Fireworks explode over Bangkok to ring in the near year in Thailand. Photo by AFP/Krit Promsakla Na Sakolnakorn
People attend a ceremony to celebrate the new year in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong. Photo by Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Fireworks explode near Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo by Reuters/Lai Seng Sin
A firework display lights up the skyline during New Year's Day celebrations in Singapore. Photo by Reuters/Feline Lim
Revelers celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., December 31, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Jeenah Moon
Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations just after midnight on January 1, 2019. Photo by AFP
People take pictures with their mobile phones of fireworks exploding over the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees for New Year's celebrations in the French capital Paris on January 1, 2019. A fireworks display and sound and light show under the theme "fraternity" is set to go ahead on the Champs-Elysees despite plans for further "yellow vest" anti-government protests at the famed avenue. Photo by AFP/Lucas Barioulet
People look at fireworks exploding over the Kremlin in Moscow during New Year celebrations, on January 1, 2019. Photo by AFP/Mladen Antonov
New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show. Photo by AFP