Highlights of Daily world news through Xinhua photos selected over the past 24 hours.

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Sydney, Australia, Jan. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Hongye)

New Year fireworks are seen near the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

Fireworks are seen in the sky behind the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 1, 2019 to celebrate the new year. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Fireworks light up the sky over Baghdad, capital of Iraq, Jan. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

Fireworks are seen at the Burj Khalifa on New Year's Eve in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 1, 2019. (Xinhua)

Fireworks go off during the annual New Year's Eve celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2018. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)

Marko Djokovic (L) and Novak Djokovic of Serbia react during a doubles match against Mubarak Shannan Zayid of Qatar and Cem Ilkel of Turkey at the ATP Qatar Open tennis match in Doha, capital of Qatar, Dec. 31, 2018. Marko Djokovic and Novak Djokovic won 2-1. (Xinhua/Nikku)

Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2018 shows the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States. House Democrats have reportedly prepared a plan to end the ongoing partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government, without funding for President Donald Trump's border wall.(Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Spokesperson of the Houthi rebels Yahya Sarie speaks during a press conference in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 31, 2018. Yemen's rival forces on Monday traded accusations of breaching a UN-brokered ceasefire in flashpoint Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)

Rescuers walk on the mud after landslides struck at Sinaresmi village in Suka Bumi district, West Java, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2019. A total of 41 villagers were missing after fatal landslides struck Suka Bumi district in Indonesia's West Java Province on Monday. (Xinhua/Demy Sanjaya)