احتفل العالم بدخول عام 2016، وتنافست دول عدة من العالم للاحتفال بأجمل الطرق لاستقبال العام الجديد.
وتميزت معظم الاحتفالات بالأجواء الصاخبة والألعاب النارية المميزة، وأبرزها في أستراليا التي كانت من ضمن أول المستقبلين للسنة الجديدة.
شلالات من الأضواء وفراشات وزهور كانت من ضمن أبرز الأشكال المكونة من الألعاب النارية التي زينت سماء سيدني.
وشهدت العاصمة الاسترالية تجمهر حوالي مليون شخص حول جسر هاربور لمشاهدة العرض المميز للألعاب النارية التي زينت سماء المدينة.
Revelers take selfies as they gather in Times Square waiting for the ball to drop on December 31, 2015 in New York. Organizers expect around one million revelers to attend the New Year’s celebration in Times Square. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERTDON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images
A Japanese tourist attends a New Year party on December 31, 2015 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. / AFP / dpa / Wolfram Kastl / Germany OUTWOLFRAM KASTL/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks explode as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year’s Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Thursday, Dec. 31,2015.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Fireworks light up the sky over Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) during New Year celebrations in Bangkok on January 1, 2016. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULTCHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australian, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
(left to right) Agustina Florio, Kathrin Ecke,Agustin Belloso and Tomas Espeche use sparklers to display the year 2016 as they get ready to celebrate the Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday December 31, 2015. See PA story SOCIAL Hogmanay. Photo credit should read: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 31: Tourists from Holland take a selfie while waiting to celebrate new years in Times Square on December 31, 2015 in New York City. The New York Police Department will have more than 6,000 officers in the Times Square area, including more than 1,100 officers who graduated from the police academy on Tuesday. It will be the largest such deployment of police in New York City ever. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Fireworks light up the sky over Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) during New Year celebrations in Bangkok on January 1, 2016. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULTCHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year under a slight drizzle in Manila, Philippines. Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Traditionally Filipinos welcome the New Year with firecrackers, fireworks, midnight snacks known as “media noche” and almost anything to make the loudest noise possible.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)