From Sydney, Australia's iconic Opera House (above) to New York's Times Square, people across the globe held New Year celebrations last night welcoming 2015. (Photo: VOA News)
Published: Thursday, January 1st, 2015
People around the world welcomed the New Year with fireworks, glitter, song and dance, and well-wishing. At least for this day, the world seemed to have one unique goal – to join in celebration, although it was subdued in Indonesia, where people mourned those killed in this week’s AirAsia plane crash.
VOA’s Zlatica Hoke reports that world leaders took the opportunity to broadcast messages of peace.
Watch: Celebrating the New Year Around the World (VOA Video)
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