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From Syd­ney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with ex­u­ber­ant cel­e­bra­tions filled with thun­der­ous fire­works or light shows, while oth­ers took a more sub­dued ap­proach.

As the clock struck mid­night in Japan, tem­ple bells rang and some climbed moun­tains to see the year’s first sun­rise, while a light show with som­er­sault­ing jet skis twin­kled in Dubai. The count­down to 2026 was pro­ject­ed on­to the Arc de Tri­om­phe in Paris, while in Moscow peo­ple cel­e­brat­ed in the snow.

In New York City’s Times Square, rev­ellers braved frigid tem­per­a­tures to cel­e­brate with the famed New Year’s Eve ball drop.