People around the world prepare to celebrate the New Year
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| Edinburgh, Scotland: Some of the 5.5 tonnes of fireworks at Edinburgh Castle for the city's Hogmanay celebrations |
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| Madrid, Spain: A clockmaker checks and adjusts the Puerta del Sol Square clock, the emblematic chronometer that will ring the bells bidding farewell to 2011 and welcoming the new year |
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| New York, USA: Organisers toss confetti from a window during the annual air worthiness test in Times Square during preparations for New Year's Eve celebrations |
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| Ahmedabad, India: A man has his beard trimmed into the shape of 2012 to welcome the New Year |
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| Hong Kong: Models wearing different national costumes smile during a promotional event outside the Times Square shopping mall, a popular New Year countdown venue |
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| Beijing, China: A lighting test for the new year gala at the Temple of Heaven Park |
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| Tokyo, Japan: Shoppers crowd a narrow street in the Ameyoko district to buy groceries in preparation for the new year's holiday, one of the most important events in Japan |
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| Bocaue, Philippines: Women make pyrotechnics in a backyard factory for new year |
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| New York, USA: Workers install some of the 288 Waterford crystals, featuring this year's Let There Be Friendship design, on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball |
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| Yaxi village, China: A man yawns as he makes red lanterns with other workers for the upcoming Chinese lunar new year |
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| Singapore: Marina Bay Sands is lit up by a spectacular light display during rehearsals for New Year's celebrations |
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| Jakarta, Indonesia: A vendor waits for customers as he sell paper trumpets for New Year's Eve |
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