Ringing in the New Year

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Sudhakar Yadav, the designer of a cake-shaped car, rides it on a street on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The single seater vehicle is powered by a 100 cc engine from a road sweeping machine and can travel unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Sudhakar Yadav, the designer of a cake-shaped car, rides it on a street on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The single seater vehicle is powered by a 100 cc engine from a road sweeping machine and can travel unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Indian students dressed as Santa Claus hold kites and dance as they participate in a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian students dressed as Santa Claus hold kites and dance as they participate in a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian students form numbers representing the year 2015 during a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian students form numbers representing the year 2015 during a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A group of people wave as seagulls fly near by during the last sun set of the year at a jetty in Yangon river, Myanmar, Wednesday, Dec.31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
A group of people wave as seagulls fly near by during the last sun set of the year at a jetty in Yangon river, Myanmar, Wednesday, Dec.31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
The Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are seen during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Indians stand near a cake-shaped car designed by Sudhakar Yadav on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The triple decker car is powered with a 100cc engine of a road sweeping machine. The single seater car travels unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Indians stand near a cake-shaped car designed by Sudhakar Yadav on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The triple decker car is powered with a 100cc engine of a road sweeping machine. The single seater car travels unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A couple waves during the last sunset of the year at a jetty at Yangon river in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
A couple waves during the last sunset of the year at a jetty at Yangon river in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Sudhakar Yadav, the designer of a cake-shaped car, rides it on a street on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The single seater vehicle is powered by a 100 cc engine from a road sweeping machine and can travel unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Indian students dressed as Santa Claus hold kites and dance as they participate in a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian students form numbers representing the year 2015 during a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A group of people wave as seagulls fly near by during the last sun set of the year at a jetty in Yangon river, Myanmar, Wednesday, Dec.31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
The Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are seen during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Indians stand near a cake-shaped car designed by Sudhakar Yadav on New Years’ eve in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. The triple decker car is powered with a 100cc engine of a road sweeping machine. The single seater car travels unto 10 kilometers per hour (6 miles per hour). (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A couple waves during the last sunset of the year at a jetty at Yangon river in Yangon, Myanmar Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

The world says goodbye to 2014 and hello to 2015.

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