New Year's Fast Facts

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Updated 1425 GMT (2225 HKT) December 14, 2019

Fireworks illuminate the sky during New Year's celebrations in San Francisco on January 1.
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Fireworks illuminate the sky during New Year's celebrations in San Francisco on January 1.
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Fireworks are seen along the Las Vegas Strip on January 1.
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Fireworks are seen along the Las Vegas Strip on January 1.
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Fireworks explode over Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, January 1, 2018.
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Fireworks explode over Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, January 1, 2018.
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Confetti falls over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight at Times Square in New York.
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Confetti falls over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight at Times Square in New York.
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Celebrations take place by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Celebrations take place by the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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