Photos | Welcoming 2018: New Year celebrations across the world

The world welcomes 2018 with fireworks and parades. From New Zealand and Australia, the celebrations move to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and finally the Americas.

Updated on: Jan 01, 2018 11:37 AM IST

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People dance during the New Year's celebrations on a beach in Mumbai on January 1, 2018. (Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)

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People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Lucas Landau / REUTERS)

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A view of the laser show at Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, to mark the New Year's eve celebrations in Dubai. (Giuseppe Cacace / AFP)

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Fireworks during an hourly display leading up to the final countdown for the New Year 2018 celebrations in Singapore. (Roslan Rahman / AFP)

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga members dance during a gathering to celebrate the New Year on the frontline in Makhmur. (Safin Ahmed / AFP)

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People react after counting down to New Year's day on January 1, 2018, during the New Year's music event at Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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People watch fireworks during New Years celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. (Mauro Pimentel / AFP)

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New Year revellers gather on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. (Guillaume Souvant / AFP)

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The "family fireworks", displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show, fill the sky over the Opera House in Sydney on New Year's Eve. (Saeed Khan / AFP)

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Pope Francis arrives to celebrate a New Year's eve vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (Andrew Medichini / AP)

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Runners wait to participate in the 93rd 15-km Sao Silvestre international race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 31, 2017. Thirty thousand runners participated in the traditional New Year's Eve event. (Miguel Schincariol / AFP)

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Fireworks light the sky over the Lotte World Tower after midnight during a countdown event to celebrate the New Year in Seoul, South Korea on January 1, 2018. (Jung Yeon- Je / AFP)

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Fireworks explode above Ljubljana castle during New Year's celebrations after midnight in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Jure Makovec / AFP)

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A Balinese girl takes part in a traditional dance during in a cultural parade at a festival to mark the New Year in Denpasar on Bali island. (Sonny Tumbelka / AFP)

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People release balloons as they take part in a New Year countdown event in celebrations to ring in 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (REUTERS)

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People fly lanterns at Borobudur temple during New Year celebrations in Magelang, Indonesia. (REUTERS)

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Revelers brave freezing cold temperatures in Times Square ahead of New Year's celebrations in Manhattan, New York, U.S. (Darren Ornitz / REUTERS)

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Bulgarians watch fireworks explode during New Year celebrations in central Sofia early on January 1, 2018. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)

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People celebrate New Year at Eastwood mall in Quezon City Metro Manila in the Philippines. (Erik De Castro / REUTERS)

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People gather near the Brandenburg Gate, ahead of the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany. (REUTERS)

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People gather near the Brandenburg Gate, ahead of the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, Germany. (REUTERS)

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Somali women and men enjoy a traditional dance as they celebrate the coming 2018 on New Year's eve in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Mohamed Abdiwahab / AFP)

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People dance to celebrate the new year during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in Beijing, China. (Jason Lee / REUTERS)

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Worshippers pray during a New Year's Day visit to Meiji shrine in Tokyo on January 1, 2018. Millions of Japanese people visit shrines and temples across the country during the first three days of the new year to pray for the well-being of their families. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP)