Gallery: New Year celebrations from around the planet

 

New Year revellers around the planet began welcoming 2011 in a blaze of fireworks and parties Friday, temporarily banishing the misery of extreme weather that has struck across the world.

 
December 31, 2010
 
 
 
Fire works explode over Funchal Bay in Madeira island during New Year celebrations January 1, 2011.
 

Fire works explode over Funchal Bay in Madeira island during New Year celebrations January 1, 2011.

Photograph by: Duarte Sa, Reuters

 
Fire works explode over Funchal Bay in Madeira island during New Year celebrations January 1, 2011.
Rainbow-coloured lights illuminate the Marina Bay area in front of the Marina Bay Sands casino and resort ahead of a pyrotechnic show to welcome the New Year in Singapore December 31, 2010.
Maestro Franz Welser-Moest conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the New Year's Eve Concert 2010 in Vienna's "Goldener Musikvereinsaal" ahead of the New Year's concert on January 1, in Vienna December 31, 2010.
People launch a floating paper lantern into the sky as they celebrate ahead of New Year's Day in Red Square in Moscow December 31, 2010.
Fireworks explode over Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, celebrating the new year in Dubai January 1, 2011.
Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during a pyrotechnic show to welcome the New Year in Singapore January 1, 2011.
People dance to celebrate the New Year in front of the Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore on January 1, 2011.
Fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour bridge during New Year's in Sydney on January 1, 2011.
Fireworks light up the Hong Kong skyline above Victoria Harbour on January 1, 2011.
Models take part in a New Year's Eve celebration in Hong Kong's Times Square December 31, 2010.
Warm-up fireworks light up the sky at 9pm, three hours ahead of the annual New Year's Eve fireworks display, over Sydney Harbour on December 31, 2010.
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2011.
Fireworks explode above the Sydney Opera House during the preliminary 9pm session as Sydney celebrates New Year's Eve on December 31, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.
Fireworks light up Sydney Harbour at the stroke of midnight to welcome in the year 2011 on December 31, 2010 in Sydney, Australia.
Thick smoke obscures the Sydney Harbour Bridge as fireworks explode over it and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2011.
A child wears a pair of 2011 novelty glasses during New Year Eve celebrations in Hong Kong's Times Square December 31, 2010.
 
 
 
 
 

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