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epa03520811 Workers set up a decoration for Myanmar's first ever public New Year countdown celebration in Yangon, Myanmar, 31 December 2012. Thailand's largest event organiser, Index Creative Village, invests 35 million baht to organize the first official New Year countdown in Yangon, Myanmar. EPA/LYNN BO BO -
Shinto priests attend a end-of-the-year purification ceremony to prepare for New Year's Day at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP Photo -
T closing figures on the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong. Antony Dickson / AFP Photo -
Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays his sculpture in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo -
Indian kite maker Jagmohan Kanojia flies a kite with new year greetings in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP Photo -
A Filipino vendor arranges fireworks for New Year celebrations in Manila. Cheryl Ravelo / Reuters -
A trader wearing "Happy New Year" glasses works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on New Year's Eve. Seth Wenig / AP Photo -
People look at the Tokyo Tower illuminated to celebrate the New Year in Japan. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters -
Tourists pose outside the Taj Mahal in Agra ahead of the New Year. -
Fireworks light up Sydney harbour for New Year's Day. Damian Shaw / EPA -
Thousands of revellers take part in the annual Johannesburg Carnival in South Africa. Kim Ludbrook / EPA -
Fireworks erupt over on the Elbe river in Dresden, eastern Germany on January 1, 2013 in Berlin during the New Year's celebrations. AFP Photo / Robert Michael -
Fireworks explode over the London Eye in central London, as part of the New Year celebrations. AP Photo/PA, Dominic Lipinski. -
Neon Trees perform during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York, December, 31, 2012. AFP Photo / Emmanuel Dunand.
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