Natalie Pa’apa’a of the band Blue King Brown celebrates the new year by crowd surfing during The Falls Music & Arts Festival in Lorne, Australia. (Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
Performers dressed in costumes entertain crowds during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin / Associated Press)
A boy plays badminton outside the Taj Mahal hotel on New Year’s Eve in Mumbai, India. Earlier this year, the hotel was one of the sites rocked by terrorist attacks in Mumbai in which gunmen killed 164 people. (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)
A reveler takes part in the annual New Year’s Eve parade through the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Kim Ludbrook / EPA)
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Hundreds of people run into the water to take part in the traditional New Year’s Eve swim at La Comanancia beach near Tarragona, Spain. (Jaume Sellart / EPA)
Cyclists tackle the ski slopes near Villars, Switzerland, during a New Year’s Eve mountain bike snow race. (Jean-Christophe Bott / EPA)
A family watches the last sunset of 2008 at Al Ghariya beach in Qatar. (Noushad Thekkayil / EPA)
Revelers hold balloons as they celebrate during the countdown to the new year in Hong Kong. (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)
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The annual New Year’s Eve midnight fireworks display illuminates the sky over Sydney, Australia. (Mark Kolbe / Getty Images)
