New Year celebrations around the world

New Year celebrations in Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. (EFE / Marijan Murat)



New Year's Eve fireworks over Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (REUTERS / Pilar Olivares)



Silhouette of the girl, celebrate the New Year on Copacabana beach. (REUTERS / Pilar Olivares)



Brazilians are in the water, watching the fireworks. (Ari Versiani / AFP / Getty Images)



Firework display lights up the sky over London, England. (PA / Dominic Lipinski)



Big Ben on the background of the New Year fireworks. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth)



"London Eye" in the light of the fireworks. (Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images)



Italians celebrate New Year's Eve in Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. (Andrea Pattaro / AFP / Getty Images)



Fireworks over the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. (AP Photo / Petros Giannakouris)



Teenager considers burning lantern on the eve of the New Year, Beijing, China. (Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Images)



Light show at the Summer Palace in Beijing. (Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Images)



Grossmunster Cathedral on the background of fireworks in Zurich, Switzerland. (EPA / Walter Bieri)



Members of the historic Grenadier Corps fired from a cannon, welcoming the New Year, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. (AP Photo / Patrick Seeger)

Loving couple with a bottle of champagne on New Year's night, Oporto, Portugal. (EPA / Jose Coelho)



Fireworks illuminate the sky over Sydney, Australia. (EFE / Damian Sha)



Tapes fireworks over Sydney Opera House. (AP Photo / Rob Griffith)



Russians enjoy the fireworks in the center of Moscow, Russia. (CATERS NEWS)



St. Basil's Cathedral on the background of fireworks. (CATERS NEWS)



New Year celebrations in the center of Moscow. (CATERS NEWS)



Muscovite launches into the sky lantern in the form of the heart during the New Year celebrations. (CATERS NEWS)



Salute in honor of the New Year's Eve in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (EFE / Ahmad Yusni)



Light show in Shanghai, China. (Bulls Press)



American in the subject header on the eve of New Year's representations, Times Square, New York, USA. (REUTERS / Joshua Lott)



The four-year New Yorker Nadorf Benjamin (Benjamin Nadorf) in anticipation of the New Year. (AP Photo / Seth Wenig)



Sea confetti falls on people celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square. (REUTERS / Gary Hershorn)



Americans celebrate the New Year in Times Square. (Monika Graff / Getty Images)



Speech PSY - author «Gangnam Style» - New Year's Eve in Times Square. (REUTERS / Gary Hershorn)



Gary Marion (Gary Marion) sits in a huge red shoes during the New Year celebration in Key West, Florida, USA. (REUTERS / Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau)



Japanese pray at the Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, for the health, happiness and prosperity to their home in the New Year. (EPA / Kimimasa Mayama)

Swiss uncork champagne during New Year celebrations in Geneva, Switzerland. (EPA / Jean-Christophe Bott)



Romanians enjoy the fireworks in the center of Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda)



Fireworks over the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP Photo / Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanians dancing after the traditional bathing on the first day of the new year, Vilnius, Lithuania. (Petras Malukas / AFP / Getty Images)



View of the bay of Funchal holiday, Madeira, Portugal. (Gregorio Cunha / AFP / Getty Images)



Man praying in a temple in honor of the New Year, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Lakruwan Wanniarachchi / AFP / Getty Images)

Girls in the Forth River during the annual bathing Loony Dook Swim, Queensferry, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Scots splashing in cool water during Loony Dook Swim. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)



Immersed in fireworks skyscraper "Taipei 101" during New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan. (REUTERS / Pichi Chuang)



Member of the annual carnival Tweede Nuwe Yaar in Cape Town, South Africa. (EPA / Nic Bothma)



New Year's Eve fireworks over Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Kyodo News)