HAPPY NEW YEAR! Photos As The New Year Is Celebrated In Some Countries Around The World

The biggest party in the world is underway with bright fireworks bursting into skies across the globe as midnight strikes and nations hail the start of 2014.
Australia welcomed 2014 in style as Exploding fireworks sprayed from Sydney's iconic opera house and harbor bridge as the world began ushering in a new year. 

Chinese residents in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China use light pens to draw 2014 to welcome in the New Year