In pictures: here’s how the world has been welcoming 2019, with fireworks, coffins, bells and boxing

Revellers around the globe are bidding a weary farewell to an unsettling year filled with challenges to many of the world’s most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion.
Here’s a look at how people have been ushering in 2019 around the world. Kiribati: The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first in the world to welcome the new year, greeting 2019 with muted celebrations after spending 2018 on the front line of the battle against climate change…