Fireworks and Celebrations Around the World

Fireworks light up the London skyline big ban

Fireworks light up the sky from the Sydney Harbour Bridge at midnight during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia

Fireworks light up the sky from the Sydney Harbour Bridge at midnight during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia

Hundreds of same sex couples gathered at the Red House, a landmark place in Taipei for the gay community, to celebrate the New Year

Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, in Dubai and set a world record of firework

Fireworks explode in the sky over Dubai during a world record-breaking firework display attempt

Fireworks are let off from the Auckland Sky Tower to celebrate the start of 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand

Fireworks explode at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve

Fireworks explode as thousands of people gather to watch in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia

Fireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark, Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Fireworks explode over Juche Tower and the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea

Fireworks explode in the sky during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square

Fireworks go off in Singapore over the Marina Bay area with the iconic Esplanade theatre in the foreground

Fireworks light up my dream place in sydney, Australia

Catriona Ross, 25, from Edinburgh (R), and Jennifer Wallace, 25, from Aberdeen, taking in Hogmanay 2014 in Princes Street Gardens

Spark drummers performing at the New Year's eve Winter Carnival in Newcastle city Center

Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Light trails under a starry sky in North Yorkshire

Lightshow illuminates the Great Wall Of China

Inverness Castle

Hundreds of people gathered at the Great Wall in Beijing

Fireworks explode over Palm Jumeirah in Dubai and set a world record

Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis Hill

Fireworks explode behind the Quadriga statue on top of the Brandenburg Gate

People celebrate the new year by the ancient Coliseum in Rome