New Year’s Eve Around the World: Pictures

Fireworks explode behind the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin. Adam Berry/Getty Images
Confetti is dropped on revelers during New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Fireworks explode near Big Ben in London. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Revelers bundle up while gathered at Times Square during a New Year's Eve celebration. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Revelers during New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich
"Sushi," portrayed by female impersonator Gary Marion, during the "Red Shoe Drop" New Year's event at the Bourbon St. Pub in Key West. Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau
Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle during the Hogmanay celebrations. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Fireworks explode during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the new year in the coastal city of Valparaiso, Chile. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
Fireworks light the sky over the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral during the New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Fireworks explode next to the Palace of Culture during New Year celebrations in Warsaw. Agencja Gazeta/Dawid Zuchowicz/via REUTERS
Fireworks explode by the Big Ben clocktower in London. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Revelers celebrate as confetti falls just after midnight during New Year celebrations in Times Square. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate shortly after midnight in Berlin. AP Photo/Michael Sohn
Revelers gather on Times Square in New York. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Sheri Vollmer, of Omaha, NE, poses for a photograph while taking part of the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Fireworks explode over the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis. Panayotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto
Fireworks marking the start of the New Year on Copacabana beach. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House on New Year's Eve. REUTERS/Jason Reed
German police guard the venue at the Brandenburg Gate, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
North Koreans gather to watch a New Year's fireworks display at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Fireworks explode over the Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr
Charlotte Kent from Huddersfield in England wears glowing glasses and a headset for 2017 before watching the New Year's Eve fireworks in Sydney. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Dancers perform during a New Year's Eve countdown event in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour Bridge. Cameron Spencer\City of Sydney/Getty Images
Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
A general view of the venue at the Brandenburg Gate ahead of the New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
People watch fireworks explode around the National Monument during New Year's Eve celebrations in Jakarta. REUTERS/Fatima El-Kareem
Lenin statue with a Christmas tree in the center of Donetsk, Ukraine. Celestino Arce/NurPhoto
Staff members wait for the start of a New Year's Eve countdown show in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
People celebrate the centenary year of Finnish independence that kicks off on New Year's Eve in Helsinki. Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva via REUTERS
Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur. AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng
New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong. AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Pope Francis visits the traditional Crib in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on New Year's Eve. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. Brett Hemmings\City of Sydney/Getty Images
A security guard keeps watch during the New Year's Eve countdown show in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
New Year's Eve 2016 countdown at Sanam Luang  in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A girl waits for her friends to wake up after a night of New Year's Eve partying on Sydney's Bondi Beach before welcoming the first sunrise of 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed