New Year celebrations marked across the world - News - Al Jazeera English

Moscow's Red Square was lit up by fireworks as the clock hit midnight [Reuters]

Revellers across the world are celebrating the New Year, with people coverging on Sydney's iconic Opera House, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square. More than 1.5 million people crowded along the shores of the the Australian city's harbour to watch the vivid eruption of light over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. The pyrotechnics display cost more than $6m and consisted of around 11,000 shells, 100,000 individual effects and 25,000 shooting comets, organisers said. At the stroke of midnight, the crowd cheered as a 12-minute firework display was launched

New Year celebrations marked across the world - News - Al Jazeera English