Rome, Italy. High-angle medium view of Italian football fans waving Italian flags and celebrating.

High-angle view of a crowd of Brazilian football fans in Brazilian football colours jumping up and down while celebrating a goal being scored.

Medium close up view of a crowd of Brazilian football fans in Brazilian football colours enthusiastically celebrating a goal being scored.

Wide shot of Trinidadian carnival dancers in vibrant costume celebrating in the street.

Rome, Italy. A crowd of Italian football fans enthusiastically waving Italian flags and celebrating against the backdrop glow of a red flare.

A group of Italian football fans wave Italian flags and celebrate on top of a bus in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Rome, Italy. High-angle pan of a crowd of Italian football fans waving Italian flags in celebration.

A bare-chested Italian football fan throws his hands up in a gesture of celebration among other fans standing on top of a bus in Rome, Italy. Italian flags are waved in the foreground.

A brass band march in formation as part of the Fourth of July / Independence Day celebrations in Washington DC, USA. Spectators watch from the roadside.

Spain: Paper ribbons being thrown from balconies onto a celebrating crowd in a plaza below during the Pamplona Bull Festival season.

Rome, Italy. Pan across a crowd of Italian football fans holding red flares, waving Italian flags and celebrating enthusiastically.

Rome, Italy. A crowd of Italian football fans celebrating and waving Italian flags. One fan holds a red flare.

1980s Berlin, Germany; the fall of the Berlin wall. People spraying champagne alongside wall. Crowd waving German flags and talking to soldiers over the wall. Crowd celebrates as part of wall collapses

Pan across Italian football fans celebrating in the street in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. One fan carries an Italian flag while others celebrate on top of a bus.

High-angle view of a crowd of Brazilian football fans jumping up and down while celebrating a goal being scored.

Rome, Italy. High-angle pan of a large crowd of Italian football fans waving Italian flags in celebration.

A group of Italian football fans celebrate on top of a bus in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. An Italian flag is waved in the foreground.

Performers dancing on street wearing decorated dragon costumes during a Chinese celebration.

France: Red heart shaped fireworks explode in the night sky

London, England: A New Year's fireworks display over the River Thames and London Eye. Lots of fireworks exploding in the sky and the London Eye is lit up.

Rome, Italy. Medium close up view of Italian flags being waved enthusiastically against the backdrop glow of a red flare.

London, England: Wide view of the London Eye with the River Thames in the foreground, digital screen counts down last 10 seconds and a huge fireworks display begins.

London, England: A New Year's fireworks display over the River Thames and London Eye. Two boats speed along the river firing off red fireworks. Many shooting star explosions in the sky above.

Hong Kong, China: Wide shot of colourful fireworks display in Victoria Harbour, close up of fireworks against night sky.

London, England: Wide view of the London Eye lit up with swirling multi-coloured lights.

London, England: A New Year's fireworks display over the River Thames and London Eye.

Moscow, Russia: Fireworks exploding in a black night sky over the domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral.

Taiwan: Thousands of paper lanterns are released into the evening sky sending good wishes for the start of the Year of the Dragon

Nuremberg, Germany: Various shots of the Christmas market stalls selling cookies, chocolates and ornaments.

Pan up to spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington DC, USA.

American football fans inside New York bar watching 2006 World Cup tournament football match on television between USA and Ghana standing up excitedly and cheering

Black and white footage of a happy couple giggling and drinking under a tree.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding over the midtown Manhattan skyline in New York City, USA.

Spectacular purple Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Dissolving shot between the US Stars and Stripes flag blowing in the wind atop a flagpole and Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding.

Aerial pan around the Sun Trust Plaza skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks explode into the night sky in the background.

Spectacular purple Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Stunning fireworks display against dark sky with large rockets exploding leaving large, multi-coloured showers of shooting stars in the sky.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding. Onlookers and the gun turret of a tank are silhouetted in the foreground against the red glow of the fireworks.

Venice, Italy: General close shots of two people wearing Venetian masks and posing for the camera. The first mask is white with silver and gold details. The second mask has plumes of orange and green feathers.

Spectacular Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Chinatown, Singapore: Various shots of Chinese New Year lights and illuminated decorations in a busy Chinatown marketplace.

Wide shot of girls dancing with orange feathered fans on a Hong Kong street.

Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks soaring into the sky and exploding. The shot fades into an image of the US Stars and Stripes flag blowing in the wind atop a flagpole.

Spectacular purple and blue Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Houston, Texas USA.

Point of view shot (POV) travelling past a large crowd of people who are waving flags and taking photographs.

Aerial view of Fourth of July / Independence Day fireworks exploding in the night sky over Atlanta, Georgia, USA