Fireworks lit the skies of the world cities and people across the globe welcomed the new year. From Sidney to Moscow, from Paris to New York, the people said goodbye to 2016, a turbulent year in the global politics.
Many cities had increased to maximum security measures after a year in which aggressors trucks collided on crowds in Nice and Berlin. Thousands of extra police have been on duty in London and other European cities.
Despite the measures, with tens of thousands of people turned out along the banks of the Thames to see the display of fireworks with a clear message, as the country voted to break away from the European Union, London is open.
Fear of attacks did not dampen the enthusiasm nor in Paris where about 500 thousand people filled where arch of triumph was clothed in many colors.
People in Berlin, also was not inhibited at all by the recent attack on the Christmas market, and attended also the spectacle of fireworks
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American cities celebrated the new year with fireworks shows, with New York as issues that his crystal ball while thousands and thousands of people filled the famous Trafalgar Square.
But other color gets Kopa Kabana beach holidays in Brazil, where about 2 million people enjoyed the show, despite a reduction type this year due to economic crisis
Pacific Islands, among whom Samoa, Tonga and Kiribati were the first who welcomed the new year, followed an hour later by Oakland, where fireworks exploded from 328 meters high tower downtown.
The show of fireworks on the bridge of Sydney in Australia, this year, awarded two superstars of music, Prince and David , who were separated from our life in 2016. Seven were thrown and fireworks show was attended by a million and a half people.
An extra second was added to the countdown to midnight in many countries, such as Britain, to offset a slowdown in the earth's rotation. Extra seconds were counted just before the hour mark midnight delaying so little new year.
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