Friday, January 7, 2011
Setting up for 2011
Fireworks explode near the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House
window of a restaurant ahead of New Year celebrations in Beirut
Pupils hold a poster with the numbers "2011" made out of papercuts as they pose for a photo during a New Year celebration at a primary school in Jiujiang, China
Torch carriers proceed up Edinburgh's Royal Mile to Calton Hill launching the start of Edinburgh's Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
An Indian Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, adds the sunrise to figures of the new year on his forehead on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India
Divers in Korean traditional dresses 'Hanbok' and rabbit outfits give New Year greetings as they are surrounded by sardines during a 2011 New Year event at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul
The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is tested the day before New Year's Eve December 30, 2010 in New York City.
A couple stand at illuminated Plac Baczynskiego in Tychy, southern Poland
A woman sits in the crowd in Times Square as she waits for the evening's New Year's Eve celebrations to begin in New York
The number 2011 is written in the air with a sparkler in front of Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral) during New Year's Eve celebrations in Vienna
Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during a pyrotechnic show to welcome the new year in Singapore
Students sit in a formation during New Year celebrations outside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad
Indonesia
New Year's Eve celebrations in Hong Kong
Lahore, Pakistan
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