New Year's Eve Around the World

Watch live coverage of fireworks and celebrations from across the globe, as the world welcomes 2016.

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Penelope Bergen
@RedFiddler
The first round! happy New Year everyone #NYE2016 #Sydney https://t.co/1YvpCx7kjG
10:26 AM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:00:16 PM
Penelope Bergen
@RedFiddler
Boats on the harbour from our Darling Point vantage point #NYE2016 #Sydney https://t.co/fACGLIoYTS
10:27 AM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:00:22 PM
Sandeep
@SandeepUnnithan
And it begins! iconic fireworks display at Sydney harbor bridge. #NYE2016 https://t.co/iJ3IlhTaEa
10:07 AM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:02:35 PM
Australia
@Australia
Incredible fan content from the @Australia profile being projected on the Sydney Harbour Bridge tonight. #SydNYE https://t.co/LYQ9dOt4MV
11:37 AM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:10:12 PM
NSW Police
@nswpolice
NSW Police would like to wish everyone a safe and wonderful New Year. Best wishes for 2016. #SydNYE https://t.co/38Ee5PZ77J
1:01 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:11:12 PM
Sydney Opera House
@SydOperaHouse
Happy New Year from Sydney Opera House! #SydNYE - Photo credit: @cityofsydney https://t.co/FqFlGLk1a7
1:01 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:11:43 PM
City of Sydney
@cityofsydney
So this is the New Year! Here’s to a wonderful 2016 #SydNYE https://t.co/D6esw1WXsF
1:06 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:12:05 PM
City of Sydney
@cityofsydney
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s #SydNYE incredible. Wishing everyone a safe, happy and prosperous 2016! https://t.co/6i2UUdgadQ
1:15 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:16:26 PM
Partygoers wear 2016-themed hats as they wait to ring in the new year at the Sydney Harbour in Australia December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:19:06 PM
Fireworks explode over boats anchored on Sydney Harbour during a 9pm display before midnight fireworks usher in the new year in Australia's largest city, December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:22:42 PM
Glynis Traill-Nash
@GlynisTN
Happy New Year!! #SydneyNYE #fireworks https://t.co/8zHS534M12
1:17 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:23:46 PM
Glynis Traill-Nash
@GlynisTN
Q: Does any city clap & squeal at fireworks like Sydney? #HappyNewYear #hurrah
1:18 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:23:51 PM
U.S. warily eyes New Year's threats in cities abroad

U.S. authorities are monitoring investigations overseas of alleged plots by Islamic State operatives or sympathizers to launch attacks over the New Year's holiday period, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. agencies, however, said they were unaware of any imminent or credible threats by Islamic State or other militants to attack inside the United State or hit American targets overseas.

In New York City, traditionally the site of the nation's largest New Year's Eve celebration, police have seen no credible threat at this time, a New York police spokesman said. Read more.

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:31:58 PM
Oh I want to go to Sydney but nave no money. Happy New Year from Finland

by Kaija Ahola 12/31/2015 1:33:51 PM
Belgian police detain six people over New Year's attack plot

Belgian police have detained six people during house searches in Brussels in an investigation into a plot to carry out an attack in the city on New Year's Eve, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels on Wednesday called off the city's traditional New Year's Eve fireworks display, citing fears of an attack.

A judge would decide later on Thursday whether they could be held further.

Two people arrested earlier this week, named as 30-year-old Said S. and 27-year-old Mohammed K., would be held for one more month as they were charged with threatening to carry out a terrorist attack, prosecutors said.

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:34:59 PM
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the new year, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:36:31 PM
Paris attacks weigh on New Year hotel bookings

Hotels and restaurants in Paris are still suffering in the wake of last month's Islamist militant attacks with bookings for New Year celebrations down 30-40 percent, a hotel federation said.

The French capital has been on high alert since Islamic State militants killed 130 people in shootings and suicide bombings on Nov. 13.

"Bookings for the year-end weekend are down 30-40 percent," Evelyne Maes, head of the UMIH-Paris-Ile de France hotel federation, told Reuters. Read more.

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:37:45 PM
New Year fireworks fall victim to Italy's smog crisis

Authorities have told Italians to snuff out their ardor for New Year's Eve fireworks in a bid to limit air pollution that has caused traffic bans or restrictions in several cities.

