Hello, 2019: Revelry, reflection mark transition to new year
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January 2, 2019
Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including political, trade and religious ones.
A look at how the world is ushering in 2019:
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Fireworks crackled at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, as hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered downtown to watch the spectacular display.
The fireworks replaced last year's somewhat anticlimactic LED lightshow that ran down th...
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