Confetti drops as the clock strikes midnight during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New York January 1, 2015.
Lindsay Mann (L) and Anabella Mowbray kiss as they take photos of themselves laying in the confetti on 7th Avenue in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York January 1, 2015.
A wish that was written on a piece of confetti is pictured in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York January 1, 2015.
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People watch a New Year's fireworks display on Waikiki beach in Honolulu on January 1, 2015. President Barack Obama -- still on vacation in Hawaii -- plans to spend New Year's eve with loved ones "at home," the White House said.
Fireworks illuminate the night sky over the Ebrie Lagoon in Abidjan during New Year celebrations January 1, 2015 in Ivory Coast.
Fireworks explode behind the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben on the River Thames during New Year's celebrations in London January 1, 2015.
People cheer in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum as fireworks explode to celebrate the new year on January 1, 2015.
Fireworks light the sky over the Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower, covered by scaffolding, during celebrations of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
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Up Helly Aa vikings from the Shetland Islands hold lit torches during the annual torchlight procession to mark the start of Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 30, 2014. The annual torchlight procession finishes with a fireworks display at Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
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People watch as Dubai celebrates the New Year with a light and sound, 828-metre (2,716-foot) tower lit up with different-coloured panels as the clock counted down to 2015 at the Burj Khalifa.
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Students with dragon dance props form “2015” to welcome the upcoming New Year at an art school in Hefei, Anhui province, on December 31, 2014.
A fireworks display from the top of the Sky Tower welcomes the New Year on January 1, 2015, in Auckland.
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New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the traditional fireworks show held at midnight on December 31, 2014.
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Crowds watch and take photographs as fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the annual fireworks display January 1, 2015.
Spectators on boats are silhouetted as fireworks shower down from the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the annual fireworks display to usher in the New Year, early January 1, 2015.
Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the annual fireworks display to usher in the new year, early January 1, 2015. More than 10,000 aerial fireworks, 25,000 shooting comets, and 100,000 pyrotechnic effects were used during the annual Sydney Harbour New Year’s Eve show, with an estimated 1.6 million people watching from along the harbor foreshore, local media reported.