Rockets, firecrackers and flares are banned from public spaces in Milan, Bologna and Turin after a nationwide build-up of micro particles in the atmosphere during an unusually dry winter.

The mayor of Reggio Calabria in Italy's southwestern toe extended a ban on pyrotechnics until Jan. 7, saying they were not only pollutants but could injure humans and distress animals. Read more.

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:41:00 PM
New Zealand welcomes 2016 with a firework display in Auckland, making it one of the first countries to celebrate the New Year.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 1:45:10 PM
Thousands flock to Australia's Sydney Harbour to usher in the new year with a massive fireworks display.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 1:46:46 PM
Workers in New York install 288 new crystals on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball, as they prepare for ceremonies to usher in 2016. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration)

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:48:00 PM
The iconic Times Square crystal ball is tested one day before New Year's Eve. Angela Moore reports.

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 1:49:20 PM
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2016...everybody. #SYDNYE #NYE2016 #happynewyear #Sydney fireworks are spectacular...

by GarryJGray via Instagram 12/31/2015 1:56:32 PM
Revellers on pleasure crafts watch as fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the New Year, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:04:03 PM
Revellers on pleasure crafts watch as fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the New Year, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:05:01 PM
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the New Year, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:05:40 PM
New York Mayor says security preparations are well in place in Times Square, where the masses will usher in the New Year with the famed crystal ball drop. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:20:36 PM
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House in a 9pm display before the midnight fireworks which will usher in the new year in Australia's largest city, December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:47:03 PM
Kathy Lette
@KathyLette
Syd #NYE2016 fireworks bigger & better than ever. A pyrotechnic ejaculation of joy. Here's 2 a yr of love & laughter https://t.co/ndCdsGzyl7
2:17 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 2:51:12 PM
Sarah
@slou20
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM JAPAN!! #NYE2016
3:01 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:02:09 PM
A woman in a kimono arrives at the main shrine for prayers ahead of the New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:12:06 PM
Mao Rieger☺
@_MaoRieger_
@AlexandruWorld already New year in Japan♥♥ https://t.co/guX4ax5ARh
3:11 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:13:47 PM
シバ(SHIBA) ★彡
@Halil_japan
I'm at 長宮氷川神社 in ふじみ野市, 埼玉県 https://t.co/VCJJhndobp https://t.co/5fK6zu9GHM
3:20 PM - 31 Dec 2015
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by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:22:26 PM
People lined up at Otsuka Temple #HappyNewYear2016 #Tokyo #Japan #newyearsJapan

by caitlynmariepea via Instagram 12/31/2015 3:23:53 PM
People hold balloons to release them at the turn of the New Year at a hotel in front of the landmark Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan, December 31, 2015, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:42:55 PM
People hold balloons to release them at the turn of the New Year at a hotel in front of the landmark Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan, December 31, 2015, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:43:24 PM
People release balloons at the turn of the New Year at a hotel in front of the landmark Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Pete

by jamillah.knowles 12/31/2015 3:53:55 PM
Fireworks explode in Marina Bay against the skyline of Singapore during New Year's Day celebrations January 1, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su

by Canice Leung 12/31/2015 5:04:43 PM
People gather to celebrate the new year during a countdown event in Seoul, South Korea, December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

by Canice Leung 12/31/2015 5:07:13 PM
Taiwan has rung in 2016 with a spectacular fireworks show launched from the country's tallest skyscraper, the landmark Taipei 101.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 5:10:10 PM
Revelers dance in front of lit sparklers while celebrating New Year's Eve in Paranaque city, metro Manila December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

by Canice Leung 12/31/2015 5:23:45 PM
This is happening very close to tonight's fireworks display. Fire engulfs The Address Hotel in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates December 31, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

by cassandra.garrison 12/31/2015 6:11:44 PM
Massive flames envelop a luxury hotel near the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's largest building, in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. Vanessa Johnston reports.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 8:50:52 PM
Thousands of police officers are gearing up to guard revelers on New Year's Eve at Times Square, one of New York City's highest-profile events. Vanessa Johnston reports.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 8:54:39 PM
Dubai goes ahead with an impressive fireworks display to ring in 2016 despite a massive fire at a nearby hotel.

by natalie.armstrong 12/31/2015 10:01:51 PM

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