A reveler tosses rice in the air on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mario Tama/Getty Images Pop singer Demi Lovato performs at the Times Square countdown in New York City. KENA BETANCUR/Getty Images London lights up in blue during a fireworks display to in support of UNICEF's #HappyBlueYear campaign for Syrian children. John Phillips/Getty Images People pop bottles of champagne as they celebrate the new year in the historic center in Brussels. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Participants take to the street during the Winter Carnival in Newcastle, northeastern England, to celebrate the passing of the old year. Owen Humphreys/AP Party goers take selfies at the Arc de Triomphe during New Year's celebrations in Paris. Francois Mori/AP Fireworks explode at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to usher in 2016. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images Fireworks explode over St. Mary's Cathedral in Erfurt, central Germany. Jens Meyer/AP Fireworks light the sky above Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight during the New Year's Eve celebrations. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP A young couple shares a tender moment in Moscow. Denis Tyrin/AP Fireworks illuminate the sky over the hill of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/ANA-MPA/EPA /LANDOV People take selfies during New Year celebrations at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. PAN CHAOYUE/Xinhua /Landov Pakistani youths celebrate the New Year in Lahore, Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary/AP Fireworks mark the beginning of the new year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. SYED ALI ADEEL BUKHARI/Barcroft Media /Landov People watch New Year's fireworks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Joshua Paul/AP Revelers smile during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong. Vincent Yu/AP Indonesians release sky lanterns during the New Year celebrations in Magelang, Indonesia. DHANA KENCANA/EPA/LANDOV Lanterns float on a river in Zhouzhuang, China. YANG LEI/Xinhua /Landov A woman takes a picture of fireworks while celebrating the new year in Paju, South Korea. Lee Jin-man/AP Balloons are released to celebrate the new year in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP Fireworks shoot off the harbor bridge in Sydney. Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images Prev Next