Crowds build around the Sydney Harbour foreshore at Circular Quay during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2019. AAP Image for City of Sydney/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Large crowds thronged Sydney harbour on Tuesday to watch Australia's famous New Year's Eve fireworks, even as smoke from deadly wildfires turned skies in nearby coastal towns blood-red.
The planned spectacle is going ahead despite calls from some members of the public for the fireworks to be cancelled, in solidarity with fire-hit areas in New South Wales (NSW) of which Sydney is the capital city.
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