People celebrate as confetti falls in New York s Times Square.Craig Ruttle/AP

The Arc de Triomphe is engulfed in fireworks as thousands descended on the Champs Elysees to welcome the new year in Paris.Kiran Ridley/Getty Images

People celebrate the new year near the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic headquarters.Ng Han Guan/AP

People in costumes gather to welcome the new year in Coin, Spain.Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

People wait for the new year in Ortakoy Square in Istanbul.Emrah Gurel/AP

People party with balloons on a bridge a few minutes after midnight in front of the Lausanne Cathedral in Lausanne, Switzerland.Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone/AP