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New Year: Celebrations mark start of 2016

Gulan Media December 31, 2015 News
New Year: Celebrations mark start of 2016
Countries around the world are marking the New Year, with festivities currently under way across Asia.
India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are among the latest to usher in 2016.
Earlier in Japan, people released balloons by Tokyo Tower, while South Koreans celebrated in Paju with fireworks and traditional bell-ringing ceremonies.
Revellers in Australia and New Zealand were among the first to welcome the New Year.
Crowds counted down at Auckland's Sky Tower in New Zealand, with a laser show and fireworks display. Fireworks also lit up Sydney harbour in Australia.
In one of the more innovative celebrations, four divers equipped with musical instruments and breathing apparatus performed an underwater "concert" in a fish tank in Yantai, east China.
In Dubai, a fire erupted at a high-rise hotel just hours ahead of New Year festivities, injuring at lest 16 people, but authorities insist celebrations will continue as normal.

In Egypt, festivities will be staged in front of the pyramids near Cairo, as the government works to revive its tourist industry.
When 2016 hits Europe, approximately one million people will countdown at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany's capital, Berlin.
Despite security fears across the continent, many major public events are going ahead, though with heightened security restrictions.

In Madrid, only 25,000 people will be allowed into the Puerta del Sol Square. More than 100,000 people are expected to watch the Mayor of London's fireworks show, a ticketed event.
Over in Sierra Leone, the declared end of Ebola will mark a return to festivities, after Freetown, the capital, was left deserted a year ago due to the disease's outbreak.
As 2016 finally reaches the Americas, up to a million people are expected to converge on Times Square in New York, amid tight security, to watch the famous ball descend.
On Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, crowds will not only mark the New Year - they will also fete the 100th anniversary of Samba music, and the upcoming summer Olympics.

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