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Fireworks dazzle from Sydney to Pyongyang as 2017 begins in the East

Iraqi displaced persons also marking a new year filled with uncertainty.

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as Australia's largest city ushers in the New Year
WORKERS PREPARE the New Year’s Eve numerals above a Toshiba sign in Times Square in Manhattan.

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Confetti flies around the New Year's Eve Ball Drop, after midnight ,during New Year's eve celebrations in Times Square, New York January 1, 2015.

IN PICTURES: Revelers ring in New Year around the world