Dubai welcomes the New Year in spectacular style

United Arab Emirates welcomed the New Year with spectacular fireworks and laser beams on display at Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Thousands of people whistled and cheered at the display taking place at the world's tallest building.

The New Year began in the tiny atoll nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific, then moved across Russia and New Zealand before heading deeper, time zone by time zone, through Asia and Europe.