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In Pictures: New Year 2024 celebrations from around the world

The world has been saying goodbye to 2023 and welcoming 2024. Here's how people in different countries celebrated the new year.

News imageAnadolu Fireworks - in orange, white and blue - seen over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour BridgeAnadolu
Australia was among the first countries to welcome 2024. It did so in style with a spectacular firework display in Sydney Harbour
News imageReuters Participants meditate to welcome the new year at the Sun Temple in Modhera village near Ahmedabad, IndiaReuters
In India some chose to meet 2024 in a state of inner peace as they meditated at a temple near Ahmedabad
News imageNurPhoto Balloons - some heart shaped and others in the shape of animals - float above people's heads in Xinjiekou in Nanjing, ChinaNurPhoto
In China, balloons were released to celebrate the arrival of 2024 in Nanjing...
News imageVCG Tourists on the Great Wall take photos of the sunrise with their phone camerasVCG
...while in the capital Beijing, tourists stopped to take pictures of the first sunrise of the year from the Great Wall
News imageALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock A man burns incense paper and sticks while praying in Jing'an Buddhist Temple for good luck at the beginning of the new year, in Shanghai, ChinaALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
In Shanghai, a man burns incense paper and sticks while praying for good luck in Jing'an Buddhist Temple
News imageReuters A light show lights up the Arc de Triomphe in ParisReuters
Lights lit up the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, as the city prepares for its Olympic year
News imageAdam Berry/Getty Images Fireworks explode over the Brandenburg Gate at midnightAdam Berry/Getty Images
Fireworks exploded over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin, but there were also outbreaks of violence in the city
News imageYONGRIT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Thai people lie down inside coffins as they offer prayers with flowers, candles and joss sticksYONGRIT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
In the Wat Bang Na Nai temple in Bangkok, people lay down inside coffins in a ritual believed to rid them of bad fortune through a resurrection ceremony
News imageYAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock People perform workouts during sunrise on the first day of 2024, in Sana'a, YemenYAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
People perform workouts during sunrise on the first day of the new year in Sana'a, Yemen
News imageBBC Fireworks light up the sky over Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben and the London Eye in central LondonBBC
There were fireworks in London, where 100,000 people gathered to watch a display...
News imageAnadolu Senegalese music group Ngueweul Rythme and French music group Tambour Fanfare sing folk music and perform traditional dance around fire as part of the new year celebration in Lompoul desertAnadolu
... and fire in the Lompoul desert in Senegal where musicians performed a traditional dance
News imageReuters Marco Fois dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour bridge, as part of traditional New Year celebrations in RomeReuters
This is one way to shake off the night before - in Rome there is a tradition of diving into the Tiber from the Cavour Bridge on New Year's Day
News imageGetty Images US rapper LL Cool J performs during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times SquareGetty Images
US rapper LL Cool J was among the acts at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New York
News imageAlexi Rosenfeld Matt Lutz and Olivia Shain, from Owensville Indiana, kiss amongst the ticker tape in New YorkAlexi Rosenfeld
Matt Lutz and Olivia Shain, from Owensville, Indiana, chose midnight at the New York celebration to get engaged

And if you want to see some moving images...

Watch: How the world welcomed 2024

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