Kalani Gordon 0 Comment Entertainment Nation Travel World 2013 2014 Celebrations New Year New Year's Eve
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From fireworks to sea bathing to wishing spheres here s a look at New Year celebrations around the world.
A person dressed as Spider Man throws confetti during the 2014 New Year s Eve Confetti Test at Hard Rock Cafe Times Square on December 29 2013 in New York City. (Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) A man dressed as a Viking takes part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations on December 30 2013 in Edinburgh Scotland. Around 80 000 people are expected in the city for the traditional New Year celebrations which run over three days. Tickets have been bought for the event by people from over sixty different countries. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Indian school children light candles forming the date 2014 at a school in Agartala on December 30 2013 one day ahead of New Year s celebrations. People across the world are preparing to welcome 2014. (Arindam Dey/AFP/Getty Images) New Year s Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney s iconic Harbour Bridge (R) and the Opera House on January 1 2014. Tonnes of explosives lit up Australia s biggest city with fireworks shooting off the Opera House for the first time in more than 10 years as part of the extravaganza focused on the Harbour Bridge. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images) Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations on December 30 2013 in Edinburgh Scotland. Around 80 000 people are expected in the city for the traditional New Year celebrations which run over three days. Tickets have been bought for the event by people from over sixty different countries. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) New Years revelers watching the fireworks on the Princes Bridge during New Years Eve fireworks on December 31 2013 in Melbourne Australia. (Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images) Men walk past decorations in preparation for New Year in the Square of Fallen Fighters in Volgograd December 31 2013. Police detained dozens of people on Tuesday in sweeps through the Russian city of Volgograd after two deadly attacks in less than 24 hours that raised security fears ahead of the Winter Olympics. (REUTERS/Sergei Karpov) A professional diver holds a Welcome 2014 banner while swimming next to a stingray during New Year celebrations inside a large aquarium at a ocean park in Manila December 31 2013. Neither an earthquake nor a super typhoon have dampened the country s optimism as 94 percent are entering the New Year with hope instead of fear according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations reported on Tuesday. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco) A professional diver holds a Welcome 2014 banner while swimming during New Year celebrations inside a large aquarium at a ocean park in Manila December 31 2013. Neither an earthquake nor a super typhoon have dampened the country s optimism as 94 percent are entering the New Year with hope instead of fear according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations reported on Tuesday. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco) An Indian reveller poses on New Year s Eve in Amritsar on December 31 2013. Indians are preparing to welcome 2014 in contrast to last year which saw the country cancel most of its official New Year s celebrations after the fatal gangrape of a student on a New Delhi bus on December 16 which sparked protests and a year of introspection about women s rights. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images) People stand on the Independence Square prior a rally of the pro EU oppositiong marking New Year coming on December 31 2013 in Kiev. Opposition leaders vowed that protests outside the residence would become a regular feature of their campaign against the president over his rejection of a pact with the European Union which sparked mass protests in the capital Kiev. (Sergi Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) People take part in a traditional sea bathing to mark new year s end on December 31 2013 on a nudist beach in Le Cap d Agde southern France. (Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images) A man is silhouetted against the last sunset of 2013 in the sky above Yangon on December 31 2013. (Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images) Runners take part in the 89th Sao Silvestre New Year s eve road race at the start in Sao Paulo Brazil on December 31 2013. Twenty seven thousand runners participated in the 15 km traditional New Year s Eve event. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images) Kenian male runner Edwin Rotich after crossing the finish line to win the 89th Sao Silvestre New Year s eve road race timing 43 48 on December 31 2013 in Sao Paulo Brazil. Twenty seven thousand runners participated in the 15 km traditional New Year s Eve event. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images) Fireworks explode off the Sydney Opera House at midnight ushering in the new year in Sydney January 1 2014. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) The group Collectif of 34 United Associations gather to ask for new housing policy for homeless people as they wish a happy new year to the French president and to the nation during a news conference at the Canal Saint Martin in Paris December 31 2013. Seven years ago at the same place the French association Les Enfants de Don Quichotte (Children of Don Quichotte) was setting up tents for the homeless. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier) A man offers a butter lamp during evening prayers on the eve of New Year at Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu December 31 2013. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar) A man leads his horse as he walks past a message left by a visitor on New Year s Eve along Karachi s Clifton Beach December 31 2013. (REUTERS/Athar Hussain) A Shaman holds bunches of coca leaves a cash crop native to western South America while performing a ceremony of predicting the upcoming year at Agua Dulce Beach in Lima December 30 2013. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro Mendivil) A worker takes a break while arranging wishing spheres along Marina Bay in Singapore December 30 2013. People penned their wishes for the new year onto the spheres before placing them into the river. (REUTERS/Low Youjin) People watch as workers test the ball that will drop at midnight in Times Square ahead of New Year s Eve celebrations in New York December 30 2013. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) Workers test the ball that will drop at midnight in Times Square ahead of New Year s Eve celebrations in New York December 30 2013. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian (C) poses with French soldiers in front of the first A 400M Atlas French military transport aircraft on December 31 2013 in Gao where he celebrates the New Year some hours earlier. His visit to Mali is part of a three day tour focusing on security which also takes in Niger and Chad. France launched Operation Serval in January 2013 to drive out Al Qaeda linked extremists who had occupied Mali s north in 2012 and imposed a brutal interpretation of Islamic sharia on the inhabitants of Timbuktu and the other main desert settlements. (Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images) A Japanese Shinto maiden (R) greets worshippers as they enter the Kanda shrine to celebrate the New Year in Tokyo on January 1 2014. Million of Japanese people visit shrines and temples to pray for the well being of their families at the New Year. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images) Fireworks burst over the Singapore skyline during New Year celebrations on January 1 2014. An eight minute firework display was launched in a five pronged formation that illuminate the skyline to welcome 2014. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images) People release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo on January 1 2014. Some 2 000 balloons were released in the air carrying with the visitors wishes. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) Naked men in loinclothes pound steamed rice into a mochi rice cake to celebrate the New Year at the Kanda shrine in Tokyo on January 1 2014. Million of Japanese people visit shrines and temples to pray for the well being of their families at the New Year. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images) Fireworks explode near Malaysia s landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur January 1 2014. (REUTERS/Samsul Said) The U.S. flag is reflected in the window of a police car as a police man stands guard in Times Square ahead of New Year s Eve celebrations in New York December 31 2013. Security has been stepped up in the area around where the celebrations will take place. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri) SEE MORE2013 New Year celebrationsQuick tips for photographing fireworks
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