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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 31: The New Year's Eve midnight fireworks display brings in the New Year on December 31, 2014 in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington is the first capital city in the world to see in the New Year. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) (credit:Hagen Hopkins via Getty Images)
(02 of23)
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 01: Firework display from the top of the Sky Tower to welcome the New Year on January 1, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Dave Rowland/Getty Images) (credit:Dave Rowland via Getty Images)
(03 of23)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair look-out to see the new year in and watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(04 of23)
Dec. 31, 2014 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Television personality Khloe Kardashian arrives to host a special 'Last Tuesday Night Of 2014' party at 1 OAK Nightclub on December 30, 2014 inside the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Credit Image: Marcel Thomas/ZUMA Wire) (credit:Marcel Thomas/Zuma Press)
(05 of23)
The sun rises over Holyport Village Green covered in frost, Holyport, Berkshire. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
(06 of23)
A dog in Epping Forest near Wanstead in north east London before temperatures are due to rise in the New Year. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(07 of23)
New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the traditional early family fireworks show held before the main midnight event on December 31, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAEED KHAN via Getty Images)
(08 of23)
Fireworks explode over the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge during New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair to watch the annual fireworks show. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of23)
The sun rises for the last time in 2014 over Tynemouth on the North East Coast. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(10 of23)
The sun rises for the last time in 2014 over Tynemouth Priory on the North East Coast. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
(11 of23)
Members of the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) carry a coffin cpmtaomomg a body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, to transfer to Surabaya, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. A massive hunt for the victims of the jet resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, but wind, strong currents and high surf hampered recovery efforts as distraught family members anxiously waited to identify their loved ones. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) (credit:Achmad Ibrahim/AP)
(12 of23)
PANGKALAN BUN, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 31: Members of Indonesian search and rescue team carry the body of a passenger of AirAsia flight QZ 8501 on December 31, 2014 in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. A massive recovery operation has begun following confirmation from Indonesian officials that remains and debris found in waters off Borneo are from the missing AirAsia plane. Indonesian officials have confirmed that debris and dead bodies that have been sighted in the Java Sea are from the AirAsia flight QZ8501 that went missing on Sunday. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) (credit:Ulet Ifansasti via Getty Images)
(13 of23)
PANGKALAN BUN, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 31: Indonesian Navy divers carry their gears from a cargo plane during the search operation for the victims of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, December 31, 2014. The authorities announced that six dead bodies of AirAsia victims were found and items resembling an emergency slide, plane door and other objects were spotted in the sea during an aerial search on December 30 for missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, Indonesian officials said. AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore, with 162 people on board, lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 a.m. local time on December 28. (Photo by Dewi Nurcahyani/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(14 of23)
ASPEN, CO - DECEMBER 30: Mariah Carey is seen in Aspen on December 30, 2014 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) (credit:Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)
(15 of23)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: People gather at the Sydney Opera House to welcome in the new year on New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)
(16 of23)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: People gather at the Sydney Opera House to welcome in the new year on New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)
(17 of23)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: People gather along Sydney Harbour to welcome in the New Year on New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)
(18 of23)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 31: Gay couple Joe Schofield (R) and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire are married in the Bootleg Room at The Corinthian shortly after midnight in front of friends and family in one of the first same-sex weddings in Scotland on December 31, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Same-sex couples have been able to enter into 'civil partnerships' since 2005, however following a change in the law in March 2014 gay couples are now eligible to marry in Scotland. Parliament's decision to grant same-sex couples an equal right to marriage has been met with opposition from religious groups. Gay marriage is already legal in England and Wales, however the Northern Ireland administration has no plans to make it law. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
(19 of23)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 31: Gay couple Joe Schofield and Malcolm Brown from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire are married in the Trades house shortly after midnight and take a selfie picture with friends and family in one of the first same-sex weddings in Scotland on December 31, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Same-sex couples have been able to enter into 'civil partnerships' since 2005, however following a change in the law in March 2014 gay couples are now eligible to marry in Scotland. Parliament's decision to grant same-sex couples an equal right to marriage has been met with opposition from religious groups. Gay marriage is already legal in England and Wales, however the Northern Ireland administration has no plans to make it law. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) (credit:Mark Runnacles via Getty Images)
(20 of23)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 30: A group of people stage an unsanctioned protest to support Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at Manej Square, in Moscow, on December 30, 2014. Russian opposition blogger and lawyer Alexei Navalny, along with his brother Oleg, were sentenced by a Moscow court Tuesday morning. Alexei Navalny is to serve 3.5 years probation and pay 500,000 rubles in fines. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(21 of23)
Supporters and opponents of Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny clash during unsanctioned protest in Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. The unsanctioned protest came hours after Alexei Navalny was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence. Navalny, who has been under house arrest since February, is accused of breaking the terms of his house arrest to attend the rally and was detained by police as he approached the site of the protest. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) (credit:Ivan Sekretarev/AP)
(22 of23)
EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations on December 30, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images) (credit:Roberto Ricciuti via Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 30: A fire burns on Calton Hill during Edinburgh's Hogmanay on December 30, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images) (credit:Roberto Ricciuti via Getty Images)