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In Pictures: Australia Welcomes New Year 2019 With Dazzling Fireworks Display

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 31 Dec 2018 07:56 PM (IST)

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New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

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New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

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New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

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Australia's largest city Sydney witnessed its biggest-ever fireworks display to welcome the New Year and kick off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world. Photo: AFP

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The midnight fireworks light up the Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations on January, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Photo: AFP

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A record amount of pyrotechnics as well as new fireworks effects and colours light up the harbour city's skyline for 12 minutes and dazzle the more than 1.5 million spectators. Photos: AFP

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To mark the international year of indigenous languages in 2019, the harbour also hosted a ceremony celebrating Aboriginal heritage that included animations projected onto the bridge's pylons, AFP reported.

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The party atmosphere will sweep across major cities in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas as the clock ticks past midnight. AFP Photo

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New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the fireworks show on January 1, 2019. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House in the midnight display during New Year's Eve celebrations on January 1, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Photos: Getty Images

Published at : 31 Dec 2018 07:55 PM (IST)

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