2013: New Year celebrations around the world

Dec 31, 2012

2013: New Year celebrations around the world

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From fireworks to 2013 glasses and hats, here’s a look at New Year celebrations around the world.

: Fireworks ring in the new year as seen from Silo Point. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Fireworks ring in the new year as seen from Silo Point. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: National Guardsman John Cebak (R) kisses his fiancee Sonja Babic at the start of the new year in Times Square in New York January 1, 2013. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: Singer Taylor Swift performs during New Year’s celebrations on Times Square on December 31, 2012 in New York. (Emmanuel Dunand/Getty Images)

: People celebrate as the stroke of midnight rings in the new year in Times Square on January 1, 2013 in New York City. Approximately one million people are expected to ring in the new year in Times Square. (Monika Graff/Getty Images)

: A view of atmosphere during New Year’s Eve 2013 In Times Square at Times Square on December 31, 2012 in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013 In Times Square with the Rockettes at Times Square in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

: Fireworks ring in the new year as seen from Silo Point. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Fireworks ring in the new year as seen from Silo Point. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Fireworks ring in the new year as seen from Silo Point. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Confetti is dropped on revelers at midnight during New Year celebrations in Times Square in New York. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: Confetti is dropped on revelers at midnight during New Year celebrations in Times Square in New York. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: A worshippers prays at a temple in Colombo on January 1, 2013 to welcome in the New Year. Asian cities brought in the New Year in spectacular style the night before after Sydney set off a global wave of fireworks, with long-isolated Yangon joining the pyrotechnic celebrations for the first time. (Getty Images)

: Gary Marion, portraying female impersonator Sushi, hangs in an oversized replica of a woman’s red high heel shoe over Duval Street at the Bourbon Street Pub Complex in Key West, Florida. The Red Shoe Drop has become a Key West tradition and is one of five Florida Keys warm-weather takeoffs on New York City’s Times Square ball drop marking the beginning of the new year. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via Getty Images)

: Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight in London, England. Thousands of people are lining the banks of the River Thames near Parliament in central London to herald the start of 2013. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

: South Korean singer PSY performs with US singer MC Hammer (R) during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. (Emmanuel Dunand/Getty Images)

: Fireworks light up the sky above Funchal Bay, Madeira Island, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. (Gregorio Cunha/Getty Images)

: Fireworks light up the sky above Funchal Bay, Madeira Island, to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. (Gregorio Cunha/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over the Funchal city bay during New Year celebrations in Madeira island. (Duarte Sa/Reuters)

: Neon Trees perform during celebrations ahead of New Year’s in Times Square in New York December 31, 2012. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)

: People celebrate the New Year at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, early on January 1, 2013. (Andrea Pattaro/Getty Images)

: Lebanese people kiss as they celebrate on new year’s eve in Beirut, early on January 1, 2013. (Anwar Amro/Getty Images)

: Puja Sthapit, (c) 28, left, and Anit Lacoul, 29, from Ellicott City listen to the band, Outbreak, at the Inner Harbor as part of the New Year festivities. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Puja Sthapit, (c) 28; Anit Lacoul, 29; Yogen Joshi, 31; Prashna Joshi, 29; and Deena Shakya, 28. New Year’s revelers listen to the band Outbreak at the Inner Harbor. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

: Revelers fill Times Square during a celebration to mark the start of the new year in New York December 31, 2012. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: Fireworks illuminate the night sky before Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro during New Year’s Eve festivities. (Vanderlei Ameida/Getty Images)

: Fireworks illuminate the night sky before Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro during New Year’s Eve festivities. (Vanderlei Ameida/Getty Images)

: Fireworks illuminate the night on New Year’s Eve in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Orlando Sierra/Getty Images)

: The monument of “Cristo del Picacho” is illuminated with artificial lights on New year’s Eve in Tegucigalpa. (Orlando Sierra/Getty Images)

