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Added on the 11/10/2016 11:20:31 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Images of the traditional fireworks display over Sydney Harbour as Australia becomes one of the first countries to enter the new year 2024. More than a million partygoers are expected on Sydney's foreshore for the festivities. IMAGES
Thousands of fans march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as the countdown to the FIFA Women's World Cup narrows -- with less than a month until kick-off. The Women's World Cup will be staged in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20 and will be the first to feature 32 teams. IMAGES
A timelapse video of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as it lights up in purple for seven minutes to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne -- as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Several landmarks around the Harbour city were also coloured in purple lights to mark the royal celebration. IMAGES ++COMPLETES 32BQ9HT ++
Search teams find wreckage of the An-26 passenger plane with 28 people aboard that disappeared in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula, the country's aviation agency told AFP. IMAGES
Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge switch off their lights for 60 minutes to mark "Earth Hour", the global campaign launched 15 years ago by the World Wide Fund for Nature to raise awareness of environmental issues and climate change. IMAGES