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Re: PHOTOS New Year's Celebrations Around the World 2012
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Scotland's Hogmanay
Revellers take to Princes Street, Edinburgh, to celebrate New Year (Picture: Getty)
In Edinburgh for the Hogmanay street party attended by some 80,000 people. More than 20 acts were playing on seven stages ahead of the midnight fireworks display.
Paul Kindle kisses his girlfriend, Rachel Fletcher, at the Hogmanay street party celebration in Edinburgh Photograph: David Moir/Reuters
Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight
Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Crowds line the embankment of The River Thames (Picture: Getty)
About 250,000 people were estimated to be in the capital to watch the 11-minute and 15-second display, which saw 50,000 projectiles light up the capital's skies.
Balinese dancers perform as they take part in a cultural parade on New Year's Eve in Denpasar, Indonesia Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA
A giant dragon lantern is displayed to celebrate the new year near the border village of Panmunjom that separates North and South Korea Photograph: Ahn Young-joon/AP
Fireworks explode in downtown Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images
A man wearing 2012 glasses poses as he celebrates the new year in Madrid Photograph: Getty Images
Fireworks burst over Spassky tower on Red Square in Moscow Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks explode over a statue of King Carol I in Bucharest, Romania Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters
Brazilians celebrate at the annual New Year's Eve beach party for the Copacabana Reveillon in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Photograph: Konrad Fiedler/Getty Images
Confetti is dropped on revellers in Times Square in New York Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
A couple watch the last rays of sunlight of 2011 off Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, one of the last places on earth to usher in the new year Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
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