: Evalena Worthington, costumed as a pirate wench, rehearses being lowered from the mast of a sailing vessel at Schooner Wharf Bar on New Year’s Eve in Key West, Florida. At midnight, Worthington is to descend as one of five unique “drops” in the Florida Keys to herald the dawn of 2013. (Melissa Pearson/Getty Images)

: Pakistani youths celebrate the New Year on a street in Lahore on early January 1, 2013. Asian cities brought in the New Year in spectacular style after Sydney set off a global wave of fireworks, with long-isolated Yangon joining the pyrotechnic celebrations for the first time. (Arif Ali/Getty Images)

: Rapper MC Hammer (L), and Korean Rapper PSY perform during New Year’s Eve 2013 In Times Square at Times Square in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

: Singer Carly Rae Jepsen performs during New Year’s Eve 2013 In Times Square at Times Square in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

: Revelers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve get festive with NIVEA accessories and products at Times Square in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images)

: Stella Rose Dorazio, 3, raises her arms in celebration at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration.

: Children ring in 2013 early at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration.

: Madeleine Gedansky, 4 1/2, plays in the confetti at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration.

: Children ring in 2013 early at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration.

: Children ring in 2013 early at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration

: Charlotte Marshall, left, and Stella Rose Dorazio ring in 2013 early at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration with the band Milkshake and a ball drop with confetti. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

: A dog wearing 2013 glasses poses as he celebrates the beginning of New Year’s Day in Puerta del Sol in Madrid on December 31, 2012. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revellers write the number 2013 using sparklers during the Hogmanay (New Year) street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland December 31, 2012. (David Moir/Reuters)

: Nadine Rober from Vienna, holds a sparkler during the Hogmanay (New Year) street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland December 31, 2012. (David Moir/Reuters)

: Revellers pose for photographers during the Hogmanay (New Year) street party celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland December 31, 2012. (David Moir/Reuters)

: Akane Okamoto (L) and Kurara Hayashi (R) of Osaka, Japan pose with Allison Hoff of North Dakota as New Year’s revellers begin to fill up Times Square in New York, December 31, 2012. (Gary Hershor/Reuters)

: Trader Joseph Mastrolia wears “2013” glasses celebrating New Year’s Eve as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 31, 2012. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: Dachshunds and their owners parade in Key West, Florida on December 31, 2012, during the Key West Dachshund Walk, an annual New Year’s Eve tradition that this year attracted almost 200 of the short-legged, long-bodied canines, as well as about 30 “impostor” dogs. (Any Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau HO via AFP/Getty Images)

: A general overview shows people attending New Year celebrations at the Brandenburger Tor gate in Berlin December 31, 2012. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)

: A general overview shows people attending New Year celebrations at the Brandenburger Tor gate in Berlin December 31, 2012. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)

: Fireworks explode over Dresden’s Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) on New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Robert Michael/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over Dresden’s Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) on New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Robert MichaelAFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over Dresden’s Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) on New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Robert MichaelAFP/Getty Images)

: Palestinians wave their flag as they celebrate on new year’s eve in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 31, 2012. (Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)

: Two men carry a pig to be roasted for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Havana on December 31, 2012. (Yamil Lagey/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman with a Palestinian flag painted on her cheek celebrates on new year’s eve in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 31, 2012. (Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral at Red Square during New Year’s Day celebrations in Moscow January 1, 2013. (Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters)

: Revellers kiss as they celebrate ahead of New Year’s Day in Red Square in Moscow December 31, 2012. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)

: People celebrate ahead of New Year’s Day in Red Square in Moscow December 31, 2012. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)

: Revellers watch fireworks illuminating over Burj Khalifa in Dubai on January 1, 2013. Thousands of people gathered to celebrate the New Year at midnight. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revellers watch fireworks illuminating over Burj Khalifa in Dubai on January 1, 2013. Thousands of people gathered to celebrate the New Year at midnight. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

