Australia’s largest city Sydney will put on its biggest-ever fireworks display to welcome the New Year and kick off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world. “I’m sure we’ll delight in seeing our beautiful harbor lit up like never before,” Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said. To mark the international year of indigenous languages in 2019, the harbor will host a ceremony celebrating Aboriginal heritage that includes animations projected onto the Sydney Harbor Bridge’s pylons. Around the worldThe party atmosphere will sweep across major cities in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas as the clock ticks past midnight. Numerous countries go to the polls in 2019, with key elections in India, Afghanistan, Indonesia, South Africa, Argentina and Australia.

Source: Egypt Independent December 31, 2018 07:18 UTC