15 Most Impressive Photos From New Year’s Eve Around the World

A couple hug each other as they watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year’s celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2018.

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Fireworks explode over the Brandenburg Gate during New Year’s festivities on January 1, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in the city center to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

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A young Chinese girl celebrates the arrival of the New Year at a countdown event on December 31, 2017, in Beijing, China.

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A view of the Burj Khalifa New Year laser light show as Dubai breaks the Guinness World Record for the largest light and sound show on a single building on December 31, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Fireworks illuminate the city’s skyline during New Year’s Eve celebrations of 2018 on on January 1, 2018, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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