Photos: The United States welcomes 2016

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Photos: The United States welcomes 2016

New York's Time Square rings in the year 2016.

Fireworks go off as the new year is rung in at the stroke of midnight on Times Square Jan.1, 2016, in New York City. The New York City Police Department deployed more than 6,000 officers in the Times Square area, including more than 1,100 officers who graduated from the police academy on Tuesday.

A police officer (right) walks past revelers playing with confetti in New York's Times Square after the New Year's Eve celebration Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.

The countdown to 2016 is marked on New York's Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015.

Revelers celebrate as confetti flies over New York's Times Square after the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the Marriott Marquis hotel, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, female impersonator Gary Marion, known as Sushi, hangs in a giant replica of a woman's high heel shoe Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Key West, Fla. Beginning at about 11:59 p.m. Thursday, the shoe with Sushi in it is to be lowered to Duval Street to mark the beginning of 2016. The Big Red Shoe Drop is one of several of the subtropical island city's takeoffs on New York City's Times Square ball drop. (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Demi Lovato performs at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

A member of the cleanup crew sweeps confetti in New York's Times Square after the New Year's Eve celebration, Friday, Jan. 1, 2016.

Recording Artist Wiz Khalifa performs "See You Again" on stage with singer Charlie Puth at the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016 on December 31, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

Recording Artist Wiz Khalifa performs "See You Again" on stage with singer Charlie Puth at the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016 on December 31, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

U.S. Marines wait to celebrate the new year in Times Square on December 31, 2015 in New York City. The New York City Police Department has deployed more than 6,000 officers in the Times Square area, including more than 1,100 officers who graduated from the police academy on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Recording Artist Wiz Khalifa performs "See You Again" on stage with singer Charlie Puth at the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2016 on December 31, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

Recording Artist Kelsea Ballerini performs on the Music City Stage during the Jack Daniels Bash on Broadway: New Year's Eve in Music City on December 31, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images)

Demi Lovato performs at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

NPeople take part during New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2015 in New York City. At least 6,000 police officers have been deployed, including rooftop snipers, canine units and air and water patrols, in and around Times Square in Manhattan. Mayor Bill de Blasio declared New York to be "the best prepared city to prevent terrorism and to deal with any event that could occur." (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

People take part during New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2015 in New York City. At least 6,000 police officers have been deployed in one of the biggest security deployments made in the city, where rooftop snipers, canine units and air and water patrols will also be on duty. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

New York police officers patrol behind the barricades during the hours before the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. Nearly 6,000 armed police officers are guarding Times Square as the year 2015 draws to a close. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

New York police officers keep watch along police lines before the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

An NYPD officer stands with a bomb-sniffing dog during the hours leading up to the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. Nearly 6,000 armed police officers are guarding Times Square as the year 2015 draws to a close. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

New York pofficers keep watch along police lines during the hours leading up to the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

A New York police officer uses binoculars while keeping watch from a rooftop along Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Binoculars rest on the ledge of a building as New York police officers patrol from a rooftop along Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A New York police officer uses binoculars to patrol from a rooftop along Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. Nearly 6,000 armed police officers are guarding Times Square as the year 2015 draws to a close. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New York's Time Square glows during New Year's Eve celebrations seen from a New York Police helicopter patrolling the city, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A New York Police helicopter patrols over the Statue of Liberty during New Year's Eve celebrations, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Revelers gather near the main stage during the New York Times Square New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis hotel, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Fireworks go off as the new year is rung in at the stroke of midnight on Times Square Jan.1, 2016, in New York City. The New York City Police Department deployed more than 6,000 officers in the Times Square area, including more than 1,100 officers who graduated from the police academy on Tuesday.

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