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It's already New Year's Day in some countries. See how New Year's Eve and Day have been celebrated.
New Year celebrations around the world
Performers gather for a group photo after the end of a New Year's Eve count down to 2014 in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Ng Han GuanNew Year celebrations around the world
A Chinese performer in opera costume takes a photo with her compact camera as she waits to take part in a New Year's Eve count down to 2014 held at the Great Wall of China in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Ng Han GuanNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
Rob GriffithNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over the financial district at midnight, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 in Singapore. Celebrations started on New Year's Eve where concerts were held and thousands gathered on the streets to usher in the Year 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Wong Maye-ENew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over Juche Tower and the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
Kim Kwang HyonNew Year celebrations around the world
Laser lights shoot from a tower during a New Year's Eve count down to 2014 held at the Great Wall of China in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Ng Han GuanNew Year celebrations around the world
Pope Francis kisses a baby Jesus statue as he arrives to celebrate a New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Alessandra TarantinoNew Year celebrations around the world
A young girl rides on a rodeo machine installed as part of New Year's Eve celebrations at an anti-government rally at the site of the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
Wason WanichakornNew Year celebrations around the world
A fireworks display is set off from the Taipei101 skyscraper during New Year's Eve celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Wally SantanaNew Year celebrations around the world
Buddhists light candles during New Year's Eve celebrations at Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Ahn Young-joonNew Year celebrations around the world
Buddhists attend New Year's Eve celebrations at the Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Ahn Young-joonNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over the financial district at midnight, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 in Singapore. Celebrations started on New Year's Eve where concerts were held and thousands gathered on the streets to usher in the Year 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Wong Maye-ENew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode over the financial district at midnight, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 in Singapore. Celebrations started on New Year's Eve where concerts were held and thousands gathered on the streets to usher in the Year 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Wong Maye-ENew Year celebrations around the world
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to people during a New Year dinner in Khabarovsk, Russia's Far East, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
Alexei NikolskyNew Year celebrations around the world
Russian President Vladimir Putin, toasts during a New Year dinner in Khabarovsk, Russia's Far East, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, with a neon sign behind declaring "Happy New Year". (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
Alexei NikolskyNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year, Wednesday Jan .1, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Traditionally, Filipinos welcome the New Year with fireworks and firecrackers and making the loudest noise possible, including indiscriminate firing of their guns which sometimes result in injuries and deaths. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Bullit MarquezNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year Wednesday Jan. 1, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Traditionally, Filipinos welcome the New Year with fireworks and firecrackers and making the loudest noise possible, including indiscriminate firing of their guns which sometimes result in injuries and deaths. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Bullit MarquezNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks light up the sky as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Tatan SyuflanaNew Year celebrations around the world
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR LEBUA HOTELS & RESORTS - The first-ever Bangkok Ball Drop at lebua - the world's highest New Year's Eve ball Drop - on Wednesday 1st January 2014, Thailand. (Luke Duggleby/AP Images for lebua Hotels & Resorts)
Luke DugglebyNew Year celebrations around the world
Buddhist monks pray for the New Year at Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Shizuo KambayashiNew Year celebrations around the world
Thousands of people gather in the main business district to watch a fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Tatan SyuflanaNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Tatan SyuflanaNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's celebrations in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Kin CheungNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks explode at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of 2014 in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Kin CheungNew Year celebrations around the world
A man runs as firecrackers burst around him, on the street during the New Year celebrations in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Rafiq MaqboolNew Year celebrations around the world
An Indian boy lights the effigy of an Old Man, symbolizing the burning of the past, and getting ready to start a happy New Year without bad memories of the past in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Rafiq MaqboolNew Year celebrations around the world
Fireworks illuminate the sky over Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, at the New Year's eve celebrations at Edinburgh Hogmanay (New Year) street party, Tuesday Dec. 31, 2013. The celebrations this year are combined with marking the upcoming 2014 Commonwealth games. (AP Photo / David Cheskin, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
David CheskinNew Year celebrations around the world
Jeremy Rodts inspects the 2014 New Year's Ball in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. The big ball drop and concert from radio station 105.3 HOT FM will be held in downtown Grand Rapids. (AP Photo/Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, Cory Morse)
Cory MorseNew Year celebrations around the world
Carmen Glavan, of Monterrey, Mexico, wears 2014 glasses with an American theme as she and others wait in Times Square for the midnight ball drop on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. The crowds will have to wait more than ten hours for the ball drop. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Kathy WillensNew Year celebrations around the world
Veronica Boshen and Brittany Wells, of Allentown, Pa., pose for a photo with their 2014 glasses while waiting for the celebration to begin in Times Square on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Kathy WillensNew Year celebrations around the world
A New York City K-9 officer patrols with his dog in preparation for New Year's Eve in Times Square, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Kathy WillensNew Year celebrations around the world
A New York City police officer uses a metal detector to search a person entering barricaded pens in Times Square on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Kathy WillensNew Year celebrations around the world
New York City police officers search people entering barricaded pens used to control crowds in Times Square in preparation for the ball drop on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Kathy WillensNew Year celebrations around the world
Russian police officers get ready to check people arriving at the Red Square ahead of the New Year's Eve festivities, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. Russian authorities ordered police to beef up security at train stations and other facilities across the country after a suicide bomber killed 14 people on a bus Monday in the southern city of Volgograd. It was the second deadly attack in two days on the city that lies just 400 miles (650 kilometers) from the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Pavel GolovkinNew Year celebrations around the world
A woman launches a sky lantern during celebration for the New Year at the Red Square, in Moscow, Russia, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, with St. Basil Cathedral, centre right, and Kremlin's Spasskaya (Savior) Tower, left, are in the background. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Pavel Golovkin