Brightening fireworks flare and scintillate over the Hanshan Temple during New Year celebrations in Suzhou, China.
Rabbi Qiushuang, the abbot of Hanshan Temple, strikes the bell welcoming the new year in Suzhou, China.
Thousands of people watch fireworks at Copacabana beach during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro.
Xinhua / Zuma PressFireworks explode in the sky above the Victoria Habour in Hong Kong
Michel Euler / AP400 spotlights illuminate the Eiffel Tower during the New Year's Eve in Paris. The Eiffel Tower mark its 120th birthday in 2009.
Jeff J Mitchell / Getty ImagesNew Year revellers gather on Princes Street ahead of the New Year celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Suzanne Plunkett / ReutersFireworks explode in front of the London Eye on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London
Dominique Faget / AFP - Getty ImagesFireworks explode over the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to bring in New Year's Day.
Kay Nietfeld / EPATwo young women use sparklers to write the date '2010' in the sky over the Inner Alster lake in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday.
People celebrate New Year's Day on an ice rink in Red Square in Moscow.
Lebanese girls in disguise celebrate in Beirut, Lebanon during New Year celebrations.
Jasper Juinen / Getty ImagesNew Year's Eve fireworks display illuminates the sky over the Erasmus Bridge crossing the Nieuwe Maas river in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Michael Kappeler / AFP - Getty ImagesBerlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate is illuminated as revelers gather to attend the public party to celebrate the New Year on Thursday night.
Tim Wimborne / ReutersFireworks explode over Australia's Sydney Harbour. More than a million people attended the annual extravaganza.
EPAA sand sculpture helps usher in the new year on a beach of Puri, India.
The Tokyo Tower is lit up and balloons are released to celebrate New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist Temple in Tokyo, Japan.
Fireworks light up the sky in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Saeed Khan / AFP - Getty ImagesFireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Fans take part in a rock gala Thursday night to celebrate the New Year in Beijing, China.
Vladimir Pirogov / ReutersFather Frost, the equivalent to Santa Claus, and a Snow Maiden are part of the New Year parade in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Chinese paramilitary police welcome the New Year at a military base in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec. 30. The Chinese characters read "Happy New Year".
Fireworks light the sky in front of the Mayon volcano in Legazpi, south of Manila in the Philippines, on Friday. Mayon has been spewing ash and burning mud and rocks for more than two weeks.
People celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year at the Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday.
Fireworks explode from the world's tallest completed skyscraper, Taipei 101, during New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, on Friday, Jan. 1.
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