Revelers greet 2017 with tributes, fireworks, tweets

Here’s how people around the world were ushering in 2017:

Australia: Sydney sent up a dazzling tribute to some of 2016’s fallen icons with a New Year’s Eve fireworks display honoring the late singer David Bowie and late actor Gene Wilder, becoming the first major city to bid a bittersweet adieu to a turbulent year.

France: Tourists and French revelers swarmed along Paris’ illuminated Champs-Elysees Avenue on a frosty night, admiring the laser display from the Arc de Triomphe and lines of trees sparkling with lights. United Arab Emirates: In Dubai, hundreds of thousands of people watched fireworks shoot from the sides of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. U.S.: New Year’s Eve revelers in New York began to fill Times Square hours before the glittering crystal ball was to drop.

Officials estimated as many as a million celebrants would descend upon the Crossroads of the World, braving cold temperatures and strong winds to bring in the new year amid heavy police protection.

And from Florida, President-elect Donald Trump wished everyone, including his “many enemies,” a happy new year. He also included “those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don’t know what to do.” Trump ended the 8 a.m. tweet with “Love!”

Vatican City: Pope Francis called on the faithful to help young people find a place in society, noting the paradox of “a culture that idolizes youth” but has made no place for the young. Francis said during vespers that young people have been “pushed to the margins of public life.”