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| The World Celebrates New Year’s Eve | The World Celebrates New Year’s Eve |
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| In Sydney, rainbow fireworks sparkled off the Harbour Bridge in celebration of Australia’s recent legalization of gay marriage. (Sydney was among the first major cities to celebrate with fireworks at the stroke of midnight.) | In Sydney, rainbow fireworks sparkled off the Harbour Bridge in celebration of Australia’s recent legalization of gay marriage. (Sydney was among the first major cities to celebrate with fireworks at the stroke of midnight.) |
| In Japan, people paraded in fox masks to attend the first prayer of the year at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo. | In Japan, people paraded in fox masks to attend the first prayer of the year at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo. |
| In the Philippines, revelers gathered — phones in hand — at the Eastwood Mall in Manila to watch balloons and confetti rain down at midnight. | In the Philippines, revelers gathered — phones in hand — at the Eastwood Mall in Manila to watch balloons and confetti rain down at midnight. |
| Big pots of tea were prepared for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Beijing. The country will also celebrate the Lunar New Year, in February. | Big pots of tea were prepared for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Beijing. The country will also celebrate the Lunar New Year, in February. |
| It was raining in Singapore, but New Year’s Eve celebrants sheltered under umbrellas and raincoats as fireworks sparkled overhead. | It was raining in Singapore, but New Year’s Eve celebrants sheltered under umbrellas and raincoats as fireworks sparkled overhead. |
| Tourists donned party hats to watch fireworks in front of the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | Tourists donned party hats to watch fireworks in front of the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| Hundreds of couples got married at a mass wedding in Jakarta on New Year’s Eve. | Hundreds of couples got married at a mass wedding in Jakarta on New Year’s Eve. |
| Fireworks light up the Acropolis in Athens during the New Year’s Eve celebration. | |
| Revelers in Times Square vie for scarfs from volunteers as they await the ball drop. |