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Jan. 1, 2013
Dazzling fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbor during New Year's Eve celebrations in Australia.
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Dec. 27, 2012
In New York, workers complete the installation of 288 new Waterford crystals on the 2013 Times Square New Year's Eve Ball.
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Dec. 27, 2012
In New York, workers complete the installation of 288 new Waterford crystals on the 2013 Times Square New Year's Eve Ball.
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Dec. 31, 2012
Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a sculpture in Amritsar, India.
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Dec. 28, 2012 
Christine Amadador works on the combined California Polytechnic State Universities' Tournament of Roses Parade float in Pasadena, Calif. The 124th anniversary of the parade kicks off New Year’s Day.
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Dec. 28, 2012
A street cleaner pushes a cart past a poster marking the 2013 new year in downtown Hanoi.
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Dec. 26, 2012
In Germany, a picture taken with long exposure time shows the coming year "air-written" with sparklers.
Patrick Pleul / Getty Images

Dec. 31, 2012
Pedestrians look at the last sunset of 2012 at a lake-view point in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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