New Year celebrations images from around the world
Hundreds of thousands of people are already on the streets of New York tonight at the city prepares to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.
Thousands of people gathered tonight at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to welcome the New Year with a dazzling light show. And while the revelers bathed by the environment in the capital, thousands gathered in Red Square in Moscow that Russia welcomes the arrival of 2011.
The cold night sky was a sea of red and green as fireworks colors complement the domes of St. Basil's Cathedral.
Meanwhile, Dubai fireworks had an impressive display at the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building - the structure of 2,717 feet and apparently shoot fireworks from all floors. And this afternoon, Malaysia celebrates New Year's Eve with a light show by the Petronas Towers in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Auckland, New Zealand was the first major city to celebrate the New Year before Australia, Singapore and China did the same later.
The roads had to be cordoned off in London as the capital prepared for their own fireworks display this evening.
Australia has welcomed 2011 with a fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. Despite losing the ashes of this week, thousands of Australians love party had camped for hours in the parks along the Sydney Harbour Bridge to gain the best view of the spectacular fireworks on New Year's Eve today.
As the clock ticked closer to 2011, Europeans were waiting for the celebrations that might help them forget their financial worries.
Japan and South Korea celebrated the New Year at 3 pm GMT - and India was preparing for celebrations in the coming hours.
In New York, close to a million revelers are expected to put in the streets around Times Square for the traditional midnight ball drop several hours after the United Kingdom marked the beginning of 2011. The blizzard of 20 inches that covered the city will be just a memory by teams and warmer temperatures.
At least 1.5 million people lined Sydney Harbour, the first major city in the new year comes after 2011 arrived in New Zealand. The celebrations began with the aerial displays of vintage aircraft and a parade of ships through the port.
In Christchurch, New Zealand, two minor earthquakes shake on Friday no plans for all-night celebrations.
"There is more reason than ever for people to meet and celebrate the beginning of a new year," said acting Mayor of Christchurch Ngaire Button, urging residents to celebrate at the Plaza de la Catedral, where workers were removing loose masonry after earthquakes.
A powerful 7. an earthquake that destroyed thousands of buildings in Christchurch on 4 September, but no one was killed.
This year marks the first time the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, officially celebrated the new year countdown to burst, with a light show and DJs from abroad ahead of the city's elegant opera house French colonial style .
Vietnam in the past paid little attention to schedule changes, instead of holding massive parties during Tet, the lunar new year which begins on 3 February. But in recent years, Western influence has begun to seep into the Vietnamese culture to teenagers, who have no memory of the war or poverty and are eager to find a new reason to celebrate in the communist country.
In South Korea, up to 100,000 people attended a bell ringing ceremony in downtown Seoul, officials and citizens in strike of the large bronze bell hanging in the pavilion Bosingak bell 33 times at midnight.
Some South Koreans also go to the mountains or beaches early Saturday to see the first sunrise of the new year.
At midnight in Taipei, Taiwan, fireworks form a dragon coiled up tallest skyscraper in the city. About 50 dancers drums in the freezing cold river in a dance to highlight how people should live in harmony with nature.
In Japan, New Year's Eve is usually goes home with the family, but those who venture to go to temples to pray for good luck in the new year. In Zojoji, a Buddhist temple 600 years old in central Tokyo, thousands of people are expected to release balloons at midnight taking notes with their hopes for 2011.
In Beijing, about 500 people are expected to gather at the Old Bell Museum for the opportunity to welcome the New Year in the bell of 46 tons. The city also is trying to start a new tradition, with an orchestra playing a "Hymn to China at the China Century Monument just two minutes before midnight.
While many Asian countries famous for its firework displays were planning to light up the night sky, the Myanmar military government banned all fireworks of this year and said that serious action be taken against anyone who sells or used.
A local news journal, modern, noted that last year 62 people were given sentences of six to 12 months imprisonment for violating this rule.
The government gave no reason for the ban, but in the past has said he feared "unscrupulous persons" could take advantage of the fireworks to create unrest.
In Europe, many people will party only to forget their economic problems after a year in which Greece and Ireland in need of bailouts and others, like Spain and Portugal, fighting speculation that will need similar support.
If you are at home or at private parties, the Spanish traditionally gather in main squares to eat 12 grapes one by one as the bell in the square marks the countdown to 2011.
In the Irish capital of Dublin, people go to the Christchurch Cathedral to hear the bells ringing in the new year.
In London, thousands will witness a display of music and fireworks in the 135 meters, the London Eye, located on the south bank of the River Thames. The eye, which celebrates its 10 th anniversary, is located almost opposite the clock tower of Big Ben in Parliament that the bell in 2011.
In Paris, tens of thousands of people are expected to pack the Champs Elysees and the area around the Eiffel Tower and the dazzling light and fireworks.
