WASHINGTON — Good riddance 2018. Hello 2019.
Monday marks a turning of the page as revelers around the world greet the New Year.
See how people around the globe are ushering in 2019:
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![Pakistanis dance during New Year's Eve celebrations at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 31, 201. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365516994725-1793x1254.jpg)
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![Billboards welcome in the new year in New York's Times Square, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365507570356-1880x1254.jpg)
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![Police assemble in New York's Times Square before patrolling on New Year's Eve, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365507578958-836x1254.jpg)
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![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450642421-1880x1078.jpg)
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![Workers in New York's Times Square perform a test on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, of the New Year's Eve ball that will be lit and sent up a 130-foot pole atop One Times Square to mark the start of the 2019 new year. Organizers of the annual event say the ball, illuminated by LEDs and enhanced by Waterford Crystal triangles, is capable of displaying a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns to create a spectacular kaleidoscope effect. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18364780363888-957x1254.jpg)
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![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450646882-1880x1077.jpg)
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![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450649318-1880x1160.jpg)
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![A reveller takes photos during a New Year's Eve rehearsal celebration in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul White)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365436481663-1880x1254.jpg)
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![Revellers pose for a selfie during a New Year's Eve rehearsal celebration in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul White)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365434910652-1880x1254.jpg)
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![A couple takes a selfie photo during the last sunset of the year in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365421806335-1880x1236.jpg)
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![A woman prays in front of a wall of lanterns to celebrate the New Year at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365421633166-1880x1230.jpg)
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![Monks cover worshippers lying in coffins at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the coffin ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365326861107-1795x1254.jpg)
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![Worshippers pray as they take turns lying in coffins during a ceremony at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365325813156-1880x1169.jpg)
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![A worshipper prays as she takes her turn lying in a coffin at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the coffin ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365326162874-1813x1254.jpg)
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![Pakistanis dance during New Year's Eve celebrations at a park in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Dec. 31, 201. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365516994725-260x174.jpg)
![Billboards welcome in the new year in New York's Times Square, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365507570356-260x174.jpg)
![Police assemble in New York's Times Square before patrolling on New Year's Eve, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365507578958-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450642421-260x174.jpg)
![Workers in New York's Times Square perform a test on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, of the New Year's Eve ball that will be lit and sent up a 130-foot pole atop One Times Square to mark the start of the 2019 new year. Organizers of the annual event say the ball, illuminated by LEDs and enhanced by Waterford Crystal triangles, is capable of displaying a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns to create a spectacular kaleidoscope effect. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18364780363888-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450646882-260x174.jpg)
![Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (Brendan Esposito/AAP via AP)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365450649318-260x174.jpg)
![A reveller takes photos during a New Year's Eve rehearsal celebration in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul White)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365436481663-260x174.jpg)
![Revellers pose for a selfie during a New Year's Eve rehearsal celebration in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul White)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365434910652-260x174.jpg)
![A couple takes a selfie photo during the last sunset of the year in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365421806335-260x174.jpg)
![A woman prays in front of a wall of lanterns to celebrate the New Year at the Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365421633166-260x174.jpg)
![Monks cover worshippers lying in coffins at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the coffin ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365326861107-260x174.jpg)
![Worshippers pray as they take turns lying in coffins during a ceremony at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365325813156-260x174.jpg)
![A worshipper prays as she takes her turn lying in a coffin at the Takien temple in suburban Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Worshippers believe that the coffin ceremony – symbolizing death and rebirth – helps them rid themselves of bad luck and are born again for a fresh start in the new year. (AP Photo/Sakchai lalit)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AP_18365326162874-260x174.jpg)