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New Years Celebrations Around the World

Fireworks lit up skies across the world last night as millions of revelers rang in 2011 with a bang. See pictures of the spectacular displays, from New York's Times Square to Brazil's Copacabana beach.

Published Dec. 31 2010 3:41AM EST

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---new-york-city_cfpxxf — Lucas Jackson / Reuters,© Lucas Jackson / Reuters

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---new-york-city_xnntz5 — Revelers cheer as confetti falls in Times Square.
Lucas Jackson / Reuters

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---honolulu_hfb31l — Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---london_mbgi0q — Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames in central London to see in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display.
Dan Kitwood / Getty Images

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---paris_mtwzhz — Thousands celebrate on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Charles Platiau / Reuters

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---berlin_frefnz — Tourists use sparklers to write 2011 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Gero Breloer / AP Photo

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---rio-de-janeiro_bx7fa2 — Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.
Buda Mendes, LatinContent / Getty Images

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---moscow_rzd3ut — Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background, right, and St. Basil's Cathedral in background left.
Misha Japaridze / AP Photo

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---hong-kong_l2078j — Revelers wave during the New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Times Square.
Vincent Yu / AP Photo

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---australia_xq7g3q — The sky above Sydney Harbor lights up at midnight.
Rob Griffith / AP Photo

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---taiwan_oazxb9 — A portrait of Chinese founding father Sun Yat-sen constituted by fireworks during a New Year's Eve ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan.
Chiang Ying-ying / AP Photo

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---scotland_naaxsz — Scotland hogmanay in Edinburgh.
Xinhua / Landov

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---dubai_jq5o4j — Fireworks surround the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, on New Year's Eve in Dubai.
Ali Haider, EPA / Landov

galleries/2010/12/31/new-years-celebrations-around-the-world/new-years---japan_vzoots — Ringing in the new year at Sensoji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Hiro Komae / AP Photo

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