1 janar 2015

Switzerland's Simon Ammann soars during his first jump at the second stage of the four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

A Swiss guard stands as he attends a New Year Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, in Dubai to celebrate the New Year.

People sit on a overloaded truck in Madama, Niger, near the border with Lybia.

Residents salvage their belongings after a raging fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines. At least eight people, including a seven-year-old child, died and thousands were displaced after a fire broke out in different locations in metro Manila as the New Year kicked off, local media reported.

A U.S. soldier from Dragon Troop of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment fires a Javelin missile system during their first training exercise of the new year near operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan.

A reveler dressed up as a "stick man" takes part in New Year's celebrations in Coin, near Malaga, southern Spain.

A young Egyptian Christian girl sings during New Year's Eve Mass at the Cave Cathedral or St. Sama'ans Church in the Moqattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 31, 2014.

A banner reading "de Blasio, apologize to the NYPD" towed by an airplane flies over the Hudson River in New York, Dec. 31, 2014. Police union leaders said their grievances with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio remained unresolved after meeting with him, 10 days after they said he was partly to blame for a gunman's deadly attack on two policemen.

Revelers toss confetti over Times Square from a hotel after the clock struck midnight during New Year's Eve celebrations in New York.

Women riding on a "mikoshi" or portable shrine cheer as people carry the shrine into the sea during a festival to wish for calm waters in the ocean and good fortune in the new year in Oiso, west of Tokyo, Japan.

Thousands of people flock to celebrate New Year's Day on Cape Town's Muizenberg beach, South Afrcia.