Images from the New Year's celebrations around the world
A geisha girl rings in the new year at Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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People strike a bell at a temple to celebrate the New Year on the New Year's Eve in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Crowds celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year at the Zojoji Temple, in Tokyo, seconds after midnight Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Pedro Cartagena of Patterson, N.J. watches New Years' Eve festivities in the rain on Times Square in New York Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Fireworks explode above downtown Jakarta's Welcome Monument, in Indonesia, early, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Malaysian people hold placards reading "2010" during New Year Eve celebrations in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Fireworks flash over Sydney Harbor during New Year celebrations, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Revelers celebrate the New Year at the stroke of midnight on Times Square Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in New York.
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Fireworks light up the skyline of the financial district to usher in the New Year on Jan. 1, 2010 in Singapore.
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Filipinos gather in a park watching fireworks that lit up the sky as they welcomed in the new year Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. in Manila, Philippines.
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A worshipper rings in the new year at Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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A man and a woman return to their village after the day's work on a bicycle as the sun sets marking the end of the year on the outskirts of Puri, India, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Fireworks explode above downtown Jakarta's Welcome Monument, Indonesia, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Pope Benedict XVI kneels down in prayer as he visits the nativity scene after celebrating a New Year's Eve vespers service, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Fireworks explode at the Two International Finance Centre buildings (2IFC) over the Victoria Harbor as celebrating the 2010 New Year in Hong Kong Friday, Jan.1, 2010.
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People click their glasses in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Hundred thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2010 in Germany's capital.
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Revelers celebrate the 2010 New Year countdown event in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Russian revelers celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, with the St. Basil's cathedral in the background, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the Square for the celebration as the clock on the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, struck midnight.
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Emme Zheng, of Greensboro, N.C., foreground left, and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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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, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the Square to celebrate the new year, and view the fireworks as the clock on the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, right, struck midnight.
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Malaysian people hold placards reading "2010" during New Year Eve celebrations in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009.
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Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Hundred thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2010 in Germany's capital.
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Fireworks flash over Sydney Harbor during New Year celebrations, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. The annual fireworks extravaganza over the city's landmark harbor bridge and opera house are the centerpiece of Australia's celebrations.
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New Year fireworks light the Taipei cityscape from the tallest occupied building in the world, Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Audra Zaba, right, and Eric Rooney kiss after the stroke of midnight while celebrating New Years Eve on Times Square Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 in New York.
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The crystal-paned ball on the roof of 1 Times Square in New York is raised shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 to signify the start of New Year's festivities in Times Square.
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Fireworks light up the skyline of the financial district to usher in the New Year on Jan. 1, 2010 in Singapore.
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