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In Pictures: New Year 2016 Celebrations Across the World

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

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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the new year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Confetti flies over New York’s Times Square after the clock strikes midnight as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis hotel. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
People watch as fireworks explode over Copacabana beach during celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo: Reuters)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Fireworks go off to mark the beginning 2016 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Syrian refugee Reem Habashieh stands in front of a traditional wooden Christmas pyramid at the Christmas market in Zwickau, eastern Germany. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
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)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Buddhist devotees pray at a temple to mark the first day of the new year in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Palestinian women shop on the last day of 2015 in Gaza city. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
People dive into the Arno river to celebrate the arrival of the new year in Florence, Italy. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
A child with painted face enjoys blowing a balloon at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)
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Here’s a look at the new year celebrations from across the world.
Revellers Simon Hamadache and Elodie Fortier from Toulouse, southern France, pose during the celebration on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France. (Photo: AP)
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