Photos: 2014 New Year’s celebrations around the world

It’s arguably the world’s most spectacular New Year’s celebration: A costumed performance and light show atop the Great Wall of China. It’s just one of many 2014 New Year’s celebrations from around the globe. Check out more: (Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images)

Dec. 31, 2013 12 AM PT

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Happy New Year! A Google Doodle is just one fun way to ring in 2014: Here’s a look at 2014 New Year’s celebrations around the globe.

Chinese folk artists take part in the Great Wall celebration. (Lintao Zhang / Getty Images)

A light show illuminates the Great Wall during the countdown to 2014. (Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images)

Look how far this performance stretches into the night! Let’s look at how other parts of the world are ringing in 2014: (Wang Zhao / AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks light up the sky over the capital of the Philippines. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)

A new event -- the first-ever ball drop at Hotel Lebua at State Tower in Bangkok -- claims to be the world’s highest New Year’s Eve ball drop. (Luke Duggleby / Associated Press for lebua Hotels)

Fireworks above Kandawgyee Lake. (Lynn Bo Bo / EPA)

Thousands celebrate at the Jakarta Night Festival. (Bagus Inahono / EPA)

Indonesian military members prepare to release lanterns into the sky above Bintan Island to mark the arrival of the new year. (Yuli Seperi / Getty Images)

Fireworks launch from the landmark Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)

Another look at that spectacular display in Taipei. (Wally Santana / Associated Press)

This is a custom that has world-wide popularity: Nothing says “Happy New Year” like funky glasses. (Herbert Neubauer / EPA)

See what we mean? Revelers prepare to watch the ball drop on Times Square. (Don Emmert / AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands gather at an open-air party in front of the Brandenburg Gate. (Ole Spata / EPA)

Fireworks go off over Marina Bay. (How Hwee Young / EPA)

People gather to release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of balloons -- carrying wishes for the new year -- are released as 2014 begins. (Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images)

New Year’s fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor. (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)

Another look at those Hong Kong fireworks ... (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)

Buddhists attend New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Bongeun temple in Seoul. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

Now we know what Santa does after Christmas: Dole out chocolates to people enjoying their last sea bath of the year in Dinard, western France. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)

This is one New Year’s Eve tradition that needs explaining: It seems that in Uruguay, splashing passers by with water is a way to ring out the old year, in preparation for the new. Here, a cyclist in downtown Montevideo is drenched. (Miguel Rojo / AFP/Getty Images)