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New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world

Dec. 31, 2019

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People watch the Bellagio fountain show on the Strip on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas.
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People celebrates New Year's eve in front of the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019.
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People gather to watch fireworks in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Tens of thousands of revelers in Indonesia's capital of Jakarta were soaked by torrential rains as they waited for New Year's Eve fireworks.
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Midnight fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during New Year's eve celebrations in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019.
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The 9 p.m. family fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019.
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A man watches fireworks exploding over Copacabana Beach during the New Year's celebrations, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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People celebrate the arrival of the year 2020 at a New Year's Eve countdown event near the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters in Bejing, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Revellers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered by many for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump.
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A man walks near a light sculpture before a New Year's Eve countdown event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters in Bejiing, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump.
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Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fireworks explode during a foggy night to mark the start of the New Year in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Anti-government protesters chant slogans against the Lebanese political class, during the New Year's celebrations in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades.
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Anti-government protesters use their phone lights during the New Year's celebrations in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Protesters have been holding demonstrations since Oct. 17 demanding an end to widespread corruption and mismanagement by the political class that has ruled the country for three decades.
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Fireworks explode over the London Eye Ferris wheel by the River Thames in London, to mark the start of the new year, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fireworks explode over the London Eye Ferris wheel by the River Thames in London, to mark the start of the new year, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Revelers, including Natsumi Ishikawa, left, and Minori Kondo, second from left, both from Nagoya, Japan, take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Ishikawa and Kondo are both in the United States for school and said it was their first New Year's Eve in Times Square.
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, New Year's Eve revelers celebrate outside the Bourbon St. Pub as "Sushi," portrayed by female impersonator Gary Marion, is suspended above Duval Street outside the pub. The Red Shoe Drop was one of Key West's six warm-weather takeoffs on New York City's Times Square "ball drop" to mark the start of the new decade.
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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Evalena Worthington rehearses her New Year's Eve descent, costumed as a pirate wench, late Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, in Key West, Fla. Worthington's event, at the Schooner Wharf Bar, is one of six offbeat warm-weather takeoffs on New York City's Times Square "ball drop" that are scheduled for the subtropical island on New Year's Eve.
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Fireworks explode over a Christmas tree and skyscrapers during New Year's celebrations in Grozny, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Russians began the world's longest continuous New Year's Eve with fireworks and a message from President Vladimir Putin urging them to work together in the coming year.
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Fireworks explode over the Kremlin during New Year's celebrations in Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Russians began the world's longest continuous New Year's Eve with fireworks and a message from President Vladimir Putin urging them to work together in the coming year.
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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Athens, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fireworks explode over the Ottoman-era Mecidiye mosque in Ortakoy square and the "July 15th Martyrs' bridge, formerly known as Bosporus Bridge, over the Bosporus Strait, separating Europe and Asia, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fireworks light the sky above the St. Severi's Church, left, and the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), right, during New Year's celebrations in Erfurt, central Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Hundred thousands of people celebrated New Year's Eve welcoming the new year 2020 in Germany's capital.
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People visit the Mansu Hill to lay flowers to the bronze statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
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