New year celebrations around the world Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As they welcome the new year, we'll be keeping you up to date with the celebrations as they happen Fri 31 Dec 2010 11.14 EST First published on Fri 31 Dec 2010 11.14 EST Allahabad, India: A Hindu holy man blows a conch shell on the banks the Ganges Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Auckland, New Zealand: Fireworks over the city welcome in the new year Photograph: David Rowland/Rex Features Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Edinburgh, Scotland: A torchlight procession makes its way through the city centre for the first of four days of Hogmanay celebrations Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Edinburgh, Scotland: Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession along Princes Street Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Karad, India: A man has his head shaved with a design to celebrate the new year Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Melbourne, Australia: Revellers watch a firework display over the city Photograph: Joe Castro/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sydney, Australia: Fireworks light up the city's harbour area at the stroke of midnight Photograph: Don Arnold/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hong Kong, China: Revellers pose for pictures during the countdown to the start of 2011 Photograph: Ym Yik/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Revellers take part in a new year parade Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Taipei, Taiwan: A firework display explodes off Taiwan's tallest skyscraper Taipei101 Photograph: Wally Santana/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Singapore: Fireworks explode above the financial district Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A Kyrgyz girl wearing a Christmas tree costume takes part a New Year parade in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hong Kong: Revellers take part in New Year celebrations in Times Square Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A South Korean diver dressed as a rabbit marks the upcoming year of the rabbit at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul Photograph: Park Ji-hwan/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Athletes start the San Silvestre Popular race in downtown Madrid Photograph: Alberto Martin/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Fireworks in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A Taiwanese performer plays a drum during the New Year's Eve ceremony in Taipei Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter One of the thousands of participants walks through the streets of Hillbrow during the annual City of Johannesburg carnival Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A man holds a child aloft as tens of thousands of people attend a new year countdown at Opera House Square, Hanoi, Vietnam Photograph: Na Son Nguyen/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People take part in the traditional San Silvestre Swim at Miracle beach in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Photograph: Jaume Sellart/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Shinto priests walk under a 'torii' in preparation for the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Fireworks illuminate the sky near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Balinese dancers celebrate New Year in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Peter Yabsely and girlfriend Lauren Goulben enjoy the Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter U.S. Navy sailors Charlie Brand and Dennis Jones take part in celebrations in Times Square in New York Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thousands gather to celebrate in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter People gather at Sofia's main square to celebrate the new year Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral at Red Square during elebrations in Moscow Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A trader wears a pair of 2011 glasses as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Photograph: Andrew Gombert/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum prayers in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Photograph: Giampiero Sposito/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics New year