The events will be capped by a spectacular fireworks display showcasing the bridge and surrounding parkland.
In Brazil, thousands enjoyed a fireworks display on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
The city marked New Year's Eve with the biggest fireworks display it has ever seen.
On Canada Day, Parliament Hill will host a huge street party concluding with the annual fireworks display.
The weather caused a fireworks display for the Lord Mayor's parade in London to be called off.
Get a couple scoops of ice cream from one of the area vendors and watch the fireworks display.
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At 2-1 in the decisive set, play was suspended for nine minutes for an Australia Day fireworks display.
The opening-night fireworks display was described as seven times bigger than that at last year's Summer Olympics in China.
Mr Gingrich, a walking, talking, and sometimes dangerously undisciplined ideological fireworks display, was a different species of politician altogether.
The countdown, featuring a fireworks display and performances by Burmese entertainers, was due to be broadcast live on television.
The Celebration of the Bridges will include a flotilla of boats on the Forth and a major free fireworks display.
The day's festivities, many of them free, were to be followed by a fireworks display over the Coney Island beach.
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Police had been informed about the fireworks display at the hotel about two hours before crews were called to the fire.
Instead, it turned into a fireworks display between Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn.
Bad weather prompted some New Zealand planners to cancel outdoor events, but a low-key fireworks display went ahead at Auckland's Sky Tower.
Before the majestic fireworks display and the heart-thumping national anthem, Barlow led the Queen, the Duchess Of Cornwall and Prince Charles on stage.
For people in the Highland capital of Inverness a fireworks display was laid on for the evening and drew a crowd of about 2, 000.
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And for the dramatic climax, head to the terrace of Pincian Hill, above Piazza del Popolo, at 7:30 pm on 12 February for a fireworks display.
The developer caught considerable heat, for example, when in 2001--at the height of fire season--he unleashed a 20-minute fireworks display as part of an annual wingding at the club.
Revellers in Aberdeen brought in the new year with a fireworks display at His Majesty's Theatre, while the Proclaimers headlined a Hogmanay concert on the esplanade of Stirling Castle.
Celebrations in Manchester include a huge fireworks display at Castlefield, while up to 10, 000 people will watch a parade and the lighting of a beacon at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
The three-hour ceremony will begin at 21:00 BST with "an hour of culture", followed by the athletes parade, then the lighting of the cauldron and a fireworks display to bring down the curtain.
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The end of the season brings a fireworks display to mark their success, to recognize a job well done, and to allow the crew a final burst of relief after weeks and months at sea.
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Meanwhile, Ivory Coast is beginning three days of national mourning for at least 60 people crushed to death after they left a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the West African country's biggest city, Abidjan.
There will be a fireworks display every night, but subdued enough not to interfere with flights in and out of Chek Lap Kok airport or with residents of Discovery Bay, a middle-class housing enclave along the Lantau coast.
While there may not have been a fireworks display and trumpets sounding in the physical world, there was definitely a parade being thrown inside of me as I realized a new beginning of where I wanted to take my career.
But it was more like a firecracker, one quick burst and then nothing, rather than fireworks where the display continues and continues.
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