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Live gallery: world ushers in the new year

Auckland New Year's Eve
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Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks
Sydney started 2016 with a bang.
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Fireworks lit up the Sydney opera house and harbour bridge.
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Mariah Carey performed at Crown Casino's NYE party in Melbourne.
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A fireworks display is launched from the Auckland Sky Tower during New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Malaysia launched its light display near the landmark Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
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Thousands gathered in the CBD of Indonesian capital Jakarta.
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Filipinos welcomed the new year with firecrackers, fireworks and midnight snacks called 'media noche'.
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Taiwan set off a bright display from the Taipei 101 skyscraper.
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South Koreans gathered to watch fireworks at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom.
Iraqis welcomed 2016 in a park in Basra, southeast of Baghdad.
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An Indian man lights up firecrackers on a street in Mumbai.
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A Dutchman triggers a traditional carbide shooting to scare away evil spirits.
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Pope Francis led a vespers Mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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Burmese youth enjoy an NYE party in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Dubai treated tourists and residents to one of the world's largest pyrotechnics displays, fired from the Burj Khalifa.
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Fireworks explode over the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Jordan Pitt and Jessica Taylor watch the fireworks in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Fireworks light up the sky above Edinburgh castle as part of Hogmanay celebrations.
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Russia launched its pyrotechnics over the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower, St Basil's cathedral and the Red square in Moscow.
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Fireworks illuminate the sky over Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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Pakistani youths celebrate the New Year in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
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Revellers frolic at Sydney's Bondi Beach at the dawn of the new year.
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Japanese release balloons to celebrate the start of the zodiac Year of the Monkey in Tokyo.
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Egypt illuminated The Great Pyramids of Giza in celebration.
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Lithuania illuminates Cathedral Square in the capital Vilnius.
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The ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece sees yet another year.
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Models perform a celebration ceremony in the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing, China.
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Fireworks light up the sky over the London Eye in England.
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A Londoner writes '2016' using a sparkler in front of the Queen Elizabeth Tower in the English capital.
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Ukrainians celebrate the New Year in the square in front of the St Michael Cathedral in the capital Kiev.
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A video display on the Champs Elysees in Paris replaced fireworks in France due to security concerns.
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Confetti fills Times Square as New York celebrates the New Year. Photo: AP
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