To hail the start of 2024, the city put up around 36,000 shooting effects, 13,000 aerial shells and more than 75,000 pyrotechnic effects after the clock struck midnight.
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour as New Year's Eve celebrations get underway in Sydney, (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)
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Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral Clock during the street party for Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh in this picture by Jane Barlow of the Press Association.
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University students from Japan celebrate during the Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh.
Picture also by Jane Barlow of the PA.
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Yet more fireworks light up the sky over the London Eye in central London during the New Year celebrations in this photograph taken by Victoria Jones of the PA.
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Across the pond, revellers stand in Times Square during the famous New Year's Eve celebration.
Photo by AP Photo and Yuki Iwamura.
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Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during the New Year's Eve celebration, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture: AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili).
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A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris. Picture: AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard
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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens. Picture: AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis
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Fireworks explode in the sky above the Maschsee and the New Town Hall to ring in the new year in Hanover. Picture: Michael Matthey/dpa via AP
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Visitors from Spain ahead of Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
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People celebrate New Year's at a promenade in Mumbai, India. Picture: AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool.
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Revellers prepare for a countdown to the new year in Beijing Picture: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
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People gather near Red Square with the St Basil's Cathedral, right, and the Spasskaya Tower, left, in the background, to celebrate the new year after midnight in Moscow Picture: AP Photo/Marina Lystseva.
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