A migrant boy jumps in the air as he waits to travel to Greek islands by dinghies, near Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, late Thursday Dec. 31, 2015. More than a million people hoping to escape war and poverty have made their way into Europe this year, according to migration monitors, but attention has been focused on two more common routes ó across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece or across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
An Indian man releases balloons with a placard during a function to welcome the new year at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A worker wears mock spectacles in the shape of 2016 during a countdown event in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Tens of thousands run during the popular San Silvestre road race in Madrid, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. Every year on Dec. 31 since 1964 thousands of amateur and professional runners participate in this 10 kilometres (6.3 miles) urban race along the streets of Madrid. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Honda’s racer Paulo Goncalves, from Portugal, is reflected in the mirror of his motorbike as he pushes his bike after a technical verification at the 2016 Argentina-Bolivia Dakar Rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. The rally will start on Jan. 3. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Switzerland’s Simon Ammann starts from the hill during his trial jump at the second stage of the 64th four hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
A migrant walks after he received free food as he waits to travel to Greek islands by dinghies, near Cesme, Izmir, Turkey, late Thursday Dec. 31, 2015. More than a million people hoping to escape war and poverty have made their way into Europe this year, according to migration monitors, but attention has been focused on two more common routes across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece or across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Pope Francis holds a monstrance as he celebrates a new year’s eve vespers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pakistanis are silhouetted against the last sunset of 2015 on their way home on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Smoke and flames pouring from a residential building, which also contains the Address Downtown Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday evening, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
New York’s Times 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)
New York police officers 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. Nearly 6,000 armed police officers are guarding Times Square as the year 2015 draws to a close. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
A man with frost on his face runs along the banks of the Neris river as temperatures dipped to -18 degrees Celsius (-0,40 degrees Fahrenheit) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A guard peers out of a hole in the entrance gate to the Agujas immigration detention center, where U.S. fugitive Ethan Couch is being detained in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. The Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is being held at a Mexico City immigration detention center in one of the capital’s poorest areas, where he will likely spend weeks, if not months, as he appeals deportation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin, right, holds a jacket over his head as he is escorted from a detention center after he was released on bail, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in San Antonio. Police charged Boykin with felony assault of a police officer stemming from a bar fight early Thursday morning. TCU football coach Gary Patterson has suspended Boykin for Saturday’s Alamo Bowl game against Oregon. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
In this aerial photo, floodwater reaches the rooftop of a house, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, in Valley Park, Mo. Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or train to a virtual standstill Thursday in the St. Louis area. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Great Pyramids are illuminated for New Year’s Eve in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt late Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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