New Year Messages from the World Leaders

A number of high-profile world leaders have delivered their annual New Year messages as the world ushers in 2019.

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of China's "reform and opening up" Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

Leaders from China, Germany, France and more have reflected on the year gone by, and what they hope to achieve in the 12 months to come.