In Brazil, thousands enjoyed a fireworks display on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
The weather caused a fireworks display for the Lord Mayor's parade in London to be called off.
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The countdown, featuring a fireworks display and performances by Burmese entertainers, was due to be broadcast live on television.
The day's festivities, many of them free, were to be followed by a fireworks display over the Coney Island beach.
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Instead, it turned into a fireworks display between Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.
For people in the Highland capital of Inverness a fireworks display was laid on for the evening and drew a crowd of about 2, 000.
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And for the dramatic climax, head to the terrace of Pincian Hill, above Piazza del Popolo, at 7:30 pm on 12 February for a fireworks display.
Revellers in Aberdeen brought in the new year with a fireworks display at His Majesty's Theatre, while the Proclaimers headlined a Hogmanay concert on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.
The three-hour ceremony will begin at 21:00 BST with "an hour of culture", followed by the athletes parade, then the lighting of the cauldron and a fireworks display to bring down the curtain.
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The end of the season brings a fireworks display to mark their success, to recognize a job well done, and to allow the crew a final burst of relief after weeks and months at sea.
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There will be a fireworks display every night, but subdued enough not to interfere with flights in and out of Chek Lap Kok airport or with residents of Discovery Bay, a middle-class housing enclave along the Lantau coast.
While there may not have been a fireworks display and trumpets sounding in the physical world, there was definitely a parade being thrown inside of me as I realized a new beginning of where I wanted to take my career.
Celebrations in Manchester include a huge fireworks display at Castlefield, while up to 10, 000 people will watch a parade and the lighting of a beacon at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
The events will be capped by a spectacular fireworks display showcasing the bridge and surrounding parkland.
The Celebration of the Bridges will include a flotilla of boats on the Forth and a major free fireworks display.
Mr Gingrich, a walking, talking, and sometimes dangerously undisciplined ideological fireworks display, was a different species of politician altogether.
Bad weather prompted some New Zealand planners to cancel outdoor events, but a low-key fireworks display went ahead at Auckland's Sky Tower.
The black hole, bigger than a billion suns, has collided with the smaller galaxy which it is now devouring in a display of celestial fireworks.
The developer caught considerable heat, for example, when in 2001--at the height of fire season--he unleashed a 20-minute fireworks display as part of an annual wingding at the club.
With the pre-match preamble over, Bath took to the pitch to muted applause, while the Ulster team's arrival was greeted by a display of fireworks, with the resultant smoke drifting across the pitch delaying kick-off by a few minutes.
The heat from the friction of its descent into the denser air can ignite the dust and debris in a display of astronomical fireworks.
Meanwhile, Ivory Coast is beginning three days of national mourning for at least 60 people crushed to death after they left a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the West African country's biggest city, Abidjan.
On Canada Day, Parliament Hill will host a huge street party concluding with the annual fireworks display.
But it was more like a firecracker, one quick burst and then nothing, rather than fireworks where the display continues and continues.
Get a couple scoops of ice cream from one of the area vendors and watch the fireworks display.
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