After a year in which Islamic State (IS) militants staged a wave of deadly attacks, sowing carnage from Paris to California, the celebrations were held in tight security, with the NY police describing it as the biggest security operation in the city’s history.
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“It’s a New Year, and Britain begins it with renewed strength”, he said.
NSW Ambulance said it responded to more than 3000 calls for help between 4pm New Year’s Eve and 5am on New Year’s Day. This year is no different.
Revellers light candles on Copacabana beach during New Year’s Eve celebrations on December 31, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Participants during the Winter carnival in Newcastle to celebrate the New Year.
In New York, around 6,000 police were watching over a bustling Times Square as Mayor Bill Blasio flicked the switch, sending the city’s massive glittering glass ball down in the final seconds of 2015.
Paris, still reeling from the November 13 slaughter of 130 people, has also cancelled its fireworks display.
Tickets for London’s ceremony, organised by the Mayor, were sold out – with partygoers shuffling past security barriers in hope of a great view along the South Bank.
The parade route snaked through Lower Regent Street, Pall Mall, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall, before finishing with a performance of the National Anthem by 400 musicians in Parliament Square.
Belgium authorities also delivered an arrest warrant against a tenth suspect in the Paris attacks probe, charging him with extremist murder and participation in the activities of a extremist group. “It gives us a chance to show the whole world what London has to offer”. We’ve been policing at the threat level of severe for some time now, we are very experienced in London policing large-scale events. “We still have this fear but we need to continue to live”, said Parisian Myriam Oukik. Brazil’s most popular New Year’s Eve show was illuminated by 24 tons of fireworks fired for almost 16 minutes. Citizens, mostly young, welcomed the new year in squares, some in restaurants, and most in their homes.
Horns blared and crowds cheered as the tower was lit up with fireworks, with colors shifting from green to red to white.
Around 1 million people had been expected to gather around the Burj Khalifa skyscraper to watch the fireworks.
At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, organisers expect more than one million people to gather to watch a fireworks display at midnight.
City of Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore agreed that the city’s drinking culture was changing for the better. “We have realised as a society you don’t have to be totally drunk and ugly to enjoy some of the most fabulous fireworks in the world”.
Tokyo was on a special security alert during Japan’s biggest holiday, as millions crammed into trains to leave cities for their hometowns.
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The celebrations went ahead as planned, despite a similar display in Brussels being cancelled due to safety concerns and German authorities warning of a “serious imminent threat” at an event in Munich.
