New Year Celebrations Around the World

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 1, 2015.

People release balloons beside the Tokyo Tower to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2015.

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor as celebrating the 2015 new year in Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2015.

Pro-democracy revelers carrying yellow umbrellas, symbol of the Occupy movement, chant slogans among the celebrating crowds moments after a New Year countdown event in Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2015.

In a photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, schoolchildren perform "We Are the Happiest in the World" at the Central Youth Hall for New Year's Eve festivities in Pyongyang, Dec. 31, 2014.

A woman hangs a paper bearing her New Year wishes to a tree in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 31, 2014.

Confetti falls on revelers as they watch fireworks in the sky during New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 1, 2015.

Students form "2015" standing on snow to welcome the upcoming New Year at Shenyang Agriculture University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, Dec. 31, 2014.

New Year's cakes are displayed outside a shop in Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 31, 2014.

Singapore's skyline gliters with lights as spheres in the waters of Marina Bay form the number '50' to mark Singapore’s 50th anniversary in 2015, ahead of the New Year's countdown celebrations, Dec. 31, 2014.

A group of people wave as seagulls fly near by during the last sun set of the year at a jetty in Yangon river, Myanmar, Dec.31, 2014.

People attend the New Year's eve party at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, Germany, Dec. 31, 2014.

Revelers gather near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris during New Year celebrations, Dec. 31, 2014.

Fireworks explode behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on the River Thames during New Year's celebrations in London, Jan. 1, 2015.

A man paints "2015" with the light of a sparkler as he celebrates the New Year in Rome, Jan. 1, 2015.

Revelers cheer in Times Square, New York, during the New Year's Eve celebration, Dec. 31, 2014.