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New Year's celebrations held across world

Performers parade during the annual New Year's Day Parade in London, Britain, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Ray Tang)


Performers parade during the annual New Year's Day Parade in London, Britain, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Ray Tang)


Fireworks explode over the London Eye during the New Year celebrations in London, Britain, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Ray Tang)


People wait for the New Year celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)


Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows the Arch of Triumph in Paris, France. Paris celebrated the coming of the year 2018 by projecting an animation entitled "Parisian Life" on the Arch of Triumph. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)


Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2017 shows a "Momo" in front of a house in La Plata, Argentina. As part of a tradition that began in the 1950s, the residents of La Plata make annually giant dolls known as "Momos", with shapes of dinosaurs, superheroes, and cartoon characters, which will be burnt during the first hours of January 1 to celebrate the New Year. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)


Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2017 shows dolls for sale in Quito, capital of Ecuador. Some countries of Latin America have the tradition of burning paper and wood dolls around the arrival of a new year to bid farewell to the past and wish for future luck. (Xinhua/Santiago Armas)


People attend the "We Run Rome" 10km run event to celebrate the New Year, in Rome, Italy, Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Jin Yu)


Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows the fireworks celebrating New Year at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, capital of Germany. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)


People celebrate on the new year's eve in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)


People watch fireworks during the New Year's celebrations in Pasay City, the Philippines, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)


People watch fireworks during a celebration of the New Year at the Monument Bundaran HI, Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2018. Thousands of people gathered along Sudirman and Thamrin streets in Jakarta to celebrate the New Year on Monday. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)


New Year fireworks explode near the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)


Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2017 shows fireworks over the Harbour Bridge during New Year's celebrations in Sydney, Australia.(Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)


Iraqis celebrate the New Year in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Raizer Zangana)


Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows the fireworks celebrating New Year near the landmark Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan)


People watch fireworks celebrating the New Year in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Ming)


Fireworks are seen over the Tagus River to celebrate the New Year in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)


The special cake "Vassilopita" is on display in a street in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 30, 2017. Greek bakers sent their wishes for a Happy 2018 to the world on Saturday by making and offering for free to the citizens of Athens a 2.5-ton "Vassilopita", the special cake usually served at all households in Greece after midnight on New Year's day. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)


People perform during an event greeting the New Year in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)


People participate in the 98th Polar Bear Swim to celebrate the new year in Vancouver, Canada. Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)


People watch fireworks during New Year's celebrations in San Francisco, the United States, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)


Fireworks are seen over the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 31, 2017. South Africa's Cape Town celebrated the New Year with a massive display of fireworks. (Xinhua/Werner Herboth)


Fireworks are seen over the Tagus River to celebrate the New Year in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)


People watch the New Year concert at Comercio square in Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)


People attend the New Year celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)


Fireworks are seen during the New Year celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)


A couple talk to their family on a smart phone before a mass wedding marking the new year of 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)


People are silhouetted against the last sunset of the year 2017 in Sauraha, a tourism hub in southwest Nepal's Chitwan district, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)


Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)


Performers dance in a ceremony during the 5th ball throwing carnival celebrated by people from China, Laos and Vietnam in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County of Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Dec. 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)


Tunisians buy fish at the central market to prepare for the new year's celebrations, in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, on Dec. 30, 2017. (Xinhua/Adele Ezzine)


Over one thousand people dip into the sea during the Nieuwjaarsduik (New Year's Dive) in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands, on Jan. 1, 2018.(Xinhua/Sylvia Lederer)


Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows the scenery of the first sunrise of the year 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)


A man takes photos of his children to celebrate the New Year in Lodz, central Poland, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Chen Xu)


A performer plays LED sticks during the New Year celebrations at Canada Place in Vancouver, Canada, on Dec. 31, 2017.(Xinhua/Liang Sen)


Fireworks explode over the sky of Abidjan, economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, during the New Year celebrations on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Yuan Sonh)


A woman attends a prayer event on New Year's Eve at Wat Nathom in Vientiane, Laos, Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Ailun)


People watch fireworks celebrating the New Year in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Ming)


Fireworks explode over the London Eye during the New Year celebrations in London, Britain, on Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Ray Tang)


Fireworks are seen over the Tagus River to celebrate the New Year in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)


Fireworks explode by the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, during the New Year celebrations on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)


Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows the Arch of Triumph in Paris, France. Paris celebrated the coming of the year 2018 by projecting an animation entitled "Parisian Life" on the Arch of Triumph. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)


People celebrate the New Year at the Grand Master palace in Valletta, Malta, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Mark Zammit Cordina)


People celebrate on the new year's eve in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Tumpa Mondal)


People attend the New Year celebration in Cairo, Egypt, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)


People watch fireworks during the New Year's celebrations in Pasay City, the Philippines, on Dec. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)


A woman worships at the Erawan Shrine in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 31, 2017. Both residents and tourists joined in various activities on the streets of Bangkok to celebrate the New Year's Eve and welcome the year 2018. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)


People watch fireworks during a celebration of the New Year at the Monument Bundaran HI, Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2018. Thousands of people gathered along Sudirman and Thamrin streets in Jakarta to celebrate the New Year on Monday. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)


Fireworks explode during a celebration of the New Year at the Monument Bundaran HI, Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2018. Thousands of people gathered along Sudirman and Thamrin streets in Jakarta to celebrate the New Year on Monday. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)


People celebrate the New Year in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 1, 2018. (Xinhua/Irina Motina)

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