New Year Global

Millions of people around the globe have celebrated New Years Eve and welcomed in 2017.While the countdown brought parties and fireworks, it also came with heavy security and serious messages from world leaders.

Fireworks light up the sky over the London eye in central London during the New Year celebrations Source: AAP/PA wire

World leaders conveyed messages, mostly about national unity, after several incidents in 2016, including the terror attack in Europe.