Photography: The worlds Celebrations on 2018 Arrival

In Yogyakarta, Indonesia, fireworks lit up the city's skyline as midnight struck

Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour

Back to Indonesia and celebrants fly lanterns at Borobudur temple

The 123-storey Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea

In Cairo, a Santa Claus rings in the new year at a market

In Jakarta, the business district was blanketed in colour

In Singapore, the Marina Bay was a centre of celebration

An early gathering of revellers in New York's Times Square wrapped up against the freezing cold

Sydney Harbour's world-famous display was among the first shown worldwide on television

Further south east, Melbourne also celebrated

Buddhists at the Kelaniya Temple in Sri Lanka prayed to mark the occasion

Revellers in Istanbul, meanwhile, gathered on the streets of the city to await the stroke of midnight

Crowds packed the famous Champs-Élysées in Paris

People take part in the New Year's Day swim in Dunkirk, France

Hundreds of swimmers run into the North Sea in Scheveningen, the Netherlands