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From Monday night, “Vikings” from the Shetland Islands, carrying axes and shields, and bagpipes in kilts kicked off the Scottish New Year celebrations in Edinburgh, throughout a torchlight procession within the medieval previous city.

In the self-proclaimed “New Year’s capital of the world”, Sydney, preparations for the festivities have been overshadowed by the anti-Semitic assault in mid-December on an emblematic seashore of the Australian metropolis, which left 15 useless. A minute of silence will probably be noticed on Wednesday at 11 p.m. native time (1 p.m. in Paris), and the well-known port bridge will probably be illuminated in white, a logo of peace. Several hundred thousand folks, surrounded by bolstered safety, are anticipated to attend a huge fireworks show at midnight sharp.

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the “largest New Year celebration” − duly acknowledged by the Guinness Book of Records − guarantees to be grandiose, with twelve minutes of fireworks and 1,200 drones to gentle up the sky. Thirteen levels have been arrange without cost concert events throughout the town, together with three on the well-known Copacabana seashore, the place 2.5 million individuals are anticipated.