Photo gallery: New Year’s celebrations around the world
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A reveller wears glasses shaped as the year 2019 during the New Year’s Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 31, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Published December 31, 2018 at 3:51 PM Updated December 31, 2018 at 3:56 PM
Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world’s most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition.
China
An attendee wears a 2019 spectacle as she takes a photo of a countdown to the new year event in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People participate in the annual New Year's dip in the harbour of Copenhagen
People participate in the annual New Year's dip in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark December 31, 2018. Bax Lindhardt/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK
People celebrate the new year as they take part in a new year countdown event at Shibuya crossing in Tokyo
People celebrate the new year as they take part in a new year countdown event at Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Fireworks explode over the Marina Bay for the New Year in Singapore
Fireworks explode over the Marina Bay for the New Year celebrations in Singapore January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Fireworks explode near Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur
Fireworks explode near Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin
A reveller wears glasses shaped as the year 2019 during the New Year's Eve party in Quezon City
A reveller wears glasses shaped as the year 2019 during the New Year's Eve party in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 31, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, January 1, 2019. AAP/Brendan Esposito/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
APTOPIX Thailand New Year
Worshippers pray as they take turns lying in coffins during a ceremony at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)
Pakistan New Year
Pakistanis dance during New Year's Eve celebrations at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 31, 201. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
APTOPIX Hong Kong New Year
Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of year 2019 in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
China New Year
Performers take selfies at the end of a countdown to the new year event in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China New Year
Performers dance during a countdown to the new year event in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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