Photos: New Year celebrations around the world

People watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Revelers fill Times Square to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31, 2014 in New York City. An estimated one million people from around the world are expected to pack Times Square to ring in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images) — Revelers fill Times Square to celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2014 in New York City. An estimated one million people from around the world are expected to pack Times Square to ring in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

Fireworks erupt after midnight in Times Square during the New Year’s Eve celebration, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in New York. Thousands braved the cold to watch the annual ball drop and ring in the new year. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

AP Photo/John Minchillo

People cheer as the ball drops at midnight in Times Square on January 1, 2015 in New York City. An estimated one million people from around the world are expected to pack Times Square to ring in 2015. (Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Taylor Swift performs at New Year's Eve 2015 at Times Square on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images) — Taylor Swift performs at New Year’s Eve 2015 at Times Square on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Balloons are released as revelers take part in the New Year's Eve festivities Wednesday Dec. 31, 2014, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) — Balloons are released as revelers take part in the New Year’s Eve festivities Wednesday Dec. 31, 2014, in New York’s Times Square. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Fireworks explode at Bloemgracht during New Year celebrations in the center of Amsterdam, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Margriet Faber)

AP Photo/Margriet Faber

A wave crashes on two girls hugging as they usher in the new year, while fireworks explode over Copacabana beach, during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

AP Photo/Felipe Dana

Revelers dressed for expected 20 degree temperatures line a barricade in Times Square hours before the celebration was set to begin on New Year’s Eve in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

A woman prays during New Year celebrations at Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Tourists Teru Udaka, left, and Yuko Yamakata, wearing 2015 glasses, join other friends from Osaka, Japan to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square hours before the start of the celebration in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

Hundreds of people gather to see the fireworks display and celebrate the New Year at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

Fireworks explode during the New Year’s party at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/dpa, Lukas Schulze)

AP Photo/dpa, Lukas Schulze

Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair look-out to see the new year in and watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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)

AP Photo/Rob Griffith

People are gathered as fireworks explode over the Yokohama port during new year celebrations in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

A man watches fireworks explode over Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) — A man watches fireworks explode over Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor as celebrating the 2015 new year in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

A Pakistani cyclist rides during the last sunset of the year on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Buddhists place candles during New Year celebrations at Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

People gather to celebrate the New Year at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A Pakistani couple enjoys the last sunset of the year at Karachi beach, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

A Filipino watches a fireworks display at the Quezon Memorial Circle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Fireworks begin during a New Year's eve countdown at the Quezon Memorial Circle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) — Fireworks begin during a New Year’s eve countdown at the Quezon Memorial Circle in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A Iraqi Crowds cheer as the countdown and fireworks begin during a New Year's Day celebration at Firdous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) — A Iraqi Crowds cheer as the countdown and fireworks begin during a New Year’s Day celebration at Firdous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

People photograph fireworks as they celebrate the New Year in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

The projection of Spassky (Saviour) tower is seen over the scaffold covering the tower, which is user renovation, as fireworks explode over the Red Square during the New Year celebration, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

People light sparklers as they celebrate the New Year at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

Children play on the shores of the Arabian sea as the last sunset of 2014 is seen in the background in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Chinese man wearing illuminated glasses celebrates the New Year during a count-down event in front of the National Stadium in Beijing, China Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Organizers showcase Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics bid to kick off the new year. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

AP Photo/Andy Wong

Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill for the the New Year’s Eve celebrations during a rainfall in Athens, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris

Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, to celebrate the New Year in London, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) — Fireworks explode over the clock known as ‘Big Ben’ housed in Elizabeth Tower, to celebrate the New Year in London, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Revelers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year’s Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

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)

AP Photo/Ajit Solanki

Demonstrators gather to protest recent police killings of unarmed black men during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Copley Square in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Revellers celebrate the New Year’s Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. The Arc de Triomphe is illuminated in the background. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

The band Magic! perform in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) — The band Magic! perform in Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Idina Menzel performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) — Idina Menzel performs in Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line perform in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) — Brian Kelley, left, and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line perform in Times Square during New Year’s Eve celebrations Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, in New York.
(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

In this picture taken with a long time exposure, fireworks light the sky above the medieval Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), left, and the St. Severi’s Church, right, shortly after midnight during New Year’s celebrations in Erfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Acrobatic performers, dressed in Santa Claus costumes, celebrate the New Year at Firdous Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

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