With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry, millions around the world welcomed 2014.

Exploding fireworks sprayed from the sails of the Sydney Opera House and the Australian city’s harbour bridge at midnight as the world ushered in a new year.

SURVIVORS of devastating Philippines flash floods face a growing threat of disease, including cholera and typhoid, officials warned as the death toll rose above 1,000.

She came into the world at two minutes before midnight, a tiny, wrinkled girl born into a struggling Manila family.