New Year Celebrations: The World Rings in 2014
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Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's Day celebrations in Athens
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Fireworks explode next to the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg gate during New Year celebrations in Berlin
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Fireworks explode over Skepsbron street during New Year's Eve celebrations in central Stockholm
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A view of the Hogmanay (New Year) street party celebrations in Edinburgh
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Fireworks explode over the financial district at midnight, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 in Singapore. Celebrations started on New Year's Eve where concerts were held and thousands gathered on the streets to usher in the Year 2014. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Fireworks light up the sky as thousands of people gather to watch, in the main business district on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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Fireworks explode off the Sydney Opera House at midnight, ushering in the new year, in Sydney
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People stand in line to offer New Year prayers at Sensoji temple in Tokyo
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Shinto priests walk past lanterns after a ritual to usher in the New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo
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A reveller writes "2014" with sparklers ahead of New Year's Eve, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
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North Koreans gather along the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea to watch a fireworks display to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
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Fireworks explode in the skies above Kayawait palace hotel as people usher in the new year during a 2014 new year's count down party in Yangon
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People celebrate the arrival of the new year during a 2014 new year's count down party in Yangon
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong
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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
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Light and laser illuminate the Great Wall of China to celebrate the new year at the Badaling section of the Great Wall, in Beijing
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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
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Laser lights shoot from towers during a New Year's Eve count down to 2014 held at the Great Wall of China in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year Wednesday Jan. 1, 2014, in Manila, Philippines. Traditionally, Filipinos welcome the New Year with fireworks and firecrackers and making the loudest noise possible, including indiscriminate firing of their guns which sometimes result in injuries and deaths. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A professional diver holds a "Welcome 2014" banner while swimming next to a stingray during New Year celebrations inside a large aquarium in Manila
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Fireworks explode in the sky during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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People celebrate ahead of New Year's Day in the centre of Rosa Khutor
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Revellers launch a paper lantern into the sky as they celebrate New Year's Day in the centre of Rosa Khutor
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Revellers enjoy the countdown to the New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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Revellers kiss during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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Fireworks explode in the sky during New Year celebrations in Moscow's Red Square
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Fireworks celebrations
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