Fireworks light the sky over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney early on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN
Fireworks illuminate the sky near Malaysia’s Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFANIndian children with their faces painted pose for a picture to welcome the New Year 2018 in Amritsar on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
Residents in fox makeup participate in the Oji Fox parade to thank the outgoing and welcome the incoming year at the Oji Inari shrine in Tokyo late on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Fireworks explode over Victoria harbour during New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on January 1, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY
People watch fireworks display during New Year Celebration in Manila on January 1, 2018. The Philippines is mainly Roman Catholic but the celebrations draw on ancient superstitions and Chinese traditions in which the noise from firecrackers is meant to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck in the coming year. Adding to the danger of annual fireworks celebrations in the streets, there are over 1.2 million unlicensed firearms in the Philippines and some of those are used in the festivities. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS
Buddhists place candles during New Year celebrations at Jogyesa Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Fireworks explode above Singapore’s financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year’s celebrations on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year’s celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
North Koreans watch as fireworks explode as part of New Year celebrations, above the Taedong River as viewed from Kim Il Sung Square, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Participants in a count down to the New Year event to mark the passage into 2018 in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Fireworks explode over the Kremlin, during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. New Year is Russia’s major gift-giving holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
