In Pictures: New Year 2016 Celebrations Across the World

Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during pre-New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: AP)

A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the new year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

People watch fireworks next to tractors of Minsk Tractor Plant decorated to mark the upcoming New Year celebrations during a show in Minsk, Belarus. (Photo: PTI)

Confetti flies over New York’s Times Square after the clock strikes midnight as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis hotel. (Photo: AP)

People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: Reuters)

A police officer guards Red Square during the celebration in Moscow, Russia with the Spasskaya Tower (left) and St Basil’s Cathedral in the background. (Photo: AP)

Fireworks light up the sky over the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the city skyline as part of New Year’s Eve celebrations in San Francisco, USA. (Photo: AP)

Fireworks explode over the river Thames and the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, as celebrations begin in London. (Photo: AP)

Fireworks go off to mark the beginning 2016 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada. (Photo: AP)

An artist writes 2016 Happy New Year on Snow as tourists enjoy at Kangdoori in ski resort of Gulmarg, India on the New Years Eve. (Photo: PTI)

Syrian refugee Reem Habashieh stands in front of a traditional wooden Christmas pyramid at the Christmas market in Zwickau, eastern Germany. (Photo: AP)

Filipino Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the image of the Black Nazarene during a thanksgiving procession on New Year’s eve in Manila, Philippines. (Photo: AP)

Buddhist devotees pray at a temple to mark the first day of the new year in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian women shop on the last day of 2015 in Gaza city. (Photo: AP)

People dive into the Arno river to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Florence, Italy. (Photo: AP)

A child with painted face enjoys blowing a balloon at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)

Revellers Simon Hamadache and Elodie Fortier from Toulouse, southern France, pose during the celebration on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France. (Photo: AP)