The beach was lit up with hundreds of thousands of mobile phone screens as the massive crowd recorded the fireworks spectacle. People watch fireworks from the water on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the New Year celebration on January 1, 2019. The global partying had kicked off on Sydney's waterfront with the Australian city's biggest-ever fireworks display, thrilling 1.5 million people. New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifah, said to be the world’s tallest building, on New Year's Eve to welcome 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 31, 2018.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2019 03:56 UTC