In Photos: New Year’s Eve Celebrations Around the World

New Year’s Eve spectacle in Brussels, Belgium.

Photograph: James Arthur Gekiere/Belga via ZUMA Press/REX/Shutterstock

Fireworks illuminate London’s Thames river.

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Egyptians celebrate New Year’s Eve in Cairo.

Photograph: Mohamed Elshahed/AFP/Getty Images

It may have been soggy, but it didn’t stop thousands from packing New York’s Times Square for the renowned New Year’s Eve celebration in the US.

Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

People skate in the rain during the New Year’s Eve celebrations held at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada.

Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock