Two girls hug in the surf during a fireworks display in Rio de Janeiro to mark the start of 2015.
Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on New Year’s Day Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Yui Wu and Hill Yeung enjoy the hogmanay new year celebrations in Edinburgh Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
People take part in the Procession of Light through the centre of Dublin to begin the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg gate during new year celebrations in Berlin Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
People gather on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris before celebrating the new year Photograph: Matthieu Alexandre/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks light the sky over St. Basil’s Cathedral and Kremlin’s Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower during celebrations of New Year’s Eve in Red Square in Moscow Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva//Reuters
A Lebanese woman sings during the new year celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP
Students of Little Flowers International School, Kabir Nagar Shahdara hold flowers cutouts as they welcome the new year in New Delhi Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Girls painted their faces to welcome in the new year in Patiala, India Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images
A boy celebrates new year with a sparkler in Colombo, Sri Lanka Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Celebrating with a selfie in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Jack Kurtz/Corbis
Fireworks explode near Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Photograph: Azhar Rahim/EPA
Fireworks over Marina Bay as Singapore celebrates Photograph: Mohd Fyrol/AFP/Getty Images
Men draw 2015 using sparklers in Xi’an city, China Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis
Students create ‘2015’ to greet the new year at Shenyang Agricultural University in China Photograph: Xinhua News Agency/REX
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP
People watch the firework display during a new year celebration in Manila Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images
Buddhist monks pray during a ceremony to celebrate the new year at the Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters
People release balloons carrying with their new year wishes near the Tokyo Tower in Japan Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
Shinto priests arrive for a ritual during a day of ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
People gather at the Sydney Opera House to welcome in the new year in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
A firework display from the top of the Sky Tower welcomes the New Year in Auckland, New Zealand Photograph: Dave Rowland/Getty Images
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Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on New Year’s Day Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Yui Wu and Hill Yeung enjoy the hogmanay new year celebrations in Edinburgh Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
People take part in the Procession of Light through the centre of Dublin to begin the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg gate during new year celebrations in Berlin Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
People gather on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris before celebrating the new year Photograph: Matthieu Alexandre/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks light the sky over St. Basil’s Cathedral and Kremlin’s Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower during celebrations of New Year’s Eve in Red Square in Moscow Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva//Reuters
A Lebanese woman sings during the new year celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP
Students of Little Flowers International School, Kabir Nagar Shahdara hold flowers cutouts as they welcome the new year in New Delhi Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Girls painted their faces to welcome in the new year in Patiala, India Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images
A boy celebrates new year with a sparkler in Colombo, Sri Lanka Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Celebrating with a selfie in Bangkok, Thailand Photograph: Jack Kurtz/Corbis
Fireworks explode near Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Photograph: Azhar Rahim/EPA
Fireworks over Marina Bay as Singapore celebrates Photograph: Mohd Fyrol/AFP/Getty Images
Men draw 2015 using sparklers in Xi’an city, China Photograph: Imaginechina/Corbis
Students create ‘2015’ to greet the new year at Shenyang Agricultural University in China Photograph: Xinhua News Agency/REX
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP
People watch the firework display during a new year celebration in Manila Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images
Buddhist monks pray during a ceremony to celebrate the new year at the Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters
People release balloons carrying with their new year wishes near the Tokyo Tower in Japan Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
Shinto priests arrive for a ritual during a day of ceremonies bidding farewell to 2014, at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
People gather at the Sydney Opera House to welcome in the new year in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
A firework display from the top of the Sky Tower welcomes the New Year in Auckland, New Zealand Photograph: Dave Rowland/Getty Images
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