Sydney Celebrates New Year's Eve

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Festivities during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Celebrates New Year's Eve

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Festivities during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Celebrates New Year's Eve

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Fireworks during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Celebrates New Year's Eve

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Fireworks during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.

New Year's in Pakistan

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Pakistanis tourists ride on boats during the last sunset of 2012 at a lake view point in Islamabad on December 31, 2012. Sydney will kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.

Stock Markets End Trading Year On The Edge Of The Fiscal Cliff

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Traders wear 2013 New Years party glasses while they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 31, 2012 in New York City. US lawmakers are struggling to work out a last-minute deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff," which could mean tax raises for millions of Americans.

New Year's Eve

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A man writes a text message (SMS) of New Year greetings on his smartphone in the western city of Rennes on December 31, 2012 shows. Millions of SMS should be sent in the world on January 1, 2013.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Indian sportsmen of Madan mohan malviya stadium, light candles to welcome the New Year in Allahabad on December 31, 2012. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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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, flagship of the Prince hotel chain in Tokyo on January 1, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with the visitors wishes.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Fireworks explode over Victoria harbour to celebrate the new year, in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Fireworks are launched from the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Fireworks are launched over Jakarta's main business road to mark the new year in Jakarta on January 1, 2013 .

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Revellers set off firecrackers as they usher New Year in Manila on January 1, 2013. Philippine officials on December 31, reported more injuries from fireworks as the emergency services braced for a night of thunderous and sometimes deadly merrymaking to usher in the new year.

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Revellers celebrate the new year during a count-down event at the Summer Palace in Beijing on January 1, 2013.