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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2015 New Year Celebrations Across the World



Auckland in New Zealand was the first major city to welcome in 2015 with a huge firework display and music blasting from its iconic Sky Tower
 Firework display from the top of the Sky Tower to welcome the New Year on 1 January 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. 
Sydney's Harbour Bridge in Australia was the centrepiece of the city's new year fireworks
New Year fireworks in Sydney, 31 December 2014 


Shinto priests conduct an end of year ritual ahead of the new year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Over the coming days, more than 3m people are expected to visit the shrine to pray for health and prosperity in 2015  
Shinto priests walk through a wooden tore gate after concluding an yearend ritual in preparation for the New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 31 December 2014.  

Students at China's Shenyang Agriculture University found their own way of marking the start of 2015
Students form "2015" standing on snow to welcome the upcoming New Year at Shenyang Agriculture University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, 31 December 2014.   

2015 is the "Year of the Sheep" in China, as illustrated by this student in eastern Shandong province
A college student with paintings of a sheep on their hands to welcome the new year, and to mark the coming "Year of the Sheep", in Liaocheng, in eastern China's Shandong province on 30 December 2014  

Students in Ahmadabad, India 
Indian students form numbers representing the year 2015 during a function to welcome the New Year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, on 31 December 2014 
Moscow's skyline lit up as fireworks flared over the Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral
Fireworks in Moscow 
Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour was lit up by fireworks as the clock hit midnight
Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbour to celebrate the 2015 new year in Hong Kong, Wednesday 1 January 2015 

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