You have been sending us pictures from around the world for the first "Your week in pictures" for 2014. Calum Macnab took this photo on Calton Hill, Scotland at the end of the torchlight parade which kicked off Edinburgh's Hogmanay festivities.
Alan Davis, from Weeley in Essex, England was in Sydney to watch the New Year spectacle over the Australian city. He took this photo whilst he was on board a boat moored in Lavender Bay, about 200m from the harbour bridge.
Stanely_TW posted this photo on Instagram as he witnessed the demise of the giant inflatable duck in Taiwan's Keelung Port.
Bad weather has affected people across the world this week. On Friday at Ardrossan Harbour, near Saltcoat in Scotland, the waves were topping the lighthouse, as seen in this photo sent in by William McKnight.
Whilst snow hit inland New York, USA there were still some brave swimmers who took to Coney Island for the annual Polar Bear Club Swim, as snapped by Lem Lattimer on New Year's Day.
Also in New York, Lem Lattimer took this photo of an alternative way to get around the city.
Julie Isaacs braved the snow in Oak Park, Illinois, USA to find a lone cycle left out in the cold.
While residents on Susie Doyle's street had to dig through the snow that had drifted in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, Canada blocking them in.
In Sussex, England, properties along the coastline took a battering, as seen by Harry Tripp's photo taken on Saturday.
James Allbut took this photo of a van washed up on a Jersey beach. He said: "The van weighing over two tonnes was tossed and rolled around by the waves outside our house at La Rocque, Jersey, UK. The van had been dragged from the slip and washed 300 metres along the beach before being completely smashed and its contents strewn along the shore."
More flooding was experienced at the end of the week in Dorset, England. Stuart McGregor took this photo looking down from the A350 at Spetisbury.
The pebble beach in Brighton, England grew with the storm surge as pebbles were pushed up along the promenade. Chris Limb took this picture, he said: "The stretch of promenade between First Avenue and Waterloo Street was covered with pebbles following the storms. Some of the benches were half covered due to the pebbles on the beach being piled up higher than the level of the promenade."
On Friday Chris Orange went for a walk with his son in Preston Sands, Torquay, England to watch the storm go out to sea. Send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk For terms and conditions see bbc.co.uk/terms
