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• Dec. 31: Fireworks illuminate the ancient Parthenon atop the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece.
• Dec. 31: Fireworks illuminate the ancient Parthenon atop the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece.
• Dec. 31: Russians celebrate New Year's on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background.
• Dec. 31: Russians celebrate New Year's on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background.
• Dec. 31: Russians celebrate New Year's on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background.
• Dec. 31: Russians celebrate New Year's on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background.
• Dec. 31: Christopher Almeida and Chantal Chretien, of Toronto, try on their just-purchased 2008 sunglasses as they tour Times Square in New York.
• Dec. 31: A South Korean worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made a donation to a lantern in preparation of New Year’s celebrations at the Chogye temple in Seoul.
• Dec. 31: A South Korean worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made a donation to a lantern in preparation of New Year’s celebrations at the Chogye temple in Seoul.
• Dec. 31: A girl blows a paper horn to attract customers along a sidewalk in Manila, Philippines.
• Dec. 31: A young boy tries a paper horn he is selling along a sidewalk in Manila, Philippines.
• Dec. 31: The city skyline lights up during New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
• Dec. 31: The city skyline lights up during New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
• Dec. 31: A passerby walks with a bottle of wine and an inflatable piglet, a German symbol for good luck, on New Year's Eve in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Jan. 1: The city skyline lights up during the New Year fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
• Dec. 31: People write ‘2008’ with lighted candles as they celebrate New Year's Eve in Shimla, India.
• Jan. 1: The city skyline lights up during the New Year’s fireworks display in Sydney, Australia.
• Jan.1: A man tries to avoid the sparks as he lights up a rocket firework that shoots to the sky in Manila, Philippines.
• Jan. 1: A pyrotechnic show lights up the night sky around the International Finance Center, Hong Kong's tallest building, at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor to celebrate the New Year.
• Dec. 31: Participants run the Sao Silvestre road race in Sao Paulo. The 15-kms (9.3-mile) race is held annually on New Year's Eve.
• Dec. 31: Participants run the annual 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) Sao Silvestre New Year's Eve road race in Sao Paulo.
• Dec. 31: An Iraqi family celebrates the New Year in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq.