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• Jan. 1: Fireworks and confetti signal the New Year, 2007, as New Year's Eve celebrations continue in Times Square in New York.
• Jan. 1: Partygoers from Texas and New York celebrate after the start of 2007 in Times Square.
• Dec. 31: Revelers cheer in New York's Times Square New Year's Eve
• Jan. 1: Filipinos watch a fireworks display over Manila.
• Jan. 1: Fireworks light up around the Petronas Twin Towers and the city skylines during the celebrations of the New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Jan. 1: Thai bar hostesses celebrate the arrival of the New Year in Bangkok, despite several bomb blasts that ripped through the capital.
• Jan. 1: Thai bar hostesses celebrate the arrival of the new year on Patpong Road in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Dec. 31: A Thai police officer examines the site where a bomb exploded at Kong Toey market in Bangkok.
• Jan. 1: Balloons attached to New Year's resolutions are released at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple at the strike of midnight.
• Jan. 1: Worshippers, assisted by a priest, left, strike a giant bell to celebrate the new year at Tokyo's Zojoji Buddhist temple.
• Jan. 1: The image '2007' is projected onto people attending New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong.
• Jan. 1: Fireworks launched from the Taipei 101, the highest building in the world at a height of 1,666 feet, light up the night as thousands of Taiwanese revelers celebrate the new year.
• Jan. 1: A South Korean woman walks past in front of decorated lantern to celebrate New Year at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.
• Jan. 1: A South Korean woman prays under the decorated lanterns to celebrate the new year at the Chogye temple in Seoul, South Korea.
• Dec. 31: Pakistani Christian girls create the digits of 2007 with lit candles during a ceremony arranged by United Christian Association to welcome the year 2007 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Dec. 31: Pakistani Christian girls hold a cross and candles as they pray during a ceremony arranged by United Christian Association to welcome year 2007.
• Dec. 31: South Koreans display fireworks to celebrate the upcoming New Year in downtown of Seoul, South Korea.
• Dec. 31: Tourists look at sand art by Indian artist Sudarsan Patnaik welcoming the New Year at the Puri beach in the Indian state of Orissa.
• Dec. 31: An Indian girl looks on with her lips painted with the digits of 2007 to welcome the New Year in Shimla, India.
• Jan. 1: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the annual display to celebrate the new year in Sydney, Australia.
• Jan. 1: A giant coat hanger with a diamond in its middle illuminates the Sydney Harbor Bridge after the annual fireworks display to celebrate the new year in Sydney, Australia.
• Dec. 31: A Filipino boy smiles as he sells horns along Manila's bayside, Philippines, while preparing for the new year.
• Dec. 31: A Filipino boy covers his ears as his playmates blow their horns along Manila's bayside, Philippines, while preparing for the new year.
• Jan. 1: Indonesian youths ride bikes during new year celebrations near a sign that reads ‘Happy New Year 2007’ in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Jan. 1: Fireworks explode over the London Eye on New Year's Day celebrations by the river Thames in London.
• Jan. 1: A woman passes out balloons during the new year celebration in Times Square in New York City.