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Thursday, January 2, 2014

THE BEST SUMMARY OF 2013 NEW YEAR FIREWORKS /CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD/ PRAYERS

THE BEST SUMMARY OF 2013 NEW YEAR FIREWORKS CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Cities around the world are ringing in 2014, with Berlin, Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai putting on some of the most impressive fireworks displays during New Year's Eve celebrations on Tuesday. Britain welcomed 2014 with a mixture of futuristic fireworks and torch-lit tradition. For people in London, the New Year offered the opportunity to taste the fireworks. Dubai put on a six-minute extravaganza with 500,000 fireworks fired from 400 locations across the city. Besides the fireworks, there were prayers and hopes for a brighter 2014. Here are some images of celebrations across the world.

Fireworks explode over the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament along the river Thames during the New Year celebrations in central London. Leon Neal/ AFP

Fireworks explode over the city of Innsbruck and the Nordkette mountains in Austria during New Year celebrations. Dominic Ebenbichler/ Reuters

People celebrate the New Year on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Pierre Andrieu/ AFP.

In Tokyo, people released balloons carrying their wishes during the annual countdown ceremony by the Prince Park Tower Tokyo. Some 2,000 balloons were released in the air. Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP

Crowds jammed New York's Times Square on Tuesday to ring in 2014, braving bone-chilling cold and ultra-tight security for the chance to see Miley Cyrus, a final countdown from a U.S. Supreme Court justice and the drop of the shimmering crystal ball. AFP

The Dubai skyline was a canvas for a dazzling 30-minute show. The display capped off with six minutes of fireworks that engulfed the city's man-made, palm-shaped island, with its fronds and trunk shimmering in thousands of lights. Karim Sahib/ AFP. AS USUAL THEY WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THE LARGEST FIREWORKS CELEBRATION IN THE WORLD.