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Fireworks are seen above Jakarta's downtown on January 1, 2011 marking the New Year. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Jakarta to mark the New Year.
Fireworks explode over the Las Vegas Strip casinos just after midnight in Las Vegas, Nevada January 1, 2011. An estimated 320,000 people came to Las Vegas to celebrate the new year, tourism officials said.
Fireworks burst above Yangon's landmark Shwedagon pagoda as Myanmar people gather to welcome the New Year 2011 at Kan Daw Gyi park in Yangon late on December 31, 2010. Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, released in 2010 after more than seven years of house arrest, called for the country's people 'to struggle together with new strengths, new force and new words in the auspicious New Year'.
People gather to watch fireworks during the New Year at Old Town Market Square in Wroclaw, southern-western Poland January 1, 2011.
People gather to celebrate the New Year in front of Sukiennice building at Old Town Market Square in Krakow, southern Poland, January 1, 2011.
Revelers gather New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square as they wait for the traditional ball drop to celebrate the new year December 31, 2010.
Indian Sikh devotees wait for their turn to pay homage at a fog-shrouded Golden Temple in Amritsar on January 1, 2011. Thousands of Sikh devotees from across India and abroad are preparing to pay obeisance on the occasion of New Year at the temple in northern India.
Indian Bollywood actress and singer, Raageshwari Loomba poses as she pays her respects at the Sikh Shrine, The Golden Temple in Amritsar on January 1, 2011. Raageshwari along with her family, visited the city and payed on the occasion of the New Year 2011.
Some of the 100 people of 'Cercle des Nageurs' take part in a traditional New Year's bath, held annually in Marseille, on the first Saturday of January, on January 01, 2011 at the Catalan beach of Marseille, southern France. Ancient tradition in Marseille, bathing the New Year, has long held in the Vieux-Port, before being moved because of pollution.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: A view of the atmosphere during New Year's Eve 2011 with Carson Daly at Times Square on December 31, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: A view of the atmosphere during New Year's Eve 2011 with Carson Daly at Times Square on December 31, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Singer Ke$ha celebrates New Year's Eve 2011 in Times Square on December 31, 2010 in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: Singer Joey McIntyre of the New Kids On The Block performs while celebrating New Year's Eve 2011 in Times Square on December 31, 2010 in New York City.
People dressed in festive costumes wave during a street procession as part of the "Street of Open Heart" festival in Belgrade January 1, 2011. All proceeds of the yearly traditional New Year's festival go to the project Doctors Clowns aimed at cheering up and helping children in hospitals.
People buy candied apples during the "Street of Open Heart" festival in Belgrade January 1, 2011. All proceeds of the yearly traditional New Year's festival go to the project Doctors Clowns aimed at cheering up and helping children in hospitals.
People take part in the traditional New Year's day swim on January 1, 2010 at Scheveningen beach near The Hague.
source: Daylife
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