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Fireworks light up the Strip as Las Vegas welcomes 2016 — PHOTOS

Guests watch as fireworks explode during New Year‘s Eve festivities from the Vortex Roof Deck at The LINQ hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip just after midnight on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Daniel Clark/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Camila Leal, left, and Bernardo Ronanini, both of Brazil, embrace as the fireworks go off on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto

Fireworks seen from the top of the Rio in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day Friday, Jan.1, 2016. Photo taken with a tilt shift lens. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @rookie__rae

Fireworks seen from the top of the Rio in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day Friday, Jan.1, 2016. Photo taken with a tilt shift lens. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @rookie__rae

Fireworks seen from the top of the Rio in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day Friday, Jan.1, 2016. Photo taken with a tilt shift lens. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @rookie__rae

Fireworks seen from the top of the Rio in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day Friday, Jan.1, 2016. Photo taken with a tilt shift lens. Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @rookie__rae

Fireworks go off behind the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel on the Strip in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

Revelers watch the fireworks on the Strip in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

Fireworks go off from the Planet Hollywood on the Strip in Las Vegas on New Year‘s day, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

Revelers watch the fireworks display on the strip to ring in the New Year on the Strip in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Brett Le Blanc/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bleblancphoto

New Year‘s Eve revelers take photos as fireworks light up the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto

New Year‘s Eve revelers take photos as fireworks light up the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto

Camila Leal, left, and Bernardo Ronanini, both of Brazil, watch as fireworks go off on the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @csstevensphoto

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