In Pictures: Torchlight procession begins new year celebrations

Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a torchlight procession through Edinburgh to start the city’s new year celebrations.

Locals and tourists – along with pipers, drummers and dance groups – made their way down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle on Sunday evening.

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will continue on Monday with the annual street party and a headline set by Franz Ferdinand in Princes Street Gardens.