Sydney : Fireworks explode in the sky above Sydney Harbour during the New Years Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Monday, December 31, 2012.
Agra: Foreign tourists welcome the New Year 2013 at Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday.
Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as the 9pm family based New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on December 31, 2012.
Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a sculpture in Amritsar
A man writes a text message (SMS) of New Year greetings on his smartphone in the western city of Rennes, France. Millions of SMS should be sent in the world on January 1
South Korean singer PSY performs with US singer MC Hamer (center-left) during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York
Residents pray to mark New Year's Day at Meiji shrine in Tokyo on January 1, 2013. About three million people were expected to visit the shrine to pray during on New Year's Day.
Pakistani youths spray form into the air to celebrate the New Year on a street in Lahore on early January 1, 2013. Asian cities brought in the New Year in spectacular style after Sydney set off a global wave of fireworks, with long-isolated Yangon joining the pyrotechnic celebrations for the first time.
Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour bridge during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.
A man sets afloat a small-scaled boat filled with flowers, on Copacabana beach, as an offering for Yemanja, goddess of the sea, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On New Year's Eve, Brazilian worshippers of Yemanja celebrate the deity, offerings flowers and launching boats, large and small, into the ocean in exchange for blessings in the coming year. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruban religion brought to America by West African slaves.
Fireworks light up the Dom church on the Rhine river in Cologne , western Germany just after midnight on January 1, 2013 as part of the New Year's celebrations.
People kiss as they celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero square beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris, early on January 1, 2013.
Fireworks light up the ancient Colisseum in central Rome's via dei Fori just after midnight on January 1, 2013. World cities from Sydney to Dubai rang in the New Year with a spectacular global wave of firework displays.
Revelers watch fireworks over Burj Khalifa in Dubai on January 1, 2013. Thousands of people gathered to celebrate the New Year at midnight.
People watch performers in central Athens during New Year celebrations in Athens late on December 31, 2012.





