The new year was welcomed down under with fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge, which was photographed by website reader Raj Singh.
Seventeen-year-old Matthew Gladwell took this photo of another firework show in downtown Naples, Italy.
Thousands celebrated Hogmanay in the streets in Edinburgh. Tony Marsh was one of them and photographed this couple kissing.
And Zaidi Muhamad in Cardiff sent in this photo of a spinning carousel of golden horses there.
Rory O'Sullivan spent his New Year's Eve partying well into the night with other revellers in north London.
Tony Killen saw 2009 in from St James's Park in London, where he watched the fireworks display by the Thames.
Tony Killen also captured reflections of the fireworks in St James's Park.
The water and sky were later bathed in pink light, shown in another photo by Tony Killen.
Beautiful views and more pink fireworks were witnessed by Sun Bess in Taipei.
And Ngwane Emmanuel took this photo while celebrating in Dusseldorf. You can send us your snaps too - email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.
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