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Thursday 31 December 2015

Happy New Year! Stunning Bursts Of Colour Across Asia As Revellers Usher In 2016 Around The Globe With Fireworks Displays

New Year’s Eve balloons in Tokyo after Sydney's firework extravaganza ring in 2016
Pyrotechnics cascaded from the tallest skyscraper in Taiwan and similarly impressive explosives were witnessed in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. People in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and China have also already rung in the New Year as they say farewell to 2015. 
In China revellers put hundreds of lanterns in a river in Zhouzhuang (bottom right), while others in Bangkok (top left) lit candles as they prayed with Buddhist monks. 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Fireworks explode over Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, despite a fire raging nearby
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Fireworks explode over Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, despite a fire raging nearby
Meanwhile in Dubai (top right) a massive fireworks display kicked off 2016 at the world's tallest tower, while plumes of smoke billowed from a fire at a nearby tower. And in Myanmar (bottom left) fireworks were seen near the landmark Shwedagon pagoda during the 2016 countdown at Kandawgyi Park in Yangon.


THAILAND: Fireworks light up the sky over Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) during New Year celebrations in Bangkok overnightTHAILAND: Fireworks light up the sky over Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) during New Year celebrations in Bangkok overnight

AUSTRALIA: More than a million people were expected to pack into Sydney Harbour around the bridge, Opera House and Circular Quay
AUSTRALIA: More than a million people were expected to pack into Sydney Harbour around the bridge, Opera House and Circular Quay
AUSTRALIA: The Sydney Harbour Bridge was spectacularly lit up with fireworks as cities around the globe begin ringing in the New Year

THAILAND: Devotees light up candles as they pray with Buddhist monks to celebrate 2016 at Wat Su Thatsana Temple in Bangkok
THAILAND: Devotees light up candles as they pray with Buddhist monks to celebrate 2016 at Wat Su Thatsana Temple in Bangkok
INDONESIA: Fireworks fill the sky of downtown Jakarta during a countdown event to celebrate the New Year
INDONESIA: Fireworks fill the sky of downtown Jakarta during a countdown event to celebrate the New Year


HONG KONG: This year, the display was based on the theme of 'love and joy' and created a flash of different colours across the water
HONG KONG: This year, the display was based on the theme of 'love and joy' and created a flash of different colours across the water

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