While you were sleeping: The world welcomes 2018; Another Lotto winner in Quebec

While Montrealers were soundly sleeping, the other side of the globe was already welcoming 2018  
In New Zealand, tens of thousands of people took to streets and beaches, becoming among the first in the world to usher in 2018.
As the new year dawned in this southern hemisphere nation, fireworks boomed and crackled above city centres and harbours, and party-goers sang, hugged, danced and kissed.
In Sydney, Australia, fireworks lit up the sky above Sydney Harbour a few hours before midni