New Year’s 2017 Celebrations In Pictures: World Brings In The New Year With Great Cheer And Revelry [PHOTOS]

Millions across the globe welcomed 2017 with great joy as they bid adieu to 2016 — a year that is being called out by many for not being the greatest.

From revelers at New York’s Times Square, to families awaiting the pyrotechnics at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the new year was brought in with song, dance and wishes for a peaceful 2017.

Security was at an all-time high with U.S. and European cities — like Berlin, London, Paris and Rome — stepping up security following incidents, like the truck-ramming in the French city of Nice, of violence targeting masses in the year that passed.

This did not deter the citizens as they flocked to the Champs-Elysées, one of ISIS' reported targets earlier in the year, to watch fireworks at the Arc de Triomphe. London sold out tickets for a elaborate pyrotechnics display above the River Thames, accompanied by a Robbie Williams concert.

The iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia hosted two pyrotechnics, a family display at 9 p.m. and a midnight show, which included a tribute to Prince — as a shower of purple rain — and David Bowie, who died in 2016, in the form of spectacular fireworks .

The celebrations, however, were marred by a deadly attack early New Year's Day at a popular club in Turkey. Security forces across the world remained vigilant to allow the massive crowds to ring in their new year without fear.

“We are closely following the developments regarding the night club shooting in #Istanbul #Turkey,” the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau tweeted.

Here are pictures from all around the world, showcasing how different cities in different countries brought in the new year: