Photos: Fireworks and togetherness mark the beginning of 2019

The world welcomes 2019 with festivities, prayers and parades. As revellers feast on the myriad hues of the unending fireworks and couples embrace, everyone is basking in the glory of the New Year.

Updated on: Jan 01, 2019 1:36 PM IST

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Australia’s largest city Sydney put on its biggest-ever fireworks display in a spectacular welcome to the New Year, kicking off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world. (Brendan Esposito / AP Photo)

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The Arc de Triomphe is lit during New Year's celebrations in Paris, France. (Christian Hartmann / Reuters)

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Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London right after midnight. (Adrian Dennis / AFP)

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People watch fireworks from the water on Copacabana beach during the New Year celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Daniel Ramalho / AFP)

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A man lights candles at a sand sculpture built to mark the New Year on a beach in Mumbai, India. (Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters)

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An artist performs at a shopping centre during the New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. (Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters)

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A man wears glasses shaped as the year 2019 as he attends a New Year countdown event at Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters)

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A make-up artist decorates the hair of a woman in the shape of Santa Claus during the New Year preparations in Ahmedabad, India. (Amit Dave / Reuters)

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A reveler prepares to countdown to the New Year in Beijing, China. (Ng Han Guan / AP Photo)

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As rain-soaked confetti sticks to most surfaces, revelers embrace as they take part in a New Year's celebration in Times Square, New York. (Craig Ruttle / AP Photo)

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A couple hangs a message wishing for good luck for the New Year at a temple in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters)

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Andre Mimura, left, and Thais Derycke kiss under their ponchos during the rainy New Year's Eve celebrations at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada. (Tijana Martin / The Canadian Press / AP)