Countdown To New Year 2019, In Photos

People welcomed New Year 2019 with fireworks displays and festivities as a celebratory wave swept across the globe from Asia to Europe and the US, bidding goodbye to 2018.

  • View of Christ the Redeemer above Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, during the new year fireworks celebration. (AFP)
    View of Christ the Redeemer above Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, during the new year fireworks celebration. (AFP)
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  • People enjoy the fireworks during the new year celebration on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)
    People enjoy the fireworks during the new year celebration on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)
  • A woman applies coloured powder to a "rangoli", a Hindu ritual design, to usher in the New Year in Hyderabad. (AFP)
    A woman applies coloured powder to a "rangoli", a Hindu ritual design, to usher in the New Year in Hyderabad. (AFP)
  • Indians welcome New Year 2019 in Shimla. (PTI)
    Indians welcome New Year 2019 in Shimla. (PTI)
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  • People celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York, US. (Reuters)
    People celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York, US. (Reuters)
  • Fireworks explode over the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees for New Year's celebrations in Paris. (AFP)
    Fireworks explode over the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees for New Year's celebrations in Paris. (AFP)
  • Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London just after midnight. (AFP)
    Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London just after midnight. (AFP)
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  • People gather in rain for New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. (AFP)
    People gather in rain for New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. (AFP)
  • Youngsters dressed as Soviet cosmonauts celebrate New Year in Moscow, Russia. (AFP)
    Youngsters dressed as Soviet cosmonauts celebrate New Year in Moscow, Russia. (AFP)
  • New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show. (AFP)
    New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show. (AFP)
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