)