New year celebrations around the world

A young woman celebrates New Year's Eve in Vienna, Austria with some sparklers. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/EPA

Performers entertain the crowd in Hong Kong Photograph: Antony Dickson/guardian.co.uk

Fireworks go off over the Opera House in Sydney Harbour during New year's Eve celebrations. Photograph: Samir Hussein/WireImage

People strike a bell at a temple to celebrate New Year's Eve in Beijing, China. Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

Crowds celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year at the Zojoji Temple, in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Greg Baker/guardian.co.uk

Pakistani youth celebrate New Year's Eve in Lahore. Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP

A monk burns old items which have been used in temples and shrines during a New Year's Eve ceremony in Tokyo. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A firework display from the top of the Auckland Sky Tower, Aukland, New Zealand Photograph: Stephen Simpson /guardian.co.uk

Malaysian people hold placards reading "2010" during New Year Eve celebrations in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: AP

Fireworks explode over Marina Bay and the Esplanade theatres (L) during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Singapore Photograph: Vivek Prakash/guardian.co.uk

Residents at the Statue of Welcome fountain celebrate New Year's Eve in Jakarta. Photograph: Supri/Reuters

Revellers gather at Harbour City during the New Year's Eve celebration in Hong Kong. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/guardian.co.uk

Fireworks are launched from the Taipei 101 building during New Year's Eve celebrations. Photograph: Sam Yeh/guardian.co.uk

A street vendor shows 2010-shaped glasses that he was selling on his hat in New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve. Photograph: Mike Segar/guardian.co.uk

New Year's Eve Celebrations in Hamburg. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/guardian.co.uk

Band members, dressed as Santa Claus, take part in a parade during a New Year's Eve street party on the main boulevard in Valletta, Malta. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/guardian.co.uk

Fireworks light the sky during New Year's celebrations in Manila. Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/guardian.co.uk

Revellers take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square. Photograph: Tina Fineberg/Associated Press

Celebrations are held at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on New Year's Eve. Photograph: Gero Breloer/guardian.co.uk

New Year revellers kiss as they take part in the Edinburgh Hogmanay street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photograph: DAVID MOIR/guardian.co.uk

Traders celebrate the end of trading in 2009 as confetti drops over the trading floor of the CME Group in Chicago. Photograph: Tannen Maury/guardian.co.uk

Revellers on London's South Bank waiting for the start of the New Year celebrations. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/guardian.co.uk

Fireworks above the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve in Berlin Photograph: Rainer Jensen/guardian.co.uk

Revellers celebrating New Year's Eve in London. Photograph: Daniel Deme/guardian.co.uk

People watch New Year's Eve fireworks over Venice's St. Mark square flooded by high water. Photograph: Luigi Costantini/AP

A Lebanese girl celebrates in Beirut, Lebanon during New Year celebrations. Photograph: Nabil Mounzer/guardian.co.uk

Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow. Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/guardian.co.uk

Revellers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris. Photograph: Benoit Tessier/guardian.co.uk

Firework display during New Year celebrations in London. Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk