London has welcomed 2019 with a dazzling firework display and the chimes of Big Ben.

Some 100,000 ticket-holders lined the banks of the Thames to watch 70,000 projectiles made up of eight tonnes of fireworks fire into the sky from three barges and the London Eye.

Edinburgh also put on a spectacular display, with around 75,000 party-goers gathering in the centre of the city to see in 2019.

Below are pictures and details from all the big displays in the major cities around the world. Happy New Year!

London celebrates as Big Ben awakes

The words "London is open" rang in the new year as the capital welcomed 2019 with a dazzling riverside fireworks display.

The phrase was spoken in seven languages around two minutes past midnight as the city skyline filled with lights in the largest annual display in Europe.