Today (September 19) sees the launch of the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

The much-anticipated new flagship device from Apple has already launched in a number of countries, with many more to come.

Scores of fans have been waiting for days to be the first to get their hands on the new smartphone, which boasts a number of new features and comes in two different sizes for the first time.

Scroll down to view some of the best pictures from the iPhone 6 launch across the globe.

1. Jamael Ahmed jumps for joy as he leaves the Apple Covent Garden store becoming the first to purchase the new iPhone 6:

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Ben A. Pruchnie


2. Huge swathes of excited customers gather outside the Apple Covent Garden store:

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Ben A. Pruchnie


3. The queue appears to endlessly continue through Covent Garden:

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Ray Tang


4. The iPhone 6 on display:

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Ben A. Pruchnie


5. A stack of packaged iPhones waiting to be purchased:

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Ben A. Pruchnie


6. A customer in Tokyo, Japan proudly displays not one, but two new iPhones after purchasing both the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus:

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Aflo


7. Butch, who waited outside the Apple Tokyo store since September 16 is the first Japanese customer to receive a new iPhone:

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Aflo


8. Fans queue around the shopping centre to be the first into the Apple Cardiff store:

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Matthew Horwood


9. A fan in the queue in St David's Arcade in Cardiff gets comfortable on an inflatable armchair:

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Matthew Horwood


10. Staff inside the Apple Melbourne store in Australia applaud as the first customers are given entry to the shop:

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Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/LNP


11. Batman himself brandishes a new iPhone outside the Apple Tokyo store:

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Datiche Nicolas/SIPA


12. Up to a thousand people queue outside Apple's Bond Street store in London:

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13. The exotic looking Miami Apple store is surrounding by eager iPhone users:

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Aaron Davidson


14. Dani Winters takes a selfie with his new iPhone 6 at the Eaton Centre Apple Store, Toronto:

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Ryan Emberley/AP


15. An army of Apple followers point their devices at the Munich store in Germany:

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Action Press


16. Twitter user Phil Buckendorf manages to snap himself with Apple CEO Tim Cook outside the store in Palo Alto, California:

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Phil Buckendorf