Fireworks illuminate the sky in Zurich, Switzerland.
Celebrating New in 2011 at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol
New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Vienna.
Thousands of people gathered on the Champs Elysees in Paris to celebrate the new year 2011.
New Year’s Eve fireworks in London.
Celebrating New Year in Budapest.
People watching fireworks in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, New Year’s Eve.
Launching balloons during the ceremony countdown from one of Tokyo’s Buddhist temples.
People gathered on the main square in Sofia to celebrate the New Year.
People gather to celebrate in 2011 at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
Fireworks over the St.
Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square.
New Year’s Eve on Princes Street in Edinburgh.
For the Scots, New Year’s is a much more important holiday than Christmas.
An Indian woman dance in the village Narlay late on Friday, December 31.
New Year’s fireworks against the backdrop of the Petronas Twin Towers in the Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur.
Celebrating New Year in Times Square in Hong Kong.
New Year’s Eve fireworks display in Kuala Lumpur during the celebration of the New Year 2011.
Youth poses for a photographer during the countdown to New Year’s Eve in Hong Kong.
People released hundreds of balloons in the background of the Tokyo Tower at night on January 1.
New Year’s fireworks over the Sydney Opera House during a pyrotechnic show in the New Year’s Eve.
Fireworks over the bay of Sydney Harbour on December 31.
Many have come to Sydney the day before and camped out in parks near Sydney Harbor.
Santa Claus on Dec. 31 during a New Year’s parade in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek.
One of the thousands of participants in the annual carnival in Johannesburg on December 31.
Girls in Christmas costumes during New Year parade in Bishkek on 31 December.
