The world has been saying goodbye to 2023 and welcoming 2024. Here’s how people in different countries celebrated the new year.
Australia was among the first countries to welcome 2024. It did so in style with a spectacular firework display in Sydney Harbour
In India some chose to meet 2024 in a state of inner peace as they meditated at a temple near Ahmedabad
In China, balloons were released to celebrate the arrival of 2024 in Nanjing…
…while in the capital Beijing, tourists stopped to take pictures of the first sunrise of the year from the Great Wall
In Shanghai, a man burns incense paper and sticks while praying for good luck in Jing’an Buddhist Temple
Lights lit up the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, as the city prepares for its Olympic year
Fireworks exploded over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin, but there were also outbreaks of violence in the city
In the Wat Bang Na Nai temple in Bangkok, people lay down inside coffins in a ritual believed to rid them of bad fortune through a resurrection ceremony
People perform workouts during sunrise on the first day of the new year in Sana’a, Yemen
There were fireworks in London, where 100,000 people gathered to watch a display…
… and fire in the Lompoul desert in Senegal where musicians performed a traditional dance
This is one way to shake off the night before – in Rome there is a tradition of diving into the Tiber from the Cavour Bridge on New Year’s Day
US rapper LL Cool J was among the acts at the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, New York
Matt Lutz and Olivia Shain, from Owensville, Indiana, chose midnight at the New York celebration to get engaged
