Best fireworks from across the world on New Year's eve

Seen from the Marriott Marquis, confetti flies over Times Square, released two hours before midnight, during New Year's Eve celebrations in New York. (AP Photo)

In this photo taken on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2013, Myanmar's famed Shwedagon Pagoda is illuminated in National Kandawgyi park in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo)

Fireworks light the sky over Copacabana beach during New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo)

People skate during New Year's Eve celebrations at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. (AP Photo)

Fireworks light the sky above the Mariendom (Cathedral of Mary), right, and the St. Severi's Church, left, shortly after midnight during New Year's Eve celebrations in Erfurt, central Germany. (AP Photo)

Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate shortly after midnight in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo)

Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania shortly after midnight during the New Year's Eve celebrations. Thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2014 in the Lithuanian capital. (AP Photo)