World Focus: New Year celebrations around the world

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NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — NEW YORK CITY: Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — BEIJING: People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — HONG KONG: Fireworks bursting over Victoria Harbour and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during a pyrotechnic show. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — PARIS: The Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees Avenue all lit up and radiating cheer as revellers in the French capital celebrate. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — SYDNEY: Fireworks in rainbow hues mark the passing of a law allowing same-sex marriage in Australia. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — MANILA: One person who definitely has his eyes set on the New Year, at a mall in Quezon City Metro Manila, the Philippines. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — MUMBAI: Indians dancing and toasting the New Year on a beach in the country’s financial capital. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK CITY (above): Revellers playing in a sea of confetti at Times Square. BEIJING (left):People dancing during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in the Chinese capital. BOROBUDUR: People releasing lanterns at Borobudur temple in Magelang, In — AHMEDABAD: A man in India facing the New Year with aplomb as he has his beard trimmed to a fitting figure. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Jan 02, 2018, 05:00 AM

Revellers ushered in 2018 in fine style around the world, with dancing, concerts, fireworks and laser light shows, some braving bitter cold or relentless rain. Here is a look at various spectacular celebrations and how some people marked the New Year, with the universal hope that it will bring peace and prosperity.

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