• epa03046523 Revellers gather at the Champs-Elysees to welcome 2012 New Year on New Year's Eve in Paris, France, 01 January 2012. EPA/YOAN VALAT *** Local Caption *** 03046523.jpg
    epa03046523 Revellers gather at the Champs-Elysees to welcome 2012 New Year on New Year's Eve in Paris, France, 01 January 2012. EPA/YOAN VALAT *** Local Caption *** 03046523.jpg
  • Fireworks light the sky above the Grossmuenster church in Zurich, Switzerland, during the New Year celebrations. EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA
    Fireworks light the sky above the Grossmuenster church in Zurich, Switzerland, during the New Year celebrations. EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA
  • Fireworks and confetti fill the sky in New York's Times Square at midnight. EPA/PETER FOLEY
    Fireworks and confetti fill the sky in New York's Times Square at midnight. EPA/PETER FOLEY
  • Crowds watch fireworks illuminate the night sky over Castel dell'Ovo in Naples, Italy. EPA/CIRO FUSCO
    Crowds watch fireworks illuminate the night sky over Castel dell'Ovo in Naples, Italy. EPA/CIRO FUSCO
  • The Circular Mound is illuminated as Beijing celebrates the New Year's Eve at the Temple of Heaven Park. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
    The Circular Mound is illuminated as Beijing celebrates the New Year's Eve at the Temple of Heaven Park. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
  • A kaleidoscope of fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Over one and a half million spectators lined the harbour vantage points to watch the spectacular pyrotechnic display. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
    A kaleidoscope of fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Over one and a half million spectators lined the harbour vantage points to watch the spectacular pyrotechnic display. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
  • Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral square in Vilnius. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS
    Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral square in Vilnius. AFP PHOTO / PETRAS MALUKAS
  • Giovanna Rodger joins thousands of revelers gathered in New York's Times Square to celebrate the ball drop at the annual celebration in New York City. Jemal Countess/Getty Images/AFP
    Giovanna Rodger joins thousands of revelers gathered in New York's Times Square to celebrate the ball drop at the annual celebration in New York City. Jemal Countess/Getty Images/AFP
  • Thousands of Egyptian Muslims and Coptic Christians attend a celebration on New Year's eve in Tahrir Square in Cairo, as they remember those killed in the revolution that ended the long reign of president Hosni Mubarak. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
    Thousands of Egyptian Muslims and Coptic Christians attend a celebration on New Year's eve in Tahrir Square in Cairo, as they remember those killed in the revolution that ended the long reign of president Hosni Mubarak. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
  • Iraqi Kurds watch fireworks lighting up the sky on New Year's Eve in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED
    Iraqi Kurds watch fireworks lighting up the sky on New Year's Eve in the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED
  • Fireworks explode to welcome the new year in Dresden, eastern Germany. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN KAHNERT
    Fireworks explode to welcome the new year in Dresden, eastern Germany. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN KAHNERT
  • Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the hill of the Acropolis during New Year's eve celebrations in Athens. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
    Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the hill of the Acropolis during New Year's eve celebrations in Athens. REUTERS/John Kolesidis
  • People watch a fireworks display during New Year celebrations at a cemetery in Vina del Mar city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago. Dozens of families gathered at the cemetery to celebrate the start of the new year alongside the graves of the???
    People watch a fireworks display during New Year celebrations at a cemetery in Vina del Mar city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago. Dozens of families gathered at the cemetery to celebrate the start of the new year alongside the graves of the???
  • A man lights an Old Man effigy which symbolizes burning the past and getting ready to start a happy New Year without bad memories of the past in Mumbai, India on New Year's eve. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
    A man lights an Old Man effigy which symbolizes burning the past and getting ready to start a happy New Year without bad memories of the past in Mumbai, India on New Year's eve. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
  • NATO troops from the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) celebrate New Year's Eve in Kabul. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
    NATO troops from the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) celebrate New Year's Eve in Kabul. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
  • An Iranian Christian kisses the Cross held by archbishop Babken Charian, during New Year Mass at the Vank church in the central city of Isfahan, 234 miles (390 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
    An Iranian Christian kisses the Cross held by archbishop Babken Charian, during New Year Mass at the Vank church in the central city of Isfahan, 234 miles (390 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
  • Fireworks explode in the sky over Bucharest, Romania, at midnight, Sunday, January 1, 2012, during street celebrations. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
    Fireworks explode in the sky over Bucharest, Romania, at midnight, Sunday, January 1, 2012, during street celebrations. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
  • People dance during New Year's celebrations in Madrid, Spain. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
    People dance during New Year's celebrations in Madrid, Spain. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki
  • Sri Lankan folk dancers perform a ritual on the eve of New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The ritual is aimed to bless the country in the new year and to ward off the bad spirits . AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena
    Sri Lankan folk dancers perform a ritual on the eve of New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The ritual is aimed to bless the country in the new year and to ward off the bad spirits . AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena
  • Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei. REUTERS/Shengfa Lin
    Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei. REUTERS/Shengfa Lin
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