Clouds settle over the snow covered hills on New Year’s day in Belmont, eastern France, on January 1, 2015.

A cheerleader smiles as cheer teams gather for a formal photograph ahead of the New Year’s Day Parade in London on Janurary 1, 2015.

People hold smartphones as they watch fireworks during New Year celebrations at the Red square in Moscow early on January 1, 2015.

A boy watches the fireworks for the new year on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on January 1, 2015.

Singapore’s skyline gliters with lights as spheres in the waters of Marina Bay form the number ’50’ to mark Singapore’s 50th anniversary in 2015,

A woman in a fancy dress costume jumps into Carnlough harbour, north of Belfast in Northern Ireland on January 1, 2015 for the annual New Years day charity harbour plunge.

“Happy New Year 2015” is seen displayed on screens as the ball drops at midnight atop of One Times Square in New York on January 1, 2015.

Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) – Rescuers discovered nine bodies of victims of the ill-fated AirAsia flight QZ8501 until Thursday evening,

NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Bernama) — United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed his “sincerest condolences”

YICHANG, Jan 2 (Xinhua) — China’s Three Gorges Power Plant generated 98.8 billion kilowatt-hours