New Year's Fast Facts
Photos: New Year's celebrations around the world
A man watches fireworks from Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Photos: New Year's celebrations around the world
People celebrate as confetti falls in New York's Times Square.
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Children play with sparklers in Caracas, Venezuela.
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The Arc de Triomphe is engulfed in fireworks as thousands descended on the Champs Elysees to welcome the new year in Paris.
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Photos: New Year's celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over the London Eye by the River Thames in London.
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People party with balloons on a bridge a few minutes after midnight in front of the Lausanne Cathedral in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
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People wait for the new year in Ortakoy Square in Istanbul.
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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill as the new year begins in Athens, Greece.
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People in costumes gather to welcome the new year in Coin, Spain.
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Fireworks explode near the Spasskaya Tower during New Year's celebrations in Moscow's Red Square.
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People celebrate the new year in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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