Confetti flies over Times Square during the New Year's celebration in New York, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world are packing into a frigid Times Square Sunday to mark the start of 2018 with a glittering crystal ball drop, a burst of more than a ton of confetti and midnight fireworks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Sunday, December 31, 2017. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVING
Participants of a count down to the New Year event marking the passage into 2018 in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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