In Photos: New Year’s celebrations across the globe

Thứ Hai, 31/12/2018, 19:32
2019 might be a few days away but celebrations have already begun. Let's look at how people are welcoming the New Year all across the world.
A man draws 2019 with a torch as a man behind him spins with a slingshot with burning steel wool. The flying sparks contrast against the night sky on Dec. 27 in Berlin, Germany. 
 Members of PyroCeltica pose in front of Edinburgh Castle in advance of Edinburgh's Hogmanay torchlit procession down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 30. It is expected to bring large number of visitors from all over the world for this traditional New Year celebrations, which run over three days.
A man applies color to a haircut with the number "2019", depicted to welcome the new year at a barbershop in Ahmedabad, India, on Dec. 30.
 Nepalese men from ethnic Gurung community in traditional attire dance as they take part in parade to mark their New Year also known as Tamu Losar on Dec. 30, in Kathmandu. The indigenous Gurungs, also known as Tamu, are celebrating the advent of the year of the deer.
 Children ride a merry-go-round in front of the big Christmas tree at the decorated main square in the center of Skopje, Macedonia, on Dec. 30.
 Children ride a merry-go-round in front of the big Christmas tree at the decorated main square in the center of Skopje, Macedonia, on Dec. 30.
A steam train light installation in front of the Narva Triumphal Arch ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday in St Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 29.
 People purchase decorations to welcome the new year at a market on Dec. 29, in Shanghai, China.
People walk near huge light sculptures of polar bears installed as part of decoration for the New Year and Christmas holidays in one of districts of Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 28.
People walk inside a light sculpture in a park in Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 28.
 People take pictures of balloons being released in the sky of downtown Sao Paulo as part of year-end celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Dec. 28.

 Illuminated new year decorations are displayed at Baku streets to welcome the upcoming New Year's Day in Azerbaijan on Dec. 27.

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