世界各國喜迎新年
The United States welcomed in New Year's Day 2015 with the traditional celebration in New York City's Times Square.
Hundreds of thousands of revelers gathered in the city's iconic tourist attraction to watch Mayor Bill de Blasio and his family push the button that dropped a giant crystal ball one minute before midnight. New Year's celebrations were also taking place in many other cities across the United States located in different time zones.
Hours earlier on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Londoners gathered on the banks of the River Thames to watch a spectacular fireworks display over the Houses of Parliament, as the iconic Big Ben clock chimed at the stroke of midnight.
In the Asia Pacific region. a giant clock on Auckland's landmark Sky Tower counted down the minutes until the New Year, before fireworks launched from the tower lit the nighttime sky.
In Sydney, more than 1.5 million revelers massed in warm summer weather along the shores of the city's harbor to watch a spectacular eruption of pyrotechnics that featured depictions of shimmering gold and silver palm trees.
Splashy bursts of color from the fireworks filled the sky over Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.
Beijing counted down to 2015 with a figure skating exhibition aimed at promoting China's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, while the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai readied what it said would be the largest-ever LED-illuminated facade, on the world's tallest building.
The Brazilian tourist attraction of Rio de Janeiro was expecting more than one million revelers to crowd its Copacabana Beach for rock concerts on three stages.
But in Indonesia, in the aftermath of the crash of the AirAsia passenger jet into the depths of the Java Sea, prayerful remembrances took precedence in Jakarta, and other cities canceled their normal New Year celebrations.美國紐約市時報廣場舉行傳統的慶祝活動，迎接2015年新年的到來。
數十萬狂歡者聚集在紐約市這個具有象徵意義的旅遊景點，觀看紐約市長白思豪及其家人在午夜前的最後一分鐘撳下按鈕，讓一個巨大的水晶球降落。在美國各地，很多處於不同時區的城市也舉行了新年慶祝活動。
幾小時前，在大西洋彼岸的倫敦，人們聚集在泰晤士河畔，在新年到來的一刻，議會大廈上空開始盛大的焰火表演；標誌性的大本鐘敲響午夜整點。
在亞太地區，新西蘭奧克蘭的標誌性建築天空塔上的一個巨大時鐘在新年到來之前開始倒計時，之後從天空塔上燃放的煙花照亮了夜空。
澳大利亞正是溫暖的夏季，150多萬狂歡者聚集在悉尼港灣沿岸，觀看噴發出閃閃發光的金銀棕櫚樹形狀煙火的壯觀場面。
彩絢麗的煙花在香港維多利亞港天空升起，引人注目。
北京以一場花樣滑冰表演迎來2015年，目的是推動中國申請2022年冬季奧運會。而波斯灣的迪拜用LED燈包裝了世界最高大廈的正面，以他們所說的規模空前的燈牆迎接新年。
巴西假日聖地裏約熱內盧會有超過百萬的節日狂歡者聚集在科帕卡巴納海灘，觀看那裏舉行的三臺搖滾音樂會。
但在印度尼西亞，亞航失事航班沉入爪哇海底之後，雅加達和其他城市的居民爲死難者虔誠地祈禱，取消了正常的新年慶祝活動。
