Most parts of the world have entered the New Year of 2016.
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“Although the celebrations have drawn to a close, officers continue to work through the night to facilitate the clean up operation and bring the area back to normality in time for the New Year’s Day parade”.
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As Big Ben in the Houses of Parliament’s clock tower chimed in the New Year, fireworks exploded around the London Eye ferris wheel on the opposite side of the River Thames.
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Millions of people around the world welcomed in the New Year on high security alert, with Munich stations evacuated over an imminent terror threat and fireworks canceled in Paris and Brussels, while a huge fire ripped through a Dubai hotel.
Around 1 million people converged on Times Square for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration. A glittery display featured a multi-coloured fireworks “waterfall” cascading off the Harbour Bridge, and pyrotechnic effects that took the shapes of butterflies, octopuses and flowers.
“The people of Paris and France need this symbolic passage into the New Year”, said Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo. Horns blared and crowds cheered as the tower was lit up with fireworks, with colors shifting from green to red to white.
New Year’s Eve is Japan’s biggest holiday, and millions of people crammed into trains to flee the cities for their hometowns to slurp down bowls of noodles, symbolizing longevity.
Its descent started at 11:59 p.m. after Mayor Bill de Blasio pushed a button and lead the 60-second countdown to 12:00 a.m., January 1 while a giant illuminated “2016” sign marked the start of the new year. “I don’t care if I lose a leg or my life”.
Thousands of police will be checking bags and be posted around the city because of the terrorism threat.
Fireworks at the London Eye herald the arrival of 2016.
People take part in the New Year’s Day Whitley Bay dip in Northumberland..
Indian school girls with their faces painted, say farewell to 2015 and welcome the new year in a school in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India.
The Edinburgh Hogmanay also saw several firework displays above the city’s castle, as well as a performance from Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro.
In Brazil, an estimated two million people watched fireworks over the sea at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, which later this year is due to host the Olympics. Police advised revellers not to go to displays without tickets and to be ready to have their belongings searched. The party was to begin with musical acts including Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, and Carrie Underwood and end with fireworks and the descent of a glittering crystal ball from a rooftop flagpole.
USA authorities said they were monitoring overseas communications to detect any threats, pledging to be vigilant following the recent terror attacks in San Bernardino, California and Paris.
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The festivities were policed by almost 6,000 officers, including members of a counter-terrorism unit.
Almost 1,000 uniformed officers and an undisclosed number of undercover officers were to be posted along the popular 4-mile-long, casino-filled corridor.
In the United States, authorities said they had arrested and charged a 25-year-old American Muslim convert over an alleged attempt to launch a New Year’s Eve attack in upstate NY in the name of the Islamic State group.
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“We can not let that rule”, she said.
