The new year is a time of high hopes and good cheer,... and people from all over the world
gathered with that spirit in mind... to ring in the start of 2015.
In Brazil, an estimated two million people converged on Copacabana Beach for a 16-minute-long
fireworks show.
They weren′t just celebrating the new year,... but also the official opening of Rio de Janeiro′s
450th birthday.
Tens of thousands braved the cold in London for a display of pyrotechnics on the River
Thames,... with Big Ben "chiming" in the new year with its unmistakable sound.
And in New York′s Times Square, arguably the mother of New Year′s celebrations,...
about one million people gathered... to watch the ball drop... as they′ve done nearly
every year since 1907.