December 30, 2016

A woman sells "Happy New Year 2017" headwear on a shopping street in Sydney, Australia.

People wearing bear fur costumes dance during the annual bear ritual gathering in Comanesti, Romania.

Balloons are released into the sky as part of the year-end celebrations in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil.

A sculpture of a rooster that local media say bears resemblance to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China.

Parachutists jump from a plane near Groesbeek, Netherlands as part of commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ultimately unsuccessful airborne and land offensive that Allied leaders hoped would bring a swift end to World War II.

Civilians flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State fighters north of Mosul, Iraq.

Fireworks confiscated from illegal vendors before New Year holidays are destroyed by police, in Lima, Peru, Dec. 29, 2016.

The body of Haya, a 3-year-old Syrian girl, lies at a makeshift morgue in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, following reported air strikes, Dec. 29, 2016.

Farmers wash carrots on a polluted stream during harvest season on the outskirts of Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Iraqi forces launch a rocket in Mosul's eastern Al-Intisar neighborhood during an ongoing military operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.

Frost covers the trees and fields in the town of Godewaersvelde, northwestern France.

Migratory birds sit at Jahangirnagar University swamp in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, co-organizers of Times Square New Years Eve, along with presenting sponsor, Planet Fitness test the air worthiness of the New Years Eve confetti from the Hard Rock Cafe marquee in New York, Dec. 29, 2016.