The World Rings in the New Year
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Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben as New Year's Eve become New Year's Day. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to celebrate the arrival of 2012 with a spectacular fireworks display.
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Confetti flies over New York's Times Square as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration.
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Heidi Hyatt and Staff Sgt. Nick Star join thousands of revelers gathered in Times Square to celebrate the ball drop.
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Lady Gaga performs in Times Square.
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The Circular Mound is illuminated as Beijing, China, celebrates the New Year at the Temple of Heaven Park.
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Female impersonator Gary Marion, as "Sushi," dangles high above revelers in a giant reproduction of a woman's high heel at the Bourbon Street Pub complex in Key West, Fla. The Red Shoe Drop is a Key West New Year's tradition.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year. Thousands celebrated the beginning of the New Year in Germany's capital.
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Revelers celebrate on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris.
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Fireworks fill the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour in Australia.
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A man in festive eyewear gets a first look at 2012 in Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
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Men dressed as Vikings lead the annual torchlight procession in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thousands joined in the procession, which is followed by the burning of a Viking long ship to mark the start of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations.
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The Temple of Heaven is illuminated in Beijing, China.
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Indian Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat performs during celebrations in Mumbai.
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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.
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Bucharest is awash in color at midnight during New Year's Eve street celebrations. Large crowds took advantage of the dry weather to attend the celebrations in Romania's capital.
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A self-portrait preserves the big moment during New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square.
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Russians celebrate on Red Square in Moscow.
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A Pakistani barber gives a 2012 haircut at a barbershop in Rawalpindi.
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A fireworks display illuminates the Dom Tower in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Nepalese indigenous Gurung community members in traditional attire take part in a New Year's celebration ceremony in Kathmandu.
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Worshipers pay their first visits of the year at Jade Temple in Shanghai, China.
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Italy's Marco Fois takes the traditional plunge into the Tiber River from the 59-foot-high Cavour Bridge in Rome to celebrate the New Year.
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Hardy Dutch swimmers brave the icy North Sea in Scheveningen, Netherlands. A record number of approximately 10,000 people participated in the 2012 version of the traditional New Year's dip.
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Thousands of biodegradable balloons are released by Sao Paulo's Commercial Association at Patio do Colegio, site of this Brazilian city's foundation in 1554. The workers of the association started releasing balloons in 1992. It has now become a tradition for celebrating the New Year.
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Workmen begin the task of cleaning up after thousands of revelers gathered in Times Square to celebrate the ball drop.
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