In Photos: Here’s How The World Said Hello 2018!

Travel around the world through photos, as people ring in the new year with their loved ones.

Fireworks explode in front of the skyline with the financial district during New Year’s eve celebrations in Frankfurt, Germany.

(Photo: Reuters)

As the clock struck midnight on 31 December, people from around the world gathered to bid farewell to 2017, and to usher in 2018, with fireworks and joy lighting up the air.

Travel around the world through photos put together by The Quint, as people ring in the new year with their loved ones.

The Chinese have their own new year and calendar, but that does not stop them from ushering in the new year in a grand fashion.

Pope Francis prays before a Nativity scene in Vatican city, as the New Year dawns upon the world. 

Known for its lights and bling, Las Vegas too rang in the new year with much fanfare.

New Years celebrations at Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers.

People walk in Turkey’s Istanbul as the city decks up to prepare for the New year.

The Hong Kong skies light up in celebration

Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany.

People fly lanterns at Borobudur temple during New Year celebrations in Magelang, Indonesia

Rio de Janeiro’s horizons were beuatifully lit up by firecrackers

Edinburgh gave a colourful welcome to 2018

Confetti flies over Times Square during the New Years celebration in New York. New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world packed into a frigid Times Square to mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks.