New Year Celebrations Around the World

People celebrate as confetti falls down after the countdown to midnight in Times Square, Jan. 1, 2018, in New York.

Fireworks light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations on Sydney Harbour, Australia, Jan. 1, 2018.

Residents in fox masks participate in the Oji Fox parade to thank the outgoing and welcome the incoming year at the Oji Inari shrine in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2018.

Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre to celebrate the New Year, Jan. 1, 2018.

Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 1, 2018.

People celebrate the new year during a countdown event at Yongdingmen Gate in Beijing, China, Jan. 1, 2018.

A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the New Year at Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 31, 2017.

Fireworks illuminate the sky near Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 1, 2018.

People celebrate New Year at Eastwood mall in Quezon City Metro Manila in the Philippines, Jan. 1, 2018.

A man leaves a carnation outside Reina nightclub as people have gathered to remember the victims of a deadly New Year's terror attack a year ago, in Istanbul, Sunday Dec. 31 2017.

Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Singapore.

Participants of a count down to the New Year event marking the passage into 2018 in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018.

People celebrate New Year at Eastwood mall in Quezon City Metro Manila in the Philippines, January 1, 2018.

Indonesian youths stand near traditional giant effigies called "ondel-ondel" during a mass wedding held in celebration of the New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

People stand in front of a 2018 sign in Octyabrskaya Square decorated to mark the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Confetti drops over the crowd as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's celebration in Times Square as seen from the Marriott Marquis in New York, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A bride and groom react to their marriage documents during a mass wedding held in celebration of the New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017.

Indian school children cheer during a function to welcome the year 2018 at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

People take pictures as fireworks explode over the Kremlin, during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. New Year is Russia's major gift-giving holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

People release balloons as they take part in a New Year countdown event in celebrations to ring in 2018 in Tokyo, Japan January 1, 2018.