In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, fireworks lit up the city's skyline as midnight struck
Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour
Back to Indonesia and celebrants fly lanterns at Borobudur temple
The 123-storey Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
In Cairo, a Santa Claus rings in the new year at a market
In Jakarta, the business district was blanketed in colour
In Singapore, the Marina Bay was a centre of celebration
An early gathering of revellers in New York's Times Square wrapped up against the freezing cold
Sydney Harbour's world-famous display was among the first shown worldwide on television
Further south east, Melbourne also celebrated
Buddhists at the Kelaniya Temple in Sri Lanka prayed to mark the occasion
Revellers in Istanbul, meanwhile, gathered on the streets of the city to await the stroke of midnight
Crowds packed the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris
People take part in the New Year's Day swim in Dunkirk, France
Hundreds of swimmers run into the North Sea in Scheveningen, the Netherlands