New year celebrations - in pictures

Revellers at midnight in Times Square in New York Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

People watch fireworks at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Fireworks over the London Eye Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Fireworks light up Big Ben and the London Eye Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks explode during New Year celebrations over the Brandenburger Tor gate in Berlin. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

People gather to celebrate the new year at the Piazza San Marco in Venice Photograph: Andrea Pattaro/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks illuminate the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year celebrations in Athens Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Lebanese people celebrate on New Year's Eve in Beirut Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images

The golden dome of the Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest place and part of the al-Aqsa Mosque complex, is seen as fireworks light the skies of Jerusalem to mark the New Year Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of residents gather to see the fireworks display and to see in the new year at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA

Performers react as fireworks explode over the Singapore financial district to mark the start of the new year Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

White spheres floating in the bay, each featuring wishes for 2013, are illuminated with colourful lights to usher the new year in Singapore. Tens of thousand people waited to watch the eight-minute display spectacular fireworks which burst across the bay Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images

A reveller joins festivities during a new year countdown event at the Summer Palace in Beijing Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks in Victoria harbour in Hong Kong Photograph: Jerome Favre/EPA

Fireworks near the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/EPA

Fireworks in Manila's Mall of Asia in Pasay where the iconic globe provides the backdrop Photograph: Sherbien Dacalanio/Demotix/Corbis

Revellers release balloons during the countdown at the Prince Park Tower in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks above the Yarra river in Melbourne, Australia Photograph: Bai Xue/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Fireworks light up Sydney harbour in Australia Photograph: Damian Shaw/EPA

Fireworks light up the sky above Sydney harbour bridge Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images