New Year celebrations around the world — in pictures

New Year’s Eve fireworks illuminate Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge during the traditional early family fireworks show held before the main midnight event on December 31, 2015. Peter Parks / AFP Photo

Men standing near lit candles forming 2016 in Amritsar, India, to welcome the new year. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA

A trader wears plastic glasses to celebrate the last trading day of 2015 as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York. Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Fireworks explode in Marina Bay against the skyline of Singapore during New Year’s Day celebrations. Edgar Su / Reuters

Fireworks explode from Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101, during New Year celebrations in Taipei. Pichi Chuang / Reuters

Around 40 lifeguards of the Swiss Lifesaving Society SLRG celebrate New Year’s Eve by jumping and swimming in the Reuss river with the Kappel bridge in the background in Lucerne, Switzerland. Urs Flueeler / EPA

Performers pose for photos before the countdown to the New Year at an event in Beijing, China. Ng Han Guan / AP Photo

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australian. Rob Griffith / AP Photo

Fireworks are seen over the city’s skyline in Hong Kong as part of the 2016 new year celebrations. Philippe Lopez / AFP Photo

Revellers smile during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong. Vincent Yu / AP Photo

Austrian police officers watch tourists and citizens taking part in New Year 2016 celebrations in Vienna, Austria. Christian Bruna / EPA

People cheer during a New Year’s Eve countdown event at the Tai Miao Temple next to the Forbidden City in Beijing. Wang Zhao / AFP

Two Egyptian men and a camel stand on a hill overlooking one of the Giza Pyramids during a New Year’s Eve fireworks. Maya Alleruzzo / AP Photo

Takanobu Nobori, left, and Shoko Toyama take a selfie to celebrate ringing in the new year in Times Square in New York City. Andrew Burton / Getty Images / AFP

2016 appears during the 5-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris. Francois Mori / AP Photo

Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. Mindaugas Kulbis / AP Photo

Fireworks go off as the new year is rung in Times Square in New York City. Andrew Burton / Getty Images / AFP

Fireworks explode next to the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. Czarek Sokolowski / AP Photo

This image provided by EarthCam shows a New Year’s Eve scene in Transylvania, Romania. EarthCam via AP

People watch the fountains at the Bellagio while wearing paper hats to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP Photo

Fireworks explode over the River Thames and the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben in London. Alastair Grant / AP Photo

Soldiers patrol as people celebrate the New Year in Brussels. Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP Photo

People hold Bengal lights at Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Denis Tyrin / AP Photo

Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill in Athens. Yorgos Karahalis / AP Photo

Fireworks light the sky above the Statue of St Wenceslas at Prague´s Wenceslas Square, Czech Republic. Katerina Sulova / CTK via AP

People gather to celebrate the New Year in the square in front of the St Michael Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Efrem Lukatsky / AP Photo

Fireworks light up the sky in downtown Skopje, Macedonia. Boris Grdanoski / AP Photo

From Sydney to New York via Dubai, the best pictures from New Year celebrations around the world.