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New Year’s bashes around the world

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Hogmanay In Edinburgh
EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM – Fireworks on Calton Hill to celebrate the New Year’s Day. Getty Images

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Revellers take part in New Year’s celebrations in Coin
MALAGA, SPAIN – Revellers take part in New Year’s celebrations Reuters

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New year 2014 – Hamburg
HAMBURG, GERMANY- Thousands of people take part in the 2014 New Year celebrations as fireworks light the night sky. EPA

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Fireworks explode during a pyrotechnics show to celebrate the New Year in the coastal city of Valparaiso
VALPARAISO, CHILE- Fireworks explode during a pyrotechnics show. Reuters

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World News – Jan. 1, 2014
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- Fireworks light up the sky. Zumapress.com

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INDIA-NEW YEAR
AMRITSAR, INDIA: An Indian reveler poses on New Year’s Eve. Last year, the country canceled most of its official New Year’s celebrations after the fatal gang rape of a student on a New Delhi bus on December 16. Getty Images/Narinder Nanun

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INDIA-NEW YEAR
AMRITSAR, INDIA: An Indian reveler poses on New Year’s Eve. Last year, the country canceled most of its official New Year’s celebrations after the fatal gang rape of a student on a New Delhi bus on December 16. Getty Images/Narinder Nanun

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Indonesia New Years Eve
BALI ISLAND, INDONESIA: Balinese children wear traditional costumes as they dance during this year’s final sundown parade. AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

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Indonesia New Years Eve
BALI ISLAND, INDONESIA: Balinese girls wear traditional costumes as they dance during this year’s final sundown parade. AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

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Indonesia New Years Eve
BALI ISLAND, INDONESIA: Balinese girls wear traditional costumes as they dance during this year’s final sundown parade. AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati

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New Year 2014 celebration in Bali
BALI, INDONESIA: Balinese perform in a cultural parade during a New Year’s Eve celebration at a main road in Denpasar. EPA/Made Nagi

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New Years Eve Security in Indonesia
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: A vendor sells masks for New Year’s Eve celebrations. EPA/Adi Weda

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Auckland Celebrates New Year’s Eve
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: Fireworks are set off from the Auckland Sky Tower to celebrate the New Year. Getty Images/Hannah Johnston

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Auckland Celebrates New Year’s Eve
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: Fireworks are set off from the Auckland Sky Tower to celebrate the New Year. Getty Images/Hannah Johnston

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NZEALAND-NEW YEAR
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND: Tourists and locals celebrate the New Year on the waterfront. Getty Images/Marty Melville

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NZEALAND-NEW YEAR
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND: Tourists and locals celebrate the New Year on the waterfront. Getty Images/Marty Melville

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NZEALAND-NEW YEAR
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND: Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock strikes midnight. Getty Images/Marty Melville

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NZEALAND-NEW YEAR
QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND: Fireworks explode over the heads of tourists and locals as the clock strikes midnight. Getty Images/Marty Melville

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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour at midnight, ushering in the new year, in Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbor to ring in the new year. Reuters/Jason Reed

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Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour at midnight, ushering in the new year in Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbor to ring in the new year. Reuters/Jason Reed

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Fireworks explode off the Sydney Opera House at midnight, ushering in the new year, in Sydney
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House at midnight to ring in the new year. Reuters/Jason Reed

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Melbourne Celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: New Year’s Eve partiers gather on Princes Bridge. Getty Images/Vince Caligiuri

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Melbourne Celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Fireworks over The Melbourne Cricket Ground and Yarra River during New Years Eve. Getty Images/Vince Caligiuri

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Melbourne Celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: New Year’s Eve revelers party in Federation Square. Getty Images/Vince Caligiuri

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Melbourne Celebrates New Year’s Eve 2013
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Crowds gather on Princes Bridge during New Years Eve fireworks. Getty Images/Vince Caligiuri

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Chinese Celebrate New Year
SHANGHAI, CHINA – External view of the 4D Light Show held to celebrate new year at The Bund. Getty Images

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Taiwan New Years Eve
SHANGHAI, CHINA: A fireworks display is set off from the Taipei 101 skyscraper during New Year celebrations. AP Photo/Wally Santana

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Fireworks explode from Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei
SHANGHAI, CHINA: Fireworks explode from Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Edward Lau

