Last night, as the stroke of midnight rolled across the world's time zones, people gathered in private and took to the streets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, 2018. Fireworks erupted from Yogyakarta to Nairobi, and revelers gathered in Sydney, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and thousands of other places, raising a glass, trying to keep warm, making resolutions, and wishing each other a "Happy New Year!"
Photos of the New Year: Ringing in 2018 Around the World
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Read moreA couple hug each other as they watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreFireworks explode over the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's festivities on January 1, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in the city center to celebrate New Year's Eve. #
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Read moreA young Chinese girl celebrates the arrival of the New Year at a countdown event on December 31, 2017, in Beijing, China. #
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Read moreA view of the Burj Khalifa New Year laser light show as Dubai breaks the Guinness World Record for the largest light and sound show on a single building on December 31, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. #
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Read moreFireworks illuminate the city's skyline during New Year's Eve celebrations of 2018 on on January 1, 2018, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. #
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Read moreRevelers wait for sunrise on Bondi beach on January 1, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. #
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Read moreThe "family fireworks", displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight, fill the sky over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreThis illustration taken with a long time exposure on December 31, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary, shows the year "2018", painted with a flashlight in front of a Christmas tree. #
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Read moreIndians take pictures in front of the lit up Chattrapathi Shivaji Terminus railway station ahead of New Year's eve celebrations in Mumbai on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreAbout 300 inhabitants of Duindorp, a fishing neighborhood, build the largest New Year's Eve bonfire Worlwide on the beach on January 11, 2018 in The Hague, the Netherlands. A hundred thousand wooden pallets collected during the year and stored in secret locations were lifted and piled up to reach a final high of 29.7 meters. Duindorp holds the world record with a bonfire of 9,700 cubic meters. The New Year's Eve bonfire of Duindorp was relocated on the beach in the nineties to restore peace in the neighborhood as violent brawls often erupted. #
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Read moreFireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on January 1, 2018. #
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Read morePeople react after counting down to New Year's day on January 1, 2018, during the New Year's music event at Kenyatta International Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya. #
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Read moreA view of the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris as revelers take part in New Year celebrations, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read morePeople watch a fireworks display during New Year's celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreRevellers bid farewell to 2017 as they gather to celebrate New Years in Istanbul, Turkey on December 31, 2017. #
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Read morePeople fly lanterns at Borobudur temple during New Year celebrations in Magelang, Indonesia, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreIraqis watch fireworks explode during the New Year's Day celebrations in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreFireworks explode over the Kremlin and St Basil Cathedral during New Year celebrations in central Moscow early on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreA group of Maasai perform a traditional dance during the New Year's Eve celebration on Nungwi Beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreThis picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency taken and released on January 1, 2018, shows fireworks ushering in the New Year in Pyongyang. #
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Read moreA young Chinese girl celebrates the arrival of the New Year at a countdown event on December 31, 2017, in Beijing, China. #
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Read moreFireworks explode near the giant Ferris wheel of the London Eye on the South Bank of the River Thames as thousands gather to ring in the new year on January 1, 2018 in London, England. #
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Read moreA man walks near The Ritz as it is engulfed in smoke from New Year celebration fireworks in London, England, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read morePeople watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreRevelers hold umbrellas during New Year's celebrations under the rain at the Parliament square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreFireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of year 2018 in Hong Kong, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreRevelers gathered in Times Square in New York watch the ceremonial ball rise to the top of a pole high above the street on December 31, 2017, in preparation for the ball drop during New Year's Eve celebrations. #
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Read morePeople gather in Times Square in New York on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreElena Barduniotis from Colorado waits in Times Square in sub-freezing weather ahead of New Year's celebrations on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreA couple kisses at a New Year's party in the Marriott Marquis overlooking Times Square in New York on December 31, 2017. #
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Read moreFireworks explode at midnight in Times Square on New Year's Eve on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreConfetti drops over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's celebration in Times Square as seen from the Marriott Marquis in New York, on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreA couple kisses while they celebrate the New Year in New York's Times Square on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreA New York City Department of Sanitation worker cleans the streets after the New Year celebrations in Times Square on January 1, 2018. #
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Read moreMeghan McClements braves the wintry conditions as she takes part in the annual New Year's Day swim at Carnlough harbor on January 1, 2018, in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. #
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Read morePeople watch the first sunrise on New Year's Day at a beach in Tokyo, Japan, on January 1, 2018. #
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