Photos: New Year’s celebrations around the world

From spectacular fireworks to a huge LED light show at the world’s tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in 2018. Check back for more photos
An LED light show illuminates the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, to celebrate the New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)Images are projected on the Arc de Triomphe monument as fireworks explode during a laser and 3D video mapping show as part of the New Year celebrations in Paris on January 1, 2018. (GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images)Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (David Moir/AAP Image via AP)Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year’s Eve to celebrate the start of year 2018 in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill to mark the New Year’s celebrations in Athens, Greece, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)Over 5 minutes of fireworks from the Sky Tower welcome in the new year during New Year’s Eve celebrations on January 1, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand is one of the first major cities in the world to ring in the New Year. (Photo by Dave Rowland/Getty Images)Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin’s landmark the Brandenburg Gate to usher in the New Year on January 1, 2018. (JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)Fireworks explode above Singapore’s financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year’s celebrations on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)People dance during New Year celebrations at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg on January 1 2018. (WIKUS DE WET/AFP/Getty Images)Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year’s celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)Participants of a count down to the New Year event marking the passage into 2018 in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Firework explode at the Erasmusbrug as part of New Year’s celebrations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on January 1, 2018. (ROBIN UTRECHT/AFP/Getty Images)Bulgarians watch fireworks explode during New Year celebrations in central Sofia early on January 1, 2018. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)Filipino revelers watch as fireworks light up the sky to welcome the New Year Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 at the seaside Mall of Asia in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)People attend a traditional bell-tolling ceremony for the New Year, at the Bosingak pavilion in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia’s landmark building, the Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year’s celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sadiq Asyraf)Visitors film the light on the historical site of Giza Pyramids as they celebrate the New Year in Egypt, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)Revelers hold their umbrellas during New Year’s celebrations under the rain at the Parliament square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)Iraqis watch fireworks explode during the New Year celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq, early Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Fireworks illuminate the sky near Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2018. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images)Visitors watch the fireworks display during a New Year celebration event at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)Fireworks explode from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House during the midnight fireworks display on New Year’s Eve on New Year’s Eve on January 1, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)Participants in a count down to the New Year event to mark the passage into 2018 in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year’s Eve to celebrate the start of year 2018 in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)A firework explodes over the Arc de Triomphe as part of the New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Buddhists place candles during New Year celebrations at Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Chinese people celebrate the New Year during the New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)People take pictures as fireworks explode over the Kremlin, during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. New Year is Russia’s major gift-giving holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)An LED light show illuminates the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, to celebrate the New Year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)Residents wear 2018 glasses, during New Year’s Eve to celebrate the upcoming year 2018 in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Revellers pack Bondi beach ahead of sunrise on January 1, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans/Getty Images)Lebanese watch a firework display during New Year’s celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)Fireworks explode over the River Thames behind the Elizabeth Tower which contains the bell know as “Big Ben”, at the Houses of Parliament in London, as New Year’s celebrations take place after midnight, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Scaffolding stands erected around the Elizabeth Tower for repairs, with the last extensive conservation works taking place more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)Fireworks explode over the New City Hall of Hanover, northern Germany, on January 1, 2018, to usher in the new year. (JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty Images)Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year’s celebrations in central London just after midnight on January 1, 2018. (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)Show Caption of Expand
 
 
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