In Pictures: People cheer as fireworks and drummers mark the start of a new year

Drummers pounded in the new year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China joined the rest of the world in marking the start of 2026.

Sydney saluted the new year with joy and defiance, as the famous Harbour Bridge crackled with fireworks less than three weeks after Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.