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| New Year's Eve 2017 - live updating: London Eye illuminated by 12-minute display as celebrations spread across world | New Year's Eve 2017 - live updating: London Eye illuminated by 12-minute display as celebrations spread across world |
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| New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world are well underway and the UK has welcomed 2018 with a massive 12-minute fireworks display over the London Eye. | |
| Thousands also marked Hogmanay in Edinburgh, braving warnings of stormy weather. | |
| Samoa, a tiny pacific island, welcomed the new year at 10am GMT, followed by New Zealand an hour later. | Samoa, a tiny pacific island, welcomed the new year at 10am GMT, followed by New Zealand 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. But both were dwarfed by a 10-minute extravaganza on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. | 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. |
| Whatsapp went down as India celebrated its New Year, prompting thousands to complain they could not send messages to friends and family. | Whatsapp went down as India celebrated its New Year, prompting thousands to complain they could not send messages to friends and family. |
| Dubai shunned the more conventional fireworks display in favour of a colourful light show that illuminated the side of a skyscraper. | Dubai shunned the more conventional fireworks display in favour of a colourful light show that illuminated the side of a skyscraper. |
| 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. |