A stampede killed at least 36 people in Shanghi during New Year’s Eve celebrations, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city’s famous Bund waterfront district.

Revellers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to welcome the new year.

Thirty five people have been killed and 42 injured in a stampede during Shanghai’s New Year event, according to reports.

FROM Sydney to Pyongyang, fireworks, lion dances and prayers for good fortune ushered in the Year of the Tiger yesterday as a cold snap across China failed to dampen celebrations.