Revelers ring in 2019 with celebrations spanning the globe.
From Sydney's Opera House to New York's Times Square and beyond, fireworks illuminate the night sky in parties festooned with confetti and sparklers.
Correction: This story has been updated to clarify that Simferopol is a city on the Crimean peninsula, a region that has been disputed since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in 2014.

A man watches the fireworks at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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People walk along a pedestrian bridge in Las Vegas.
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Fireworks ring in the new year in Vina del Mar, Chile.
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Fireworks explode around the London Eye in London.
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Revelers crowd the streets of Hamburg, Germany.
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Fireworks explode at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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Women celebrate 2019 on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow.
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Fireworks explode above the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
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Fireworks explode over Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
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A woman waits to celebrate 2019 during the countdown in front of Beijing's National Stadium.
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Fireworks go off over central Simferopol, Crimea.
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People take part in New Year's celebrations in Cairo.
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Fireworks light up the sky in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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A boy releases a balloon carrying his personal wishes as people gather at Kizilay Square in Ankara, Turkey.
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Fireworks illuminate the sky in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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A man watches the fireworks display in Karachi, Pakistan.
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A reveler at a party in Quezon City, Philippines.
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.
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People take selfies during the last sunset of the year in Myanmar.
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A Buddhist prays in front of lanterns during celebrations to mark 2019 at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea.
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Members of the Kosatka DV winter-swimming club see out the old year in an ice hole in Russia.
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Schoolchildren hold balloons during New Year's celebrations at their school in Ahmedabad, India.
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Fireworks explode over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in Sydney.
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