Images: New Year's Eve celebrations around the world
The New Year's celebrations around the world have begun. It's past midnight, after all, in some places. And the scenes are spectacular in places everywhere, from Chechnya to Tokyo. See how the different cultures mark the arrival of 2016.
Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Peoples release balloons to celebrate the New Year with Tokyo Tower in the background in Tokyo. Japan celebrated the start of 2016, the Year of the Monkey in the Japanese Zodiac.
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The Great Pyramids are illuminated for New Year's Eve in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, late Thursday.
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Pakistani youths celebrate the New Year in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Fireworks explode over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
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A fireworks display is set off from the Taipei 101 skyscraper during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Indians throng a main thoroughfare as they celebrate during a countdown to the year 2016 at Lucknow, India.
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Fireworks light up the sky as Iraqis welcome the New Year during the New Year's Eve celebrations in a park in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad.
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Joel and Francesca Robertson embrace as they get ready to celebrate the Hogmanay, New Year, celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Performers take part in a countdown to 2016 event in Beijing, China.
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Fireworks explode as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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A Christmas tree and skyscrapers illuminated for the New Year celebration are seen in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia.
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A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the new year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea.
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Revelers celebrate during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong.
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People watch and use their smartphones to take picture of fireworks, to celebrate the New Year at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea.
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People release balloons to celebrate the New Year with Tokyo Tower in the background in Tokyo. Japan celebrated the start of 2016, the Year of the Monkey in the Japanese Zodiac.
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Officer Nydia Rodriguez, center, poses for a photo with members of the U.S. Marine Corps during the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square Thursday in New York.
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Fireworks light the sky over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Fireworks light the sky over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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A couple of women hug as fireworks light the sky over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel)
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Latoya Gage, left, and her new husband, Yaree Gage, kiss after getting married along the Las Vegas Strip on New Year's Eve.
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Palestinian youths wearing masks and 2016 Santa Claus caps take a selfie as they attend the New Year celebrations in a heavy rain along the street in Gaza City.
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Fireworks explode in the sky above the Royal Castle during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Warsaw, Poland.
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The 2016 appears during the 5-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe as part of New Year's Eve celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France.
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Revellers photograph a 5-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe as part of New Year's Eve celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France.
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Fireworks light up the sky in downtown Skopje, Macedonia, during the celebrations of the New Year early Friday.
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In this photo taken with long exposure, fireworks explode near the medieval Mariendom or St. Mary's Cathedral shortly after midnight during the New Year celebrations in Erfurt, central Germany.
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French police officers patrol on the Champs Elysee avenue to clear for the traffic one hour after the 5-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe in background for the New Year's Eve celebrations in Paris, France.
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In this photo taken with long exposure, fireworks light the sky above the medieval Mariendom or St. Mary's Cathedral, right, and St. Severi's Church shortly after midnight during the New Year celebrations in Erfurt, central Germany.
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People watch fireworks explode over the ice covered Svisloch River during the New Year celebrations in Minsk, Belarus.
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Tourists pose for a selfie at the Wenceslas Square during the New Year celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Fireworks explode over the River Thames and the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, during the New Years Day celebrations in London.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Statue of St. Wenceslas at Prague's Wenceslas Square during the New Year celebrations in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Fireworks explode over the River Thames and the Palace of Westminster's Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, as the New Years Day celebrations begins in London.
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People celebrate the New Year with champagne in the historic center in Brussels Friday. The New Year's Eve fireworks display and all official events were canceled in Belgium's capital due to threats of an extremist attack.
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