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Brightening fireworks flare and scintillate over the Hanshan Temple
during New Year celebrations in Suzhou, China.
Rabbi Qiushuang, the abbot of Hanshan Temple, strikes the bell welcoming
the new year in Suzhou, China.
Thousands of people watch fireworks at Copacabana beach during
New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro.
Xinhua / Zuma PressFireworks explode in the sky above
the Victoria Habour in Hong Kong
Michel Euler / AP400 spotlights illuminate the Eiffel Tower
during the New Year's Eve in Paris.
The Eiffel Tower mark its 120th birthday in 2009.
Jeff J Mitchell / Getty ImagesNew Year revellers gather on Princes Street
ahead of the New Year celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Suzanne Plunkett / ReutersFireworks explode in front of the London Eye
on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London
Dominique Faget / AFP - Getty ImagesFireworks explode
over the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to bring in New Year's Day.
Kay Nietfeld / EPATwo young women use sparklers to write the date '2010'
in the sky over the Inner Alster lake in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday.
People celebrate New Year's Day on an ice rink in Red Square in Moscow.
Lebanese girls in disguise celebrate in Beirut, Lebanon during New Year celebrations.
Jasper Juinen / Getty ImagesNew Year's Eve fireworks display illuminates
the sky over the Erasmus Bridge crossing the Nieuwe Maas river in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Michael Kappeler / AFP - Getty ImagesBerlin's landmark Brandenburg
Gate is illuminated as revelers gather to attend the public party
to celebrate the New Year on Thursday night.
Tim Wimborne / ReutersFireworks explode over Australia's Sydney Harbour.
More than a million people attended the annual extravaganza.
EPAA sand sculpture helps usher in the new year on a beach of Puri, India.
The Tokyo Tower is lit up and balloons are released to celebrate
New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Fireworks light up the sky in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Saeed Khan / AFP - Getty ImagesFireworks explode near
Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year celebrations
in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Fans take part in a rock gala Thursday night to celebrate the New Year in Beijing, China.
Vladimir Pirogov / ReutersFather Frost, the equivalent to Santa Claus,
and a Snow Maiden are part of the New Year parade in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Chinese paramilitary police welcome the New Year at a military base in Wuhan,
Hubei province, on Dec. 30. The Chinese characters read "Happy New Year".
Fireworks light the sky in front of the Mayon volcano in Legazpi,
south of Manila in the Philippines, on Friday. Mayon has been spewing ash
and burning mud and rocks for more than two weeks.
People celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year
at the Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday.
Fireworks explode from the world's tallest completed skyscraper, Taipei 101,
during New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, Jan. 1.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34640612/ns/world_news/