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Fireworks explode from Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei
SHANGHAI, CHINA: Fireworks explode from Taiwan’s tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations. REUTERS/Edward Lau

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New Year 2014 Celebration in Taipei
SHANGHAI, CHINA: The words ‘HAPPY’ and ‘2014’ are displayed on top of the Taipei 101 skyscraper on New Year’s Eve. EPA/David Chang

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HONG KONG-NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, CHINA: A vendor sells gear to celebrate the New Year leading up to the countdown on December 31. Getty Images/Alex Ogle

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HONG KONG-NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, CHINA: Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor. A wave of pyrotechnic displays and choreographed music kicked off new year celebrations. Getty Images/Alex Ogle

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HONG KONG-NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, CHINA: Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor. Getty Images/Alex Ogle

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New Year Celebration in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, CHINA: Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor. EPA/Jerome Favre

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A man wearing eyewear in the shape of the year 2014 waits for a countdown event to celebrate the arrival of the the new year at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA: A man wearing ‘2014’ eyewear celebrates the the new year at the Great Wall of China. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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People celebrate the arrival of the new year during a new year’s countdown event at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA: People celebrate the arrival of the new year during a countdown event at the Great Wall of China. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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A man looks at a laser and light show on the Great Wall of China in Beijing
BEIJING, CHINA: A man watches a laser and light show on the Great Wall of China as he celebrates the new year. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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New Year’s Eve 2014 On Badaling Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA: The Great Wall is illuminated during the New Year’s Eve countdown to 2014. Getty Images/Lintao Zhang

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New Year’s Eve 2014 On Badaling Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA: The Great Wall is illuminated during the New Year’s Eve countdown. Getty Images/Lintao Zhang

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New Year’s Eve 2014 On Badaling Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese folk artists dressed in costumes wait to take part in a New Year’s Eve countdown. Getty Images/Lintao Zhang

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New Year’s Eve 2014 On Badaling Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese folk artists wait to take part in a New Year’s Eve countdown. Getty Images/Lintao Zhang

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New Year’s Eve 2014 On Badaling Great Wall
BEIJING, CHINA: Chinese folk artists wait to take part in a New Year’s Eve countdown. Getty Images/Lintao Zhang

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People stand in line to offer New Year prayers at Sensoji temple in Tokyo
TOKYO, JAPAN: People stand in line to offer New Year prayers at Sensoji. Reuters/Yuya Shino

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TOPSHOTS-INDIA-NEW YEAR
ALLAHABAD, INDIA: Indian sports players from the Madan Mohan Malviya Stadium light candles to welcome the New Year. Getty Images/Sanjay Kanojia

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A man leads his horse as he walks past a message left by a visitor on the sand during New Year’s Eve in Karachi
KARACHI’S CLIFTON BEACH, PAKISTAN: A man leads his horse as he walks past a ‘2014’ message left by a visitor on New Year’s Eve. REUTERS/Athar Hussain

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Russia New Years Eve
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: People wait to be checked by police as they arrive at the Red Square ahead of the New Year’s Eve festivities. Russian authorities ordered police to beef up security at train stations and other facilities across the country after a suicide bomber killed 14 people on a bus Monday in Volgograd. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

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Philippines New Years Eve
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

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Philippines New Years Eve
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez

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MYANMAR-NEW YEAR
YANGON, MYANMAR: People celebrate the New Year during a 2014 New Year’s countdown party. Getty Images/Ye Aung Thu

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MYANMAR-NEW YEAR
YANGON, MYANMAR: People celebrate the New Year during a 2014 New Year’s countdown party. Getty Images/Ye Aung Thu

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MYANMAR-NEW YEAR
YANGON, MYANMAR: People celebrate the New Year during a 2014 New Year’s countdown party. Getty Images/Ye Aung Thu

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Myanmar New Year public countdown party
YANGON, MYANMAR: Fireworks from the second public New Year countdown set off as the Karawake raft lies in Kandawgyee Lake. EPA/Lynn Bo Bo

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New Year’s Eve 2014 – Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY, PALESTINE: A Palestinian girl dressed up in Christmas colors and 2014 glasses to take part in the celebration of the New Year at the Church of Saint Porphyrius. UMAPRESS.com/Hosam Salem

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