In pictures: New Year celebrations from around the world

Fireworks light up Sydney harbour for New Year's Day. Damian Shaw / EPA

Myanmar prepares for their first ever public New Year celebrations. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA

Thousands of revellers take part in the annual Johannesburg Carnival in South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA

A trader wearing "Happy New Year" glasses works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on New Year's Eve. Seth Wenig / AP Photo

Tourists pose outside the Taj Mahal in Agra ahead of the New Year.

A Filipino vendor arranges fireworks for New Year celebrations in Manila. Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters

Shinto priests attend a end-of-the-year purification ceremony to prepare for New Year's Day at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP Photo

T closing figures on the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong. Antony Dickson / AFP Photo

Indian kite maker Jagmohan Kanojia flies a kite with new year greetings in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo

Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays his sculpture in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo

People look at the Tokyo Tower illuminated to celebrate the New Year in Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

Fireworks erupt over on the Elbe river in Dresden, eastern Germany on January 1, 2013 in Berlin during the New Year's celebrations. AFP Photo / Robert Michael

Fireworks explode over the London Eye in central London, as part of the New Year celebrations. AP Photo/PA, Dominic Lipinski.

Neon Trees perform during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York, December, 31, 2012. AFP Photo / Emmanuel Dunand.