Happy New Year celebrations: Festivities across globe to ring in 2019

Celebrations around the world began at midnight as we usher in 2019. In Mumbai, the new year celebration at Bandra Reclamation was marked by extensive fireworks. People gathered in large numbers in Ahmedabad to welcome the new year 2019. (Express photo: Deepak Joshi)

Sky lanterns were lit on New Year's eve across Mumbai's Marine Drive on Monday. (Express photo: Pradip Das)

Citizens of Ahmedabad released over 1,000 balloons at Methodist Church in Maninagar area on the first day of 2019. (Express photo: Javed Raja)

Bandra Reclamation lit up to welcome the New Year 2019 (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)

Bandra Reclamation lit up to welcome the New Year 2019 (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)

Bandra Reclamation lit up to welcome the New Year 2019 (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty)

Tourists enjoy second phase ride near the Affarwat peaks in Gulmarg on New Year eve. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

Tourists enjoy second phase ride near the Affarwat peaks in Gulmarg on New Year eve. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

Tourists enjoy second phase ride near the Affarwat peaks in Gulmarg on New Year eve. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

Shinto priests make their way after attending a ritual to usher in the upcoming New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on New Year eve. (Photo: REUTERS)

Paramilitary police stand guard near the Bund in Shanghai, China on New Year Eve. (Photo: REUTERS)

People walk on the Nanjing Pedestrian Road, in Shanghai, China, on New Year eve. (Photo: REUTERS)

The gathering on Nanjing Pedestrian Road, China, on New Year eve. (Photo: REUTERS)

Fireworks explode over the Marina Bay ahead of the New Year eve festivities in Singapore (Photo: REUTERS)

Fireworks explode from Auckland's Sky Tower as the New Year is welcomed in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Jan 1. 2019. (Photo: Doug Sherring/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour during the New Year eve celebrations in Sydney. (Photo: Brendan Esposito/AAP Image via AP)