Photos: New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world ring in 2018

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of year 2018 in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

This illustration taken with a long time exposure and with zoom effect on December 31, 2017 in Budapest, Hungary, shows the year "2018", painted with a flashlight in front of a Christmas tree. (Attila Kisbendek/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks illuminate the city's skyline during New Year's Eve celebrations of 2018 on on January 1, 2018 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over Victoria harbour during New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on January 1, 2018. (Dale De La Rey/AFP/Getty Images)

Young performers prepare to go on stage at a countdown event marking the arrival of the New Year in Beijing on December 31, 2017. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks light up the Taiwan skyline and Taipei 101 during New Years Eve celebrations just after midnight on January 1, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images)

Spectators pass through security screening ahead of the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square in New York, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. New Yorkers, celebrity entertainers and tourists from around the world will pack into Times Square for what's expected to be a flashy but frigid celebration marking the start to the new year. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Fireworks light the sky over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney early on January 1, 2018. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)

Policemen stand guard at a countdown event marking the arrival of the New Year in Beijing early on January 1, 2018. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)

This general view shows fireworks on the Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor and fireworks light the sky over the Lotte World Tower, a 123-floor and 1821-foot (555 m) building, after midnight during a countdown event to celebrate the New Year in Seoul, South Korea on January 1, 2018. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of year 2018 in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Fireworks illuminate the sky near Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2018. (Mood Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images)

Filipino revelers watch as fireworks light up the sky to welcome the New Year Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017 at the seaside Mall of Asia in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Hours before midnight, authorities had already reported dozens have been injured by celebratory firecrackers in the Philippines, which has some of the most raucous New Year celebrations in Asia. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

A firework display is seen over the Chao Praya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok at the start of January 1, 2018. (Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistani youth holding an umbrella are silhouetted during sunset on the outskirts of Lahore on December 31, 2017. (Ari Ali/AFP/Getty Images)