New Year's Eve 2015 Photos from Celebrations from Around the World

Impact

Around the world on Thursday, people were reveling in welcoming a whole new year. There's a lot to remember about 2015, which was a year that saw no shortage of both chaos and triumphs. Yet after a a full 12 months of highs and lows, individuals and nations alike had barrels of hope for a lucky, prosperous, happy and healthy 2016. Here's a look at how global citizens rang in 2016.

Australia

Zak Kaczmarek\City of Sydney/Getty Images
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South Korea

Ahn Young-joon/AP
Ahn Young-joon/AP

Indonesia

Firdia Lisnawati/AP
Achmad Ibrahim/AP

Palestine 

Hatem Moussa/AP
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India

Ajit Solanki/AP
Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

Japan

Eugene Hoshiko/AP
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Philippines 

Bullit Marquez/AP
Bullit Marquez/AP

Turkey

Emrah Gurel/AP
Emrah Gurel/AP

Thailand

Sakchai Lalit/AP
Sakchai Lalit/AP

China

Ng Han Guan/AP
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Malaysia 

Joshua Paul/AP
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