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![Fireworks explode off Auckland's Sky Tower as the new year is welcomed to New Zealand, Jan 1, 2017. (Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_163664261627801-1747x1254.jpg)
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![An acrobatic plane maneuvers around the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations get underway in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_163663745664471-1880x1254.jpg)
AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations are underway in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366499426210-1880x792.jpg)
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![Times Square Business Improvement District workers carry balloons that will be handed out to revelers during the New Years celebration, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16365725521739.jpg)
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![Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366589979401-1880x1250.jpg)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
![Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366585650320-1880x1254.jpg)
AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng
![Visitors to Times Square take photos as technicians prepare a stage that will be used in the New Years celebration, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16365726944091.jpg)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
![Fireworks explode off Auckland's Sky Tower as the new year is welcomed to New Zealand, Jan 1, 2017. (Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_163664261627801-260x174.jpg)
![An acrobatic plane maneuvers around the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations get underway in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_163663745664471-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations are underway in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366499426210-260x174.jpg)
![Times Square Business Improvement District workers carry balloons that will be handed out to revelers during the New Years celebration, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16365725521739-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366589979401-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16366585650320-260x174.jpg)
![Visitors to Times Square take photos as technicians prepare a stage that will be used in the New Years celebration, Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/AP_16365726944091-260x174.jpg)
WASHINGTON — An Associated Press poll found that Americans were not thrilled with 2016, but they are very optimistic about 2017.
Here are some photos of how the world welcomed the new year.