: NATO troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) dance during celebrations on New Year’s Eve in Kabul December 31, 2012. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

: NATO troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) dance during celebrations on New Year’s Eve right before the start of 2013 in Kabul on December 31, 2012. Thousands of NATO troops across Afghanistan celebrated the new year away from their homes. (Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images)

: NATO troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) dance during celebrations on New Year’s Eve in Kabul December 31, 2012. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

: Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees light oil lamps at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya early on January 1, 2013. Many Sri Lankans marked the beginning of the 2013 New Year with religious ceremonies. (Ishara S. Kodik/AFP/Getty Images)

: People celebrate the first public countdown to the New Year in Yangon on December 31, 2012. Some 50,000 people were expected to gather at the revered golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon for the city’s first public countdown to the New Year and fireworks. (Soe Than WINYe Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks burst in the sky near Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2013. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode near the Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur January 1, 2013. (Syamsul Bahri Muhammad/Reuters)

: Fireworks burst in the sky near Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2013. (Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images)

: A man holds his phone showing a message that says “cheer up 2013” as people gather to welcome the new year near the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul December 31, 2012. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

: Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon (L) and participants hit a traditional bell to welcome the new year at Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul January 1, 2013. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

: Revellers watch as fireworks go off as they welcome the new year near the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul January 1, 2013. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

: Followers of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda pay tribute to Iemanja, goddess of the sea, in Praia Vermelha (Red Beach) in Rio de Janeiro December 31, 2012. Every end of the year, worshippers present gifts to the sea goddess to give thanks for the year that is finishing and ask for blessings for the upcoming new year. (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

: Visitors look at a sand sculpture designed to celebrate the 2013 new year by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik on the beach in Puri, about 40 miles from the eastern city Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Odisha December 31, 2012. (Reuters)

: 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. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images)

: New Year 2013 is shown on 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. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images)

: 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. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images)

: 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. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images)

: A lightshow illuminates the Summer Palace during a new year during a count-down event at the Summer Palace in Beijing on December 31, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

: Revellers celebrate the new year during a count-down event at the Summer Palace in Beijing on January 1, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

: The lighting scenery is pictured at the People Square in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. The lights were lit to celebrate the coming of New Year. (Lv Wenzheng/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT)

: Two revellers kiss each other as they celebrate the new year during a count-down event at the Summer Palace in Beijing on January 1, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over Victoria harbour to celebrate the new year, in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. (Antony Dickson/AFP/Getty Images)

: People release balloons as the Tokyo Tower is illuminated to celebrate the New Year at a countdown event in Tokyo January 1, 2013. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

: People take a picture in front of the Tokyo Tower which is illuminated to celebrate the New Year after a countdown event in Tokyo January 1, 2013. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

: 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. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

: 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 on January 1, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with the visitors wishes. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

: People gather to 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 December 31, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with the visitors wishes. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

: Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour look on as New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2013. 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. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks explode over and around the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations January 1, 2013. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. (David Gray/Reuters)

: Fireworks explode on the rooftops of buildings in the city during a show prior to the new year celebrations in Sydney December 31, 2012. More than 1.5 million people were expected to line the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual fireworks show. (David Gray/Reuters)

: Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year’s Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2013. 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. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)

: Fireworks light up the sky from The Sydney Harbour Bridge at midnight during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

: Fireworks light up the sky during the nine o’clock show during New Years Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

2 Comments

pato
Jan 02, 2013 @ 07:47:04

Not Valparaiso, Chile. The World largest fireworks. 24 kilometers of fireworks over the sea.

New Year at Sea

look at some pictures:
http://static.latercera.com/200912/650003_400.jpg
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSlu3c5jVcA51x94Enk_bH_mNENJ-oHX881yxq6-PCte0rcEBjxcsBPya32g

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visha khan
Jan 01, 2013 @ 10:48:28

waowww awsummmm celebration…… happyyy newww yearrr frm pakistan 😀

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