2014년 전세계 새해축제마당

 

 

 

 

2014년 전세계 새해 

A room with a view! From the top of the Shard, the fireworks lit up the entire capital

 

 the Houses of Parliament

 

런던 영국 London burst into a riot of colours last night as the new year was welcomed 

 

Big Ben 

 

 

London puts on colourful firework display to welcome 2014

 

 

 

Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display

 

 

The annual crackles of fireworks and chimes of Big Ben will ring in the new year in London

 

Up to 100,000 people in key viewing areas by the Thames received packs featuring scratch 'n' sniff programmes

 

Fireworks light the sky above the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament over the river Thames during the New Year celebrations in central London just after midnight

 

 

 

Thousands of people are waiting on the banks of the River Thames in central London to ring in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display

 

 

 

 

 

A firework display in Manchester city centre marks the New Year, watched by a crowd estimated at 8,000

 

The fireworks event was held in Piccadilly Gardens for the first time in the city's history

 

A bright start to 2014: Fireworks soared into the sky as Manchester welcomed in the brand new year

 

 

Russia celebrates 2014 with spectacular fireworks

With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry, millions around the world welcomed 2014, 

 

 

 

In Scotland, about 80,000 people are expected in Edinburgh city centre for the famous Hogmanay street party

 

Hundred thousands of people celebrated New Year's Eve welcoming the new year 2014 in Germany's capital

 

 

독일 Brandenburg Gate,

 

우크라이나 Ukrainians 

 

러시아 the Red Square in Moscow

 

the Red Square

두바이 Palm Jumeirah in Dubai.

 

 

 

In Scotland,

Up Helly Aa Vikings at the start the Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations with a torchlight procession through Edinburgh city centre

 

Around 80,000 people are expected in the city for the traditional New Year celebrations, which run over three days. Tickets have been bought for the event by people from over sixty different countries

 

A general view of the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations

 

What a happy start to the new year! Alex Thomson steals a kiss from PC Heather Clark of Police Scotland

The New Year's Eve Winter Carnival in Newcastle city centre saw performers parading through the city to the Civic Centre for a spectacular fireworks display

 

While organizers in cities like Chicago and New York were just starting to block off streets in preparation for the evening's events, festivities were well under way in Newcastle

 

Hundreds of people gathered at the Great Wall, a landmark place in Beijing, to celebrate the New Year

 

Badaling Great Wall is illuminated during the New Year's Eve count down to 2014 held at the Badaling Great Wall

 

All together now, happy new year! Performers gather for a group photo after the end of a New Year's Eve count down to 2014 in Beijing, China

 

Packed in like sardines! Fireworks light up the sky as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia

 

Fireworks explode over Juche Tower and the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the New Year

Ringing in 2014! Fireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark, Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

While many were happy to welcome the new year, thousands of Malaysian people marched on the street to protest against price hikes by the Malaysian government

 

Soaring into the air: The fireworks near Malaysia's iconic Petronas Towers heralded a new start and a new year for many

In Tokyo,

An anti-Thai government protester waves national flag as dancers perform on stage during a New Year's Eve rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand

With fireworks erupting from the water and bursting high in the skies, Hong Kong's harbour was showered in sprays of red and white as midnight struck

 

The bright lights of the city's skyline merged with the colourful spray of fire across the harbour

In Beijing,

Thousands release balloons into the sky as the Tokyo is illuminated during the countdown to midnight in Japan's capital

Tokyo tower in Japan in the countdown to midnight, left. And right, as 12am strikes and the crowds celebrate the start of the Year of the Horse 

Midnight strikes in South Korea as thousands celebrating with the 'moon house' burning and fireworks during the 21st Sungsan sunrise festival of New Year in Sungsan, on Jeju island

South Koreans gaze up at the bright display above their heads as they hail the start of 2014 on Jeju island

 

 

More than one million people packed the water and shoreline of Sydney's harbour to watch the annual fireworks spectacular

Sydney celebrates 2014 with spectacular fireworks

 

 

'I tell them to face the reality, to move on and stand up but I know it will never be easy.'

Dubai,

 

 

 

 

The Opera House is lit up by the stunning fountains of fireworks streaming off the harbour bridge. This year's display is the most extravagant ever, organisers have said

The view over Sydney Harbour from Mrs Macquarie's chair as midnight strikes and the crowds hail the New Year

 

 

Fireworks launched from the four sails of Sydney's iconic Opera House for the first time in more than a decade

 

Tourists and locals dance to celebrate the New Year in Queenstown, New Zealand

 

New Zealand is among the first nations to see in the New Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year! New Zealand celebrates arrival of 2014

As midnight struck in New Zealand a fireworks display erupted over the city as thousands danced in the streets below

Sportsmen in Allahabad, India light candles to celebrate New Year's Eve at Madan Mohan Malviya Stadium

 

 

A Buddhist woman attaches her name card on a lantern ahead of the New Year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea

 

Gearing up for the New Year, students in China use light pens to welcome 2014

 

Organisers say they will also create a burst of light out of fireworks to imitate a sunrise and dazzle spectators with a United Arab Emirates flag that could also break records for being the largest ever made out of fireworks. 

The six-minute extravaganza will include 500,000 fireworks from 400 firing locations, all synchronized by 100 computers from stations across the city, said Barrett Wissman, co-chairman of IMG Artists that is managing the event. Guinness World Record officials will be on hand to measure the scale of the event.

Wissman said the display will cover 30 miles (48 kilometers) of seafront. 'It is really mind-blowing, the size of this,' he said.

 

Dubai goes huge for 2014 New Year's Eve firework display

 

 

Actors dressed as the Russian Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), right, and his companion Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), left, take part a New Year parade in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek

 

Musicians wearing Christmas costumes take part in the New Year parade in Bishkek. New Year, which was the biggest informal holiday of the year in the former Soviet Union, is also very popular in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan

 

China

Shinto priests walk toward the main hall to hold a shinto ritual in preparation for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. It is expected that around three million people will visit the shrine to pray for their health, happiness and property during the first days of 2014

 

Shinto priests walk under a 'torii' (Japanese gate located at the entrance of a Shinto shrine) after they participated to a shinto ritual in preparation for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan

 

In Japan,

 

 

 

 

The 9.30pm New Year's Eve fireworks at Yarra Park beside the Melbourne Cricket Ground

 

 

Thousands of people gathered on Princes Bridge in Melbourne waiting for midnight to strike

 

In North Korea,

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile in London Ian Guy and Alice Summerill from Bristol arrive early to get a prime spot to watch the Southbank fireworks show illuminate the capital as midnight strikes in the UK

 

Dozens of Portaloos are moved into position close to Parliament as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to London today

Barriers have been erected around the fountains in Trafalgar Square to try and stop revellers jumping in the water amid the excitement as the clock strikes 12am