Millions of revellers took to the streets around the world from Thailand to the United States to usher in 2015 on Jan 1, 2015, but celebrations turned to tragedy in China.
Millions of revellers took to the streets around the world from Thailand to the United States to usher in 2015 on Jan 1, 2015, but celebrations turned to tragedy in China.
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Tourists wait for the first sunrise of the year at the Phu Cheefah National Park in Chiang Rai province. — Chanat Katanyu
Locals and tourists celebrate the arrival of the New Year on Khao San road. — Apichart Jinakul
Merry makers gather to celebrate the arrival of the New Year at National Kandawgyi park while the Shwedagon pagoda is illuminated in Yangon. — AP
Vietnamese people gather to celebrate New Year in central Hanoi. — EPA
Fireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia celebrates the New Year 2015 in modest mood in honour to the victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 and MH17 plane tragedies and floods that hit the country. — EPA
Fireworks go off above an arrangement of 5,000 red balloons spelling the number '50' on the Marina Bay. Singapore will celebrate its golden jubilee of 50 years of independence from Malaysia in 2015. — EPA
View of the 'Midnight Fireworks' above the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, seen from Mrs Macquarie's Point in Sydney. — EPA
People watch a light show before a stampede incident occurred at the New Year's celebration on the Bund in Shanghai on Dec 31, 2014. The stampede killed at least 36 people, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront district. — Reuters
Residents lay flowers at the site of a deadly stampede in Shanghai. — AP
South Korean Christians pray for reunification during a service to celebrate the New Year at Imjingak near the border village of the Panmunjom in Paju. — AP
Disney characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse, dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos, and Pluto wave to greet guests from a float during the theme park's annual New Year's Day parade at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu. — AFP
Indian Sikh devotees pay their respects at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar on the occasion of New Year. — AFP
Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year's Eve on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. — AP
Pope Francis kisses the statue of baby Jesus as he arrives to lead the New Year mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. — Reuters
Fireworks illuminate the sky above Munich, southern Germany. — EPA
Local residents welcome the New Year 2015 with a colorful party on New Year's Day in Gdynia, Poland. — EPA
Fireworks over the Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament mark the coming of the New Year in central London. — EPA
Fireworks illuminate the night sky over the Ebrie Lagoon in Abidjan during New Year celebrations in Ivory Coast. — AFP
Confetti drops as the clock strikes midnight during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, New York. — Reuters
