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In pictures: Asia rings in 2024

In pictures: Asia rings in 2024 — Asia celebrates the arrival of 2024 with fireworks displays, parties and parades. (Photos: AP, AFP)

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Jubilant crowds bid farewell on Sunday (Dec 31) to 2023, with New Zealand among the first in the world to celebrate the arrival of 2024 with a fireworks display in Auckland.

Sydney's Harbour Bridge and other landmarks were also garlanded in light and colour by eight tonnes of fireworks.

In Singapore, fireworks lit up the Marina Bay skyline as the nation ushered in the New Year.

Pyrotechnics also illuminated the skies in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Manila.

Here's a look at how some places and people in Asia were welcoming 2024:

Fireworks explode over the Grand Palace during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)

Fireworks explode over the Grand Palace during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha)

Glitter cannon and pyrotechnics erupt as revellers celebrate the New Year during a countdown event in Beijing, on Dec 31, 2023. (Photo: Pedro Pardo)

Revellers ring in the New Year after a countdown to 2024 in Beijing on Jan 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Revellers prepare for a countdown to the New Year in Beijing on Dec 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Revellers cheer before a countdown to the New Year in Beijing on Dec 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Peter Parks)

Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Peter Parks)

People dance during a party on New Year's day in Mumbai, India on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)

People celebrate New Year's at a promenade in Mumbai, India on Jan 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Police cordon pedestrians while they cross Shibuya Crossing on New Year’s Eve ahead of midnight in central Tokyo on Dec 31, 2023. (Photo: AFP/Richard A Brooks)

People walk across Shibuya Crossing a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve in central Tokyo on Dec 31, 2023. (Photo: AFP/Richard A Brooks)

People gather for a countdown event to celebrate the New Year in central Seoul before midnight on Dec 31, 2023. (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je)

South Korean traditional dancers perform during a parade as part of a countdown event to mark the New Year in Seoul (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je)

People celebrate during a countdown event to mark the New Year at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul after midnight on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je)

Fireworks explode over Rockwell Center in celebration of the New Year in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Eloisa Lopez)

Fireworks at the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan celebrates the arrival of 2024 with fireworks at Taipei 101 Tower in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan 1, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Ann Wang)

Source: Agencies/rj

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