In Pictures: New Year 2024 celebrations from around the world - BBC News

From fireworks to meditation - here's how the world welcomed the new year.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThe world has been saying goodbye to 2023 and welcoming 2024. Here's how people in different countries celebrated the new year.

Image source, AnadoluImage caption, Australia was among the first countries to welcome 2024. It did so in style with a spectacular firework display in Sydney HarbourImage source, ReutersImage caption, In India some chose to meet 2024 in a state of inner peace as they meditated at a temple near AhmedabadImage source, NurPhotoImage caption, In China, balloons were released to celebrate the arrival of 2024 in Nanjing...Image source, VCGImage caption, ...while in the capital Beijing, tourists stopped to take pictures of the first sunrise of the year from the Great WallImage source, ALEX PLAVEVSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, In Shanghai, a man burns incense paper and sticks while praying for good luck in Jing'an Buddhist TempleImage source, ReutersImage caption, Lights lit up the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, as the city prepares for its Olympic yearImage source, Adam Berry/Getty ImagesImage caption, Fireworks exploded over the Brandenburg Gate at midnight in Berlin, but there were also outbreaks of violence in the cityImage source, YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, In the Wat Bang Na Nai temple in Bangkok, people lay down inside coffins in a ritual believed to rid them of bad fortune through a resurrection ceremonyImage source, YAHYA ARHAB/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Image caption, People perform workouts during sunrise on the first day of the new year in Sana'a, YemenImage caption, There were fireworks in London, where 100,000 people gathered to watch a display...Image source, AnadoluImage caption, ... and fire in the Lompoul desert in Senegal where musicians performed a traditional danceImage source, ReutersImage caption, This is one way to shake off the night before - in Rome there is a tradition of diving into the Tiber from the Cavour Bridge on New Year's DayImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, US rapper LL Cool J was among the acts at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New YorkImage source, Alexi RosenfeldImage caption, Matt Lutz and Olivia Shain, from Owensville, Indiana, chose midnight at the New York celebration to get engagedAnd if you want to see some moving images...

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