Around the world on New Year's Eve in photos

Come midnight on New Year's Eve, New Zealanders and Australians will be among the first to light up the skies with celebratory fireworks. The rest of the world will then follow, city by city as the countdown signifies the beginning of 2015. The international celebrations continue for hours, from the Sydney Opera House to Times Square in New York. While the whole world commemorates the same new year, every location is different in how they choose to party.

SYDNEY

[caption id="attachment_166" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: NIKKI SHORT/EPA[/caption]

SINGAPORE

[caption id="attachment_158" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: WONG MAYE-E/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

HONG KONG

[caption id="attachment_170" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: KIN CHEUNG/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

NEW DELHI

[caption id="attachment_161" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: ANINDITO MUKHERJEE/EPA[/caption]

DUBAI

[caption id="attachment_171" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: KAMRAN JEBREILI/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

MOSCOW

[caption id="attachment_159" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: MIKHAIL METZEL/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Athens

[caption id="attachment_156" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: MILOS BICANSKI/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Vilnius

[caption id="attachment_157" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: MINDAUGAS KULBIS/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Prague

[caption id="attachment_155" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: CTK, MICHAL DOLEZAL/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Munich

[caption id="attachment_163" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: FELIX HOERHAGER/EPA[/caption]

Venice

[caption id="attachment_151" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: LUIGI COSTANTINI/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Copenhagen

[caption id="attachment_168" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: STIG NYGAARD/FLICKR[/caption]

Zurich

[caption id="attachment_162" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: WALTER BIERI/EPA[/caption]

Amsterdam

[caption id="attachment_167" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: REMKO DE WAAL/EPA[/caption]

Paris

[caption id="attachment_165" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: YANN CARADEC/FLICKR[/caption]

Madeira

[caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: HELDER SANTOS/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

London

[caption id="attachment_164" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: GEORGE HENTON/EPA[/caption]

Rio de Janeiro

[caption id="attachment_169" align="aligncenter" width="660"] MAGE: FELIPE DANA/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

New York

[caption id="attachment_160" align="aligncenter" width="660"] MAGE: JOE CORRIGAN/GETTY CREATIVE[/caption]

Mexico City

[caption id="attachment_154" align="aligncenter" width="660"] MAGE: GREGORY BULL/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

Alaska

[caption id="attachment_152" align="aligncenter" width="660"] IMAGE: BOB MARTINSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS[/caption]

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