Blaze of Fireworks Welcomes 2017 in Hong Kong
Australia, New Zealand, Japan and even North Korea may have gone first, but Hong Kong’s energetic New Years Eve fireworks display was no less spectacular. Thousands of spectators crowded to watch the show over Victoria Harbour.
Hong Kong’s tourism board streamed the event live, showing a large digital countdown of 2016’s last minute before the skyrockets, shells, fountains and mortars blasted skyward. Credit: Periscope/@discoverhk via Storyful