• Revellers fill Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York. Gary Hershorn / Reuters
    Revellers fill Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York. Gary Hershorn / Reuters
  • A wave crashes as revellers watch fireworks explode minutes after midnight along Copacabana Beach. Mario Tama / Getty Images
    A wave crashes as revellers watch fireworks explode minutes after midnight along Copacabana Beach. Mario Tama / Getty Images
  • This picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows fireworks displayed in the sky over Pyongyang. KCNA via KNS / AFP Photo
    This picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows fireworks displayed in the sky over Pyongyang. KCNA via KNS / AFP Photo
  • Visitors watch a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebration on The Bund in Shanghai. Reuters
    Visitors watch a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebration on The Bund in Shanghai. Reuters
  • Visitors take pictures and videos during a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebration on The Bund in Shanghai. Reuters
    Visitors take pictures and videos during a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebration on The Bund in Shanghai. Reuters
  • Fireworks explode in the sky over Pyongyang. KCNA / Reuters
    Fireworks explode in the sky over Pyongyang. KCNA / Reuters
  • Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight in London, England. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight in London, England. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Fireworks illuminate the night sky during the 2014 New Year celebrations at the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc in Barcelona. Albert Olive / EPA
    Fireworks illuminate the night sky during the 2014 New Year celebrations at the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc in Barcelona. Albert Olive / EPA
  • Fireworks explode over Ebrie Lagoon during New Year celebrations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Sia Kambou / AFP Photo
    Fireworks explode over Ebrie Lagoon during New Year celebrations in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Sia Kambou / AFP Photo
  • Revellers take part in the Hogmanay street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland. Russell Cheyne / Reuters
    Revellers take part in the Hogmanay street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland. Russell Cheyne / Reuters
  • People celebrate the New Year on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Pierre Andrieu / AFP Photo
    People celebrate the New Year on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Pierre Andrieu / AFP Photo
  • People celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero Square before the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Pierre Andrieu / AFP Photo
    People celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero Square before the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Pierre Andrieu / AFP Photo
  • People dressed up as giant panda “Yuan Yuan” and “Tuan Tuan” from the Taipei Zoo. Mandy Cheng / AFP Photo
    People dressed up as giant panda “Yuan Yuan” and “Tuan Tuan” from the Taipei Zoo. Mandy Cheng / AFP Photo
  • Fireworks explode over the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament along the River Thames in central London. Leon Neal / AFP Photo
    Fireworks explode over the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament along the River Thames in central London. Leon Neal / AFP Photo
  • Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania Petras Malukas / AFP Photo
    Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania Petras Malukas / AFP Photo
  • Fireworks explode behind the Quadriga statue on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Adam Berry / Getty Images
    Fireworks explode behind the Quadriga statue on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Adam Berry / Getty Images
  • Fireworks explode over Palm Jumeirah in Dubai on January 1. Karim Sahib / AFP Photo
    Fireworks explode over Palm Jumeirah in Dubai on January 1. Karim Sahib / AFP Photo
  • People gather to celebrate the New Year on the Red Square in front of Kremlin in Moscow. Vasily Maximov / AFP Photo
    People gather to celebrate the New Year on the Red Square in front of Kremlin in Moscow. Vasily Maximov / AFP Photo
  • Indonesian military release lanterns into the sky. A total of 2014 sky lanterns were flown by the Indonesian military. Yuli Seperi / Getty Images
    Indonesian military release lanterns into the sky. A total of 2014 sky lanterns were flown by the Indonesian military. Yuli Seperi / Getty Images
  • Indonesians set up fireworks in Surabaya, Indonesia. Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images
    Indonesians set up fireworks in Surabaya, Indonesia. Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images
  • People gather to release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
    People gather to release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP Photo
  • An Indian reveller poses on New Year’s Eve in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo
    An Indian reveller poses on New Year’s Eve in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo
  • New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge. Saeed Khan / AFP Photo
    New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge. Saeed Khan / AFP Photo
  • Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock hits midnight to celebrate the New Year on the waterfront in the New Zealand town of Queenstown. Marty Melville / AFP Photo
    Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock hits midnight to celebrate the New Year on the waterfront in the New Zealand town of Queenstown. Marty Melville / AFP Photo

In pictures: The world welcomes 2014 with fanfare and fireworks


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From Sydney to New York via Dubai, the world celebrates ushering in 2014.