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Dutch courage: Thousands plunge into North Sea for New Year's Day dip

Dutch courage: Thousands plunge into North Sea for New Year's Day dip

01/01/2020

North and South Korea welcome in the new decade

North and South Korea welcome in the new decade

31/12/2019

Happy New Year Australia! Sydney welcomes in 2020 with celebratory fireworks

Happy New Year Australia! Sydney welcomes 2020 with fireworks

31/12/2019

New Zealand says goodbye to 2019 with huge fireworks display

New Zealand says goodbye to 2019 with huge fireworks display

31/12/2019

Revellers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.

Watch: Hawaii fireworks mark final global New Year's Eve celebrations

31/12/2019

A huge rat statue has been placed in a shrine as an offering

A huge rat statue has been placed in a shrine as an offering

30/12/2019

Giant rice cakes offered to shrine in Japanese tradition

Giant rice cakes offered to shrine in Japanese tradition

30/12/2019

Indigenous Bolivians celebrate winter solstice

Indigenous Bolivians celebrate winter solstice

22/06/2019

Chinese worshippers pray to God of Wealth

Chinese worshippers pray to God of Wealth

09/02/2019

Third day of Lunar New Year

Beijing marks third day of Lunar New Year

07/02/2019

North Koreans celebrate first day of Lunar New Year

North Koreans celebrate first day of Lunar New Year

07/02/2019

"Losar" or the Tibetan New Year

Tibetans celebrate New Year with a horse parade

06/02/2019

Japanese plunge into ice bath at Tokyo's shrine in purification ritual for New Year

Japanese plunge into ice bath at Tokyo's shrine in purification ritual for New Year

13/01/2019

Christian Thielemann and Daniel Froschauer headline the Musikverein in Vienna

Christian Thielemann and Daniel Froschauer headline the Musikverein in Vienna

10/01/2019

Thousands take part in New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo

Thousands take part in New Year calligraphy contest in Tokyo

06/01/2019

No Comment of the Week

No Comment of the Week

04/01/2019

Clement weather a relief for NYC New Year bathers

Clement weather a relief for NYC New Year bathers

02/01/2019

'London welcomes the world' for New Year's Day parade

'London welcomes the world' for New Year's Day parade

02/01/2019

New Year revellers trapped for hours on fair ride in France

New Year revellers trapped for hours on fair ride in France

02/01/2019

Walter Schirra, dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour bridge in Rome

Watch: The traditions Europeans follow to welcome the New Year

01/01/2019

Thousands of Dutch swimmers brave the cold North Sea on New Year's Day

Dutch swimmers join traditional North Sea plunge on New Year's Day

01/01/2019

Japanese 'demons' scare children into good behaviour for the New Year

Masked demons visit homes in Japan

01/01/2019

Lasers replace fireworks for Mexico City New Year's Eve celebrations

New Year revellers wowed by lasers instead of fireworks

01/01/2019

Swirls of fire near a New Year's bonfire in Scheveningen in The Hague

New Year 'firenado' threatens Dutch seaside resort

01/01/2019

In pictures: New Year's Eve celebrations around the world

In pictures: New Year's Eve celebrations around the world

01/01/2019

New Year fireworks light up skies over Auckland

New Year fireworks light up skies over Auckland

31/12/2018