New Year’s celebrations around the world

Farewell, 2023. Bring on 2024. Fireworks are illuminating night skies around the world as revelers ring in the new year. It takes 26 hours for the new year to be ushered in across 39 different time zones.

people celebrate in New York's Times Square. 

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People watch fireworks light up Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Fireworks light up the sky over Munich, Germany.

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Fireworks burst over Big Ben in London.

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A New Year wish written on confetti lies on the ground in Times Square.

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Revelers celebrate in Estoril, Portugal.

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A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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Men carry burning whisky barrels through the streets of Allendale, England, during the Tar Barrel festival.

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People take pictures with decorations in front of the Taksim Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.

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A woman wears 2024 glasses in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece.

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A family celebrates in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.

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Police standby as fireworks are set off in Duisburg, Germany.

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A light show welcomes the new year in Amsterdam.

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People watch the fireworks in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Drones fly in the shape of a dragon in Ulsan, South Korea. The display celebrates the Year of the Dragon.

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People celebrate the new year in Osijek, Croatia.

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A person takes a photo of the first sunrise on New Year's Day in Yokohama, a Japanese city south of Tokyo.

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Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

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Revelers celebrate the new year at a concert in Lagos, Nigeria.

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People release balloons into the air in Wuhan, China.

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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.

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Fireworks explode over skyscrapers in Makati, a city in the Philippines' Metro Manila region.

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People release a lantern at a beach in Sihanoukville, the coastal capital of Preah Sihanouk in Cambodia. 

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Lights are projected from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during celebrations in Dubai. 

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People gather along a beach in Mumbai, India, to bid adieu to the last sunset of the year.

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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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source: CNN

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