Bringing in the New Year

Bringing in the New Year

Advertisement

All around the globe, from Sydney Harbour to Times Square in New York, people came together to celebrate the end of the old year and the beginning of the new.

1 / 13

Slideshow

A woman celebrates as fireworks illuminate the sky above Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. More than two million people gathered along Rio's most famous beach to witness the 20-minute display.
. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

A woman celebrates as fireworks illuminate the sky above Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. More than two million people gathered along Rio's most famous beach to witness the 20-minute display.

Crowds flocked to street celebrations in Edinburgh and a group of revellers used sparklers to write the number 2013 against the night sky.
. EDINBURGH, United Kingdom. REUTERS/David Moir

Crowds flocked to street celebrations in Edinburgh and a group of revellers used sparklers to write the number 2013 against the night sky.

A blizzard of confetti floats down onto masses of revellers as midnight strikes in Times Square.
. NEW YORK, United States. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

A blizzard of confetti floats down onto masses of revellers as midnight strikes in Times Square.

Fireworks explode over St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square during celebrations for New Year’s Day.
. Moscow, Russia. REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky

Fireworks explode over St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square during celebrations for New Year’s Day.

A young woman with the year "2013" stuck to her hat prepared to celebrate the New Year in New York's Square.
. NEW YORK, United States. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

A young woman with the year "2013" stuck to her hat prepared to celebrate the New Year in New York's Square.

Fireworks go off over the Parthenon to mark the New Year in Athens.
. ATHENS, Greece. REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis

Fireworks go off over the Parthenon to mark the New Year in Athens.

More fireworks fill the sky in London.
. LONDON, United Kingdom. Reuters/Paul Hackett

More fireworks fill the sky in London.

Crowds celebrate the start of the New Year in Times Square.
. NEW YORK, United States. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

Crowds celebrate the start of the New Year in Times Square.

In Pyongyang, North Koreans watch a firework display to greet the New Year.
. PYONGYANG, North Korea. REUTERS/KCNA New Agency, North Korea

In Pyongyang, North Koreans watch a firework display to greet the New Year.

Crowds of visitors take pictures and videos during a light show as part of the New Year countdown in the financial square on the Bund in Shanghai.
. SHANGHAI, China. REUTERS/Stringer

Crowds of visitors take pictures and videos during a light show as part of the New Year countdown in the financial square on the Bund in Shanghai.

People watch as fireworks go off over the coast of Vina del Mar in Chile.
. VINA DEL MAR, Chile. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

People watch as fireworks go off over the coast of Vina del Mar in Chile.

The smoke of burning incense rises over a crowd of people as they stand in line to offer New Year prayers at a Sensoji temple in Tokyo. Millions of well-wishers visited temples and shrines to offer prayers on the first day of 2013.
. TOKYO, Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

The smoke of burning incense rises over a crowd of people as they stand in line to offer New Year prayers at a Sensoji temple in Tokyo. Millions of well-wishers visited temples and shrines to offer prayers on the first day of 2013.

Empty champagne bottles and glasses are left in the street during celebrations in Vienna.
. VIENNA, Austria. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Empty champagne bottles and glasses are left in the street during celebrations in Vienna.