As the world ushers in 2024, we take a look at how some countries marked the start of the new year. Enjoy this selection of photos of new year celebrations from across the world.
Brazil: People watch fireworks and celebrate at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AFP
Indonesia: Fireworks explode over the city, as revellers gather around the lit National Monument of Indonesia (MONAS) in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
UK: Fireworks explode around the London Eye and Big Ben in central London. Photo: AFP
Kenya: Nairobi's city skyline lights up with fireworks. Photo: AFP
Nigeria: People celebrate with small fireworks in Ijebu Imushin. Photo: AFP
France: Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris. Photo: AFP
Sri Lanka: Fireworks explode near Colombo's Lotus Tower. Photo: AFP
Japan: A man tosses a bank note toward the shrine to make an offering on the first morning of the new year at Meiji Shrine in central Tokyo. Photo: AFP
Cambodia: A couple release a lantern as people fire fireworks at a beach in Sihanoukville. Photo: AFP
United Arab Emirates: The Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the world’s tallest building, is lit up in fireworks in Dubai. Photo: AFP
India: A woman applies coloured powder to a "rangoli" design to usher in the new year in front of a home in Hyderabad. Photo: AFP
Nepal: Members of the indigenous Gurung community wearing traditional attire dance on the occasion of 'Tamu Lhosar' festival marking the commencement of Gurung new year in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP
China: People release balloons during a New Year celebration in Nanjing. Photo: AFP
China: Fireworks explode over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year. Photo: AFP
USA: Revellers celebrate the new year in New York's Times Square. Photo: AFP
USA: New Year's Eve fireworks go off in the sky as Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Boston. Photo: AFP
USA: An Elvis impersonator performs as he officiates a wedding in Las Vegas. Photo: AFP
Turkey: Crowds fill Istanbul's Istiklal Street ahead of the new year. Photo: AFP
Iraq: A man fires a flare before midnight in Tahrir Square in the centre of Baghdad. Photo: AFP
North Korea: People mark the New Year by paying their respects before a mosaic depicting late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP
North Korea: People visit an open-air ice rink ahead of celebrations to welcome in the new year in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP
Malta: The Grand Harbour lights up in the colour of fireworks, which were brought back to Valletta this year. Photo: Jonathan BorgIndependent journalism costs money. Support Times of Malta for the price of a coffee.
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