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2017
In photos: Here's how the world celebrated the New Year
Goodbye 2016.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE world celebrated with parties, shows and fireworks to ring in 2017 and say goodbye to a 2016 full of political surprises and celebrity deaths.
In Dublin, the crowd battled the elements at the St Stephen’s Green concert as part of the NYE Festival Celebrations.
London
Fireworks lit up the sky over Parliament in central London during the New Year celebrations.
Thousands of people held up the lights on their mobile phones on the Embankment in central London during the celebrations.
New York
Revelers celebrated the New Year as confetti flew over New York’s Times Square as seen from the Marriott Marquis.
A police officer took a photo of revelers playing in the confetti during the celebrations.
Mariah Carey had a botched performance at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square appearing to have technical difficulties.
She even stopped singing her song “Emotions,” paced the stage and told the audience to finish the lyrics for her.
She told the crowd, “I’m trying to be a good sport here.”
Las Vegas
Fireworks exploded over the Las Vegas Strip during the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Some people danced on the streets to ring in the New Year.
While others played on slot machines.
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Worshippers headed to the altar to offer New Year prayers at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
Visitors tied “omikuji,” or fortune slip, on New Year’s Day at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
Worshippers also offered New Year’s prayers for good luck during their first visit of the year to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.
South Korea
Buddhists prayed during a service to wish for peace and reunification on the Korean peninsula at Imjingak in Paju, near the border with North Korea, South Korea.
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