Peoples release balloons to celebrate the New Year with Tokyo Tower in the background in Tokyo, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Japan celebrated the start of 2016, the Year of the Monkey in the Japanese Zodiac.
An armed police officer guards the entrance of Horse Guards prior to the New Year's Eve celebrations in central London, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. Security is going to high in the capital this New Year's Eve following the Paris attacks and with Belgium authorities cancelling the New Year's Eve fireworks in Brussels after a terrorism threat.
Police officers detain a man in the historic center in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. The New Year's Eve fireworks display and all official events are being canceled in Belgium's capital due to threats of an extremist attack. It was not known why the man was detained.
A fireworks display is set off from the Taipei 101 skyscraper during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Pope Francis kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he arrives to celebrate a new year's eve vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.
Revellers photograph a 5-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe as part of New Year's Eve celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.
Police officers photograph fireworks as they guard Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Putin is using his New Year’s message to commemorate both the country’s current fight in Syria and the battles of World War II seven decades ago. The recorded message was being televised just before midnight Thursday in each of Russia’s nine time zones.
Two Egyptian men and a camel stand on a hill overlooking one of the Giza Pyramids during a New Year's Eve fireworks display near Cairo, Egypt at midnight on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Buddhists light candles during New Year celebrations at Jogye Buddhist
temple in Seoul, South Korea, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Revellers smile during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Lan Kwai Fong, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
Joel and Francesca Robertson embrace as they get ready to celebrate the
Hogmanay, New Year, celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday Dec.
31, 2015.
New York's Times Square glows during New Year's Eve celebrations seen
from a New York Police helicopter patrolling the city, Thursday, Dec.
31, 2015, in New York.
Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill
during the New Year celebrations in Athens, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.
A worker wears mock spectacles in the shape of 2016 during a countdown event in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.
