Performers wait to go on stage at a countdown event marking the arrival of the New Year in Beijing on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKERGREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian Sikh devotee pays respect in the early morning on the occasion of the New Year 2018 at the Golden temple in Amritsar on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANUNARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images
Odd Andersen, AFP/Getty ImagesWith her hand pressed against the glass, a young visitor interacts with a baby hippopotamus swimming in its enclosure at the Berlin Zoo on Janaury 1, 2018. Tourists and locals flocked to the zoo in the German capital on the unseasonably warm first day of the year.
Vadim Ghirda, The Associated PressA woman carries a dancer's costume made of a bear's fur before a parade of new year's traditions in Comanesti, northern Romania, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. The tradition, originating in pre-Christian times, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, went from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil, has moved to Romania's cities, where dancers travel to perform the ritual for money.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey performs during a bullfight at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia on December 31, 2017, during the 60th Cali Fair. / AFP PHOTO / Luis ROBAYOLUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images
Camels race during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2018, in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Camels race during the Liwa 2018 Moreeb Dune Festival on January 1, 2018, in the Liwa desert, some 250 kilometres west of the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIBKARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images
Indian players stretch before playing friendly rugby matches at the Maidan area in Kolkata on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
A man poses with a makeshift hat during the traditional New Year bath into the Baltic Sea on January 1, 2018 in Ystad, southern Sweden. / AFP PHOTO / TT News Agency / Johan NILSSON / Sweden OUTJOHAN NILSSON/AFP/Getty Images
Women jump into the water during a traditional New Year bath in the Adriatic sea in Portoroz on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jure MakovecJURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images
Giuseppe Palmulli (aka Mister OK) of Italy, dives in the Tiber river as part of traditional New Year celebrations on January 1, 2018 in Rome. / AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLIALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Images
Water safety guards hold toches as they take a bath in the cold water of the Lech river in Fuessen, southern Germany, to welcome the new year 2018 during their traditional winter swimming event on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / Germany OUTKARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/AFP/Getty Images
J. David Ake, The Associated PressSpectators watch the first sunrise of the new year at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018.
People take photos of fireworks during New Year's celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MAURO PIMENTELMAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images
Activists various nationalist parties carry torches and flares during a rally in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. The rally was organized on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Stepan Bandera, founder of a rebel army that fought against the Soviet regime and who was assassinated in Germany in 1959. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Revellers take part in the traditional 'Bain de Givres' as part of the New Year's celebrations on January 1, 2018 at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France. / AFP PHOTO / Philippe HUGUENPHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
Norway's Daniel Andre Tande takes the start for his training jump of the ski jumping event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, which is the second station of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee), on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
Germany's Richard Freitag soars during his first competition jump at the ski jumping event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, which is the second station of the Four-Hills Ski Jumping tournament (Vierschanzentournee), on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHECHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images
People dance during the New Year's Eve celebration on Nungwi Beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GULSHAN KHANGULSHAN KHAN/AFP/Getty Images
New Year revellers gather on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANTGUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images
Indian Christians release balloons in the sky as they welcome 2018 in Ahmedabad on January 1, 2018. Thousands of Christians assembled at Methodist Church Maninagar after their prayers. / AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKYSAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images
Mukhtar Khan, The Associated PressKashmiri village women attend the funeral of killed rebel Fardeen Ahamed at Hyuna village 45 Kilometers (28 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Jan 1, 2018. Ahamed was among three suspected militants killed Sunday after rebels stormed a paramilitary camp in disputed Kashmir, triggering a daylong battle. Five Indian soldiers were also killed in the incident.
This picture taken on December 31, 2017 shows an Indian sadhu preparing food at a camp at Sangam, ahead of the Magh Mela festival, in Allahabad. The Magh Mela, which is known as a mini-Kumbh Mela, is scheduled to start January 2 and continue until February 13 with auspicious bathing dates throughout the 45 day period. / AFP PHOTO / SANJAY KANOJIASANJAY KANOJIA/AFP/Getty Images
Thousands of Buddhist nuns gather at a park near Shwedagon Pagoda for a ceremony marking the New Year in Yangon on January 1, 2018. Some 18,000 monks gathered at Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda for a Buddhist ceremony marking New Year's Day, which is a public holiday for the first time in Myanmar. / AFP PHOTO / YE AUNG THUYE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images
Mathew Sumner, The Associated PressSteve DeAngelo, CEO , center, and brother Andrew DeAngelo, chief revenue officer, right, make the first sale of recreational marijuana to Henry Wykowski at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California.
One of the last protestors is removed by members of security as he takes part in a New Year's Day pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong at the recently reopened Civic Square late on January 1, 2018. Angry protesters marched through Hong Kong on January 1 against what they described as suppression by Beijing, days after Chinese authorities ruled that part of a city rail station would come under mainland law. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACEANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images
Icicles hang from the fountain at Beau View condominiums in Biloxi, Miss., on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. A hard freeze hit South Mississippi overnight and temperatures are expected to remain near or below freezing for the rest of the week./The Sun Herald via AP)
A man looks at heavy waves, on December 31, 2017 in Batz-sur-Mer, western France, a day before storm Carmen is to hit the west of France. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCELOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images
Brazilian surfer Marcelo Luna rides a wave during the first surf session of 2018 at Praia do Norte in Nazare on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRAPATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images
Indian people walk amid heavy smog in a street of New Delhi on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Dominique FagetDOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images
Andrew Medichini, The Associated PressPope Francis holds a monstrance as he celebrates a new year's eve vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017.
Petros Karadjias, The Associated PressA man with an umbrella walks during rain as the sun sets in Ayia Napa resort in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017.
People enjoy sunshine and leisure at a beach in Athens on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKILOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images
One of the last protestors holds placards as he takes part in a New Year's Day pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong at the recently reopened Civic Square, late on January 1, 2018. Angry protesters marched through Hong Kong on January 1 against what they described as suppression by Beijing, days after Chinese authorities ruled that part of a city rail station would come under mainland law. / AFP PHOTO / ANTHONY WALLACEANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images
A picture taken from inside a car shows Palestinians walking along the Gaza City coastline on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images
A youth takes pictures of the sunset with her mobile phone on January 1, 2018 on a pier over the Chiemsee lake in the Bavarian village of Seebruck, southern Germany. / AFP PHOTO / dpa / Matthias Balk / Germany OUTMATTHIAS BALK/AFP/Getty Images
Dpa / Frank Rumpenhorst / Germany Outfrank Rumpenhorst, AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on Jan. 1, 2018 shows a board reading "Happy new year" displayed behind a window during the new year celebrations in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
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Performers wait to go on stage at a countdown event marking the arrival of the New Year in Beijing on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GREG BAKERGREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images
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A selection of scenes taken by news photographers around the world on Jan. 1, 2018.







