Thousands of people gathered tonight at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to welcome the New Year with a dazzling light show. And while the revelers bathed by the environment in the capital, thousands gathered in Red Square in Moscow that Russia welcomes the arrival of 2011.
The cold night sky was a sea of red and green as fireworks colors complement the domes of St. Basil's Cathedral.
Meanwhile, Dubai fireworks had an impressive display at the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building - the structure of 2,717 feet and apparently shoot fireworks from all floors. And this afternoon, Malaysia celebrates New Year's Eve with a light show by the Petronas Towers in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
Auckland, New Zealand was the first major city to celebrate the New Year before Australia, Singapore and China did the same later.
The roads had to be cordoned off in London as the capital prepared for their own fireworks display this evening.
Australia has welcomed 2011 with a fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. Despite losing the ashes of this week, thousands of Australians love party had camped for hours in the parks along the Sydney Harbour Bridge to gain the best view of the spectacular fireworks on New Year's Eve today.
As the clock ticked closer to 2011, Europeans were waiting for the celebrations that might help them forget their financial worries.
Japan and South Korea celebrated the New Year at 3 pm GMT - and India was preparing for celebrations in the coming hours.
In New York, close to a million revelers are expected to put in the streets around Times Square for the traditional midnight ball drop several hours after the United Kingdom marked the beginning of 2011. The blizzard of 20 inches that covered the city will be just a memory by teams and warmer temperatures.
At least 1.5 million people lined Sydney Harbour, the first major city in the new year comes after 2011 arrived in New Zealand. The celebrations began with the aerial displays of vintage aircraft and a parade of ships through the port.
In Christchurch, New Zealand, two minor earthquakes shake on Friday no plans for all-night celebrations.
"There is more reason than ever for people to meet and celebrate the beginning of a new year," said acting Mayor of Christchurch Ngaire Button, urging residents to celebrate at the Plaza de la Catedral, where workers were removing loose masonry after earthquakes.
A powerful 7. an earthquake that destroyed thousands of buildings in Christchurch on 4 September, but no one was killed.
This year marks the first time the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, officially celebrated the new year countdown to burst, with a light show and DJs from abroad ahead of the city's elegant opera house French colonial style .
Vietnam in the past paid little attention to schedule changes, instead of holding massive parties during Tet, the lunar new year which begins on 3 February. But in recent years, Western influence has begun to seep into the Vietnamese culture to teenagers, who have no memory of the war or poverty and are eager to find a new reason to celebrate in the communist country.
In South Korea, up to 100,000 people attended a bell ringing ceremony in downtown Seoul, officials and citizens in strike of the large bronze bell hanging in the pavilion Bosingak bell 33 times at midnight.
Some South Koreans also go to the mountains or beaches early Saturday to see the first sunrise of the new year.
At midnight in Taipei, Taiwan, fireworks form a dragon coiled up tallest skyscraper in the city. About 50 dancers drums in the freezing cold river in a dance to highlight how people should live in harmony with nature.
In Japan, New Year's Eve is usually goes home with the family, but those who venture to go to temples to pray for good luck in the new year. In Zojoji, a Buddhist temple 600 years old in central Tokyo, thousands of people are expected to release balloons at midnight taking notes with their hopes for 2011.
In Beijing, about 500 people are expected to gather at the Old Bell Museum for the opportunity to welcome the New Year in the bell of 46 tons. The city also is trying to start a new tradition, with an orchestra playing a "Hymn to China at the China Century Monument just two minutes before midnight.
While many Asian countries famous for its firework displays were planning to light up the night sky, the Myanmar military government banned all fireworks of this year and said that serious action be taken against anyone who sells or used.
A local news journal, modern, noted that last year 62 people were given sentences of six to 12 months imprisonment for violating this rule.
The government gave no reason for the ban, but in the past has said he feared "unscrupulous persons" could take advantage of the fireworks to create unrest.
In Europe, many people will party only to forget their economic problems after a year in which Greece and Ireland in need of bailouts and others, like Spain and Portugal, fighting speculation that will need similar support.
If you are at home or at private parties, the Spanish traditionally gather in main squares to eat 12 grapes one by one as the bell in the square marks the countdown to 2011.
In the Irish capital of Dublin, people go to the Christchurch Cathedral to hear the bells ringing in the new year.
In London, thousands will witness a display of music and fireworks in the 135 meters, the London Eye, located on the south bank of the River Thames. The eye, which celebrates its 10 th anniversary, is located almost opposite the clock tower of Big Ben in Parliament that the bell in 2011.
In Paris, tens of thousands of people are expected to pack the Champs Elysees and the area around the Eiffel Tower and the dazzling light and fireworks.
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