Sherehe za Mwaka Mpya duniani

Maonyesho ya fataki katika Opera House na daraja maarufu la Bandarini wakati wa sherehe za mkesha ya mwaka mpya Sydney, Australia, Jan. 1, 2015.

People release balloons beside the Tokyo Tower to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2015.

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor as celebrating the 2015 new year in Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2015.

A group of people wave as seagulls fly near by during the last sun set of the year at a jetty in Yangon river, Myanmar, Dec.31, 2014.

Students form "2015" standing on snow to welcome the upcoming New Year at Shenyang Agriculture University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, Dec. 31, 2014.

Pro-democracy revelers carrying yellow umbrellas, symbol of the Occupy movement, chant slogans among the celebrating crowds moments after a New Year countdown event in Hong Kong, Jan. 1, 2015.

New Year's cakes are displayed outside a shop in Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 31, 2014.

In a photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency, schoolchildren perform "We Are the Happiest in the World" at the Central Youth Hall for New Year's Eve festivities in Pyongyang, Dec. 31, 2014.