Photos of the New Year: Ringing in 2018 Around the World

Last night, as the stroke of midnight rolled across the world's time zones, people gathered in private and took to the streets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, 2018. Fireworks erupted from Yogyakarta to Nairobi, and revelers gathered in Sydney, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and thousands of other places, raising a glass, trying to keep warm, making resolutions, and wishing each other a "Happy New Year!"

1.       A couple hug each other as they watch fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 1, 2018. #

Fireworks explode over the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's festivities on January 1, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in the city center to celebrate New Year's .

A young Chinese girl celebrates the arrival of the New Year at a countdown event on December 31, 2017, in Beijing, China. #

A view of the Burj Khalifa New Year laser light show as Dubai breaks the Guinness World Record for the largest light and sound show on a single building on December 31, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. #

Fireworks illuminate the city's skyline during New Year's Eve celebrations of 2018 on on January 1, 2018, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Revelers wait for sunrise on Bondi beach on January 1, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.

The "family fireworks", displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight, fill the sky over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2017. #

This illustration taken with a long time exposure on December 31, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary, shows the year "2018", painted with a flashlight in front of a Christmas tree. #