Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight. Photo: Wong Maye-E/AP
People watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Leo Correa/AP
A woman runs after confetti picked up by wind while celebrating the new year at Times Square in New York. Photo: Julio Cortez/AP
Revelers bundle up while gathered at Times Square during a New Year's Eve celebration in New York. Photo: Julio Cortez/AP
Fireworks explode over the Kremlin, during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Denis Tyrin/AP
Revelers celebrate the new year as confetti flies over New York's Times Square as seen from the Marriott Marquis. Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP
People hold torches during New Year's celebrations in Istanbul's Ortakoy district by the Bosphorus. Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP
People celebrate the New Year at Sophia Square near the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP
The 2017 appears during a firework over the Arc de Triomphe as part of the New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France. Photo/Christophe Ena/AP
Fireworks explode over Elizabeth Tower housing the Big Ben clock to celebrate the New Year in London, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Kaitlin Olivi of Yonkers, N.Y., and Lucas Pereira, of Sayreville, N.J., kiss as confetti falls during a celebration of the new year in New York's Times Square. Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP
Children displaced from Pakistani tribal areas due to fighting between security forces and militants play under a tree during the last sunset of the year on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo: B.K. Bangash/AP
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Michael Sohn/AP
A young woman writes '2017' using a sparkler during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Nyiregyhaza, 245 kms east of Budapest, Hungary. Photo: Attila Balazs/MTI via AP
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's celebrations in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Rick Rycroft/AP
People release balloons into the air to celebrate New Year, during a New Year celebration event at a Tokyo hotel. Photo: Koji Sasahara/AP
Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year's Eve in Hong Kong. Photo: Vincent Yu/AP
Turkish police provide security in central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul. Photo: Emrah Gurel/AP
Fireworks explode in front of Malaysia's landmark building, Petronas Twin Towers, during the New Year's Eve celebration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Lim Huey Teng/AP
A clown performs during a New Year's celebration for internally displaced children at the Hassan Sham camp, east of Mosul, Iraq. Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP
Baby Shammah Jane Bolon sleeps in her mother Mary Rose's arms in the recovery room of the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital after being born at exactly 12:00 midnight to become the first baby born on New Year. Photo: Bullit Marquez/AP
A woman offers flowers to Yemanja, goddess of the sea, for good luck in the coming year during New Year's Eve festivities on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruba religion brought to America by West African slaves. Photo: Leo Correa/AP
North Koreans gather to watch a New Year's fireworks display at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo: Kim Kwang Hyon/AP
Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill during the New Year celebrations in Athens. Photo: Yorgos Karahalis/AP