Partygoers wear 2016-themed hats as they wait to ring in the new year at the Sydney Harbour in Australia December 31, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Gurung girls wearing traditional costumes dance while taking part in a New Year parade in Kathmandu, Nepal December 30, 2015. Members of the Gurung community in Nepal celebrate their Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the year of the Monkey. Photo: Reuters
A man prays outside the Sensoji temple ahead of the New Year holidays in Tokyo, Japan December 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters
An injured baby reacts inside a field hospital after what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the town of Abtaa, Deraa, Syria December 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters
A flooded street is pictured in Dumfries, Scotland December 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby (C) arrives with attorney Monique Pressley (R) for his arraignment on sexual assault charges at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania December 30, 2015. Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 after plying her with drugs and alcohol, marking the first criminal case against a once-beloved performer whose father-figure persona was already left tattered by dozens of misconduct allegations. Photo: Reuters
Activists burn a war flag of the Imperial Japanese Army during a protest to urge the Japanese government to apologise for its so-called "comfort women" for Japanese soldiers during World War Two, outside the Japan Culture Exchange Association in Taipei, Taiwan, December 31, 2015. The placards (top) read, "Japan apologise. Restore my dignity". Photo: Reuters
