See how the world is celebrating (or preparing to celebrate) the beginning of 2017.
Fireworks explode over the Kremlin in Red Square which was blocked by police during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. New Year’s Eve is Russia’s major gift-giving holiday, and big Russian cities were awash in festive lights and decorations.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr
Spectators celebrate the New Year in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Thousands of Warsaw residents took to the streets in the capital to usher in the New Year.
(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
People release balloons into the air to celebrate New Year, during a New Year celebration event at a Tokyo Hotel, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
Fireworks explode in the sky over Rome as people celebrated the new year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
(AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Hundred thousands of people celebrated New Year’s Eve welcoming the new year 2017 in Germany’s capital.
(AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
AP Photo/Michael Sohn
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)
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
Revelers gather on Times Square in New York Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, as they take part in a New Year’s Eve celebration.
(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
Fireworks explode over the Kremlin in Red Square which was blocked by police during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. New Year’s Eve is Russia’s major gift-giving holiday, and big Russian cities were awash in festive lights and decorations.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)
AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr
Buddhists light candles during New Year celebrations at Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. .
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
The 2017 appears during a firework over the Arc de Triomphe as part of the New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan.1, 2017.
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Runners wait to compete in the Sao Silvestre race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. The 15-kilometer race is held annually on New Year’s Eve.
(AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
AP Photo/Nelson Antoine
A man takes a picture as he kisses his companion during the New Year’s Eve celebration on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan.1, 2017.
(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
AP Photo/Christophe Ena
Medics and security officials work at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Turkey’s state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, wounding several people.
(IHA via AP)
IHA via AP
People hold torches during New Year’s cerebrations in Istanbul’s Ortakoy district by the Bosphorus, during New Year’s cerebrations, late Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016.
(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
AP Photo/Emrah Gurel
Medics carry a wounded person at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said that an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations. Turkish authorities have banned distribution of images relating to the Istanbul attack within Turkey.
(IHA via AP)
IHA via AP
Medics and security officials work at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Turkey’s state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, wounding several people.
(IHA via AP)
IHA via AP
North Koreans gather to watch a New Year’s fireworks display at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
(AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon
Fireworks explode around Auckland’s Sky Tower as the new year is welcomed to New Zealand, Jan 1, 2017.
(Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP)
Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP
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)
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)
AP Photo/Rick Rycroft
Fireworks explode from Auckland’s Sky Tower as the new year is welcomed to New Zealand, Jan 1, 2017.
(Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP)
Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via AP
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)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Pope Francis kisses a statue of the Divine Infant as he celebrates a new year’s eve vespers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016.
(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
Fireworks explode above Singapore’s financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, in Singapore.
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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)
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)