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| New Year's Eve 2017 - live updating: Hong Kong wows with 10-minute display as celebrations spread across world | New Year's Eve 2017 - live updating: Hong Kong wows with 10-minute display as celebrations spread across world |
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| New Year’s Eve celebrations have begun to kick off around the world, with Samoa the first country to welcome in 2018. | New Year’s Eve celebrations have begun to kick off around the world, with Samoa the first country to welcome in 2018. |
| The tiny pacific island saw in the new year at 10am GMT, with New Zealand following an hour later. | The tiny pacific island saw in the new year at 10am GMT, with New Zealand following an hour later. |
| In Australia, 2018 arrived at 1pm GMT with as many as one million people watching Sydney harbour’s world famous fireworks. | In Australia, 2018 arrived at 1pm GMT with as many as one million people watching Sydney harbour’s world famous fireworks. |
| North Korea’s Pyongyang display outshone that of Japan half an hour earlier. | North Korea’s Pyongyang display outshone that of Japan half an hour earlier. |
| But both were dwarfed by a 10-minute extravaganza on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. | But both were dwarfed by a 10-minute extravaganza on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. |
| Whatsapp went down as India and Sri Lanka celebrated their New Year, prompting thousands to complain they could not send messages to friends and family. | |
| Rail strikes and Storm Dylan were expected to disrupt New Year’s Eve travel in the UK, with gusts of up to 80mph forecast in Northern Ireland and Scotland. | Rail strikes and Storm Dylan were expected to disrupt New Year’s Eve travel in the UK, with gusts of up to 80mph forecast in Northern Ireland and Scotland. |
| The last places on Earth to greet the new year will be US islands such as Baker Island and Howland Island, where 2018 will arrive at noon GMT on 1 January. | The last places on Earth to greet the new year will be US islands such as Baker Island and Howland Island, where 2018 will arrive at noon GMT on 1 January. |