Palestinian women shop on the last day of 2015 in Gaza city, Thursday, December 31, 2015. (Photo by Hatem Moussa/AP Photo)





Palestinian youths wearing masks and 2016 Santa Claus caps take a selfie as they attend the New Year celebrations in a heavy rain along the street in Gaza City, Friday, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Adel Hana/AP Photo)





Revelers dance in front of lit sparklers while celebrating New Year's Eve in Paranaque city, metro Manila December 31, 2015. (Photo by Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)





A French Super Etendard fighter jet parked on the flight deck of France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is seen in Manama December 31, 2015. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/Reuters)





A resident throws water from a bucket on the roof of a house as he tries to extinguish a fire at a residential district, amidst New Year celebrations in Manila January 1, 2016. Local media reports said about 2000 families were rendered homeless after a fire caused by firecrackers gutted houses during New Year celebration in Manila. (Photo by Czar Dancel/Reuters)





White whales and their trainers present a show at Harbin Pole aquarium in Harbin, China on December 30, 2015. (Photo by Tao Zhang/NurPhoto/Corbis)





A woman sits inside a Chinese Restaurant watching floodwater race by the window in Dumfries, southern Scotland, on December 30, 2015 after heavy rainfall brought by Storm Frank. Storm Frank battered Scotland leaving thousands of homes without power and severe floods in its wake. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP Photo)





A sculpture of a mammoth is seen on a snow-free field in Bogen, Austria, 30 December 2015. (Photo by Frederick von Erichsen/EPA)





Balinese take part in a cultural parade during a New Year's Eve celebration at a main road in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 31 December 2015. (Photo by Made Nagi/EPA)





Balinese girls in traditional costumes gather during a parade for this year's last sundown in Bali island, Indonesia Thursday, December 31, 2015. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)





Visitors climb on Leonard Knight's Salvation mountain in Niland, USA on December 30, 2015. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis)





Brave swimmers get out of the four degree Celsius cold water of the Moossee lake at Moosseedorf, Switzerland, 31 December 2015, after their traditional New Year's Eve swim. (Photo by Peter Klaunzer/EPA)





Brave swimmers get ready to enter the four degree Celsius cold water of the Moossee lake at Moosseedorf, Switzerland, 31 December 2015, for their traditional New Year's Eve swim. (Photo by Peter Klaunzer/EPA)





An acrobatic racing plane trails smoke prior to the New Year's Eve fireworks in Sydney, Australia, 31 December 2015. (Photo by Mick Tsikas/EPA)





Yemeni university graduates attend their graduation ceremony at Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen, 31 December 2015. According to reports literacy rates in Yemen stand at approximately 70 percent for men and 38 percent for women, though the ongoing conflict in the impoverished country has severely limited the chances for students to attend education, as schools close. (Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA)





A Naga boy sells an eagle on the eve of the New Year in Kohima, Nagaland state, India, 31 December 2015. Wild bird is a delicacy among the Naga tribal people inhabited in Manipur and Nagaland states and they hunt wild birds on festive season as their tradition. (Photo by Rajat Gupta/EPA)





A Palestinian girl runs past a graffiti reading the new year “2016” as she returns to her house after school in Gaza City, 30 December 2015. According to reports, the graffiti were painted by Italian artists. Police in the Gaza Strip announced on 30 December that New Year's celebrations in the coastal enclave are banned as a contradiction of Islam. (Photo by Mohammed Saber/EPA)





People stand in line for police checks at enter to the Red Square, Moscow, Russia 30 December 2015. Russians are preparing celebrate New Year 31 December and Christmas according to the Russian Orthodox' Julian Calender now 13 days after Christmas Day (25 December) on the Gregorian Calender. Red Square will be closed to visitors on 31 December. A security measure Russia has reinforced during the New Year and Christmas holidays. (Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA)





North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts as he pays his last respects to Kim Yang Gon in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 31, 2015. Kim Yang Gon, a senior North Korean official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un died in a car accident, state news agency reported on Wednesday, the latest dramatic death or disappearance in the close circle of deputies to the country's leader. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)





South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's New Year speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, January 1, 2016. Kim said in an annual New Year speech that he's ready for war if provoked by “invasive” outsiders but stayed away from past threats centering on the country's nuclear weapons and long-range missile ambitions The letters read: “Kim Jong Un's New Year Speech”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





People cool off beneath a water fountain in Madureira Park on December 30, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded in the city today. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global average temperature in 2015 will likely be the hottest year ever recorded. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





Performers pose for photos before the countdown to the New Year at an event in Beijing, China, Thursday, December 31, 2015. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Slovenia's Peter Prevc soars through the air during his trial jump at the second stage of the 64th four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, December 31, 2015. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)





Paul Dusablon, left, and Richard Kotva row from the Circle K at Springdale Park after helping the owner move electronics off the floor inside the convenience store, in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday, December 30, 2015. A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and Illinois as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places. (Photo by Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP Photo)





Two Egyptian men and a camel stand on a hill overlooking one of the Giza Pyramids during a New Year's Eve fireworks display near Cairo, Egypt at midnight on Friday, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo/AP Photo)





Buddhists light candles during New Year celebrations at Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, early Friday, January 1, 2016. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





Police officers photograph fireworks as they guard Red Square in Moscow, Russia, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, January 1, 2016. Putin is using his New Year's message to commemorate both the country's current fight in Syria and the battles of World War II seven decades ago. The recorded message was being televised just before midnight Thursday in each of Russia's nine time zones. (Photo by Denis Tyrin/AP Photo)





El Tropicana de Cuba dancers rehearse for their three day debut at the El Tucan modern-day cabaret after the dance troupes last visit to the United States 32 years ago on December 30, 2015 in Miami, Florida. As the United States and Cuba continue a normalization of relations the 15 visiting dancers are part of a cultural exchange with Cuba and it's hoped that the audience will be transported to Cuba with the rhythm, the sounds, the tastes, and the sights of Tropicana. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)





Afghan refugees woman gather for renewal of their family cards at the Chamkany registration centre on the outskirts of Peshawar on December 31, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people fled Afghanistan during the last three decades of war, with a majority of them taking refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. (Photo by A. Majeed/AFP Photo)





Peoples release balloons to celebrate the New Year with Tokyo Tower in the background in Tokyo, early Friday, January 1, 2016. Japan celebrated the start of 2016, the Year of the Monkey in the Japanese Zodiac. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





In this aerial photo, homes are surrounded by floodwater, Wednesday, December 30, 2015, in Pacific, Mo. A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places. (Photo by Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)





Children stand at a Christmas bauble and a mosque illuminated for New Year celebrations in downtown Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia, Thursday, December 31, 2015. (Photo by Musa Sadulayev/AP Photo)





Sun pillars appeared in Xilinhot City, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. A sun pillar is a vertical shaft of light extending upward or downward from the sun. Typically seen during sunrise or sunset, sun pillars are formed when sunlight reflects off the surfaces of falling ice crystals associated with thin, high-level clouds. (Photo by Imaginechina/Splash News)





Nine-year-old Rayen Koan rides his Ninebot one-wheel self-balancing scooter, in downtown Los Angeles, California December 30, 2015. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP Photo)