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Happy New Year! Photos of Celebrations Around the World

Hooray! See photos of revelers around the world.

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Hooray! See photos of revelers around the world.

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Fireworks erupt over on the Elbe river in Dresden, eastern Germany during the New Year's celebrations.

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Fireworks light up the Dom church on the Rhine river in Cologne, western Germany after midnight as part of the New Year celebrations.

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Fireworks light up the sky above Funchal Bay, Madeira Island, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

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People release balloons to celebrate the New Year's during an annual countdown ceremony produced by the Prince Park Tower Tokyo.

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A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee lights oil lamps at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on January 1, 2013. Many Sri Lankans marked the beginning of the 2013 New Year with religious ceremonies.

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Confetti rains down at the stroke of midnight in Times Square.

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Confetti rains down at the stroke of midnight as close to one million gather in Times Square.

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A worker clears confetti from a sidewalk in Times Square after midnight.

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People watch fireworks along Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on January 1, 2013, during celebrations by over three million people attending New Year's Eve festivities.

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Fireworks light up the sky along Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro during celebrations by over three million people attending New Year's Eve festivities.

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Fireworks explode over Elizabeth Tower housing the Big Ben clock to celebrate the New Year.

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Crowds gather on The Embankment close to Big Ben and the London Eye in central London just before midnight in London.

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Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis Hill during the New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece.

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That's Szczesliwego Nowego Roku to them. (We think so, anyway.)

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Revelers watch fireworks illuminating over St. Basil cathedral at the Red Square in Moscow.

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Indonesians watch firework explode in the capital. 

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People are silhouetted as fireworks explode over the Singapore financial district to mark the start of the new year.

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Fireworks illuminate the sky to usher the new year at the Marina Bay in Singapore.

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Cheers, mate! Australia revels in being among the first to ring in 2013. 

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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. 

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More festivities from Victoria Harbour.

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Lights burst in the sky near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers.

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In a celebration fused with activistms, revelers in South Korea gathered near the border village of Panmunjom, just over the line from North Korea. About 5,000 participants prayed for a peaceful solution to the rising tension over the north's nuclear weapons programs and hoped for an early reunification of the divided Koreas.

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Wowza! A firework display explodes off Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, Taipei101.

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