New Year celebrations around the world

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New Year celebrations around the world(Agencies/CFP/Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-01 00:04

Fireworks【烟火；花炮】 explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic【烟火的】 show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2009. Known for its choreographed【设计的】 and themed【以。。。为主题的】 fireworks displays, this year's show, nicknamed "The Creation Storm", draws hundreds of thousands of people to the harbour foreshore to watch the spectacle【景象】. [Agencies]

Shinto【日本神道教】 priests walk past lanterns【灯笼】 after a Shinto ritual【仪式】 to usher in【迎接】 the New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo December 31, 2008. [Agencies]

A procession【队伍；行列】 of men dressed as Santa Claus walks through the centre of Bishkek during an annual parade December 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Acrobats【杂技演员】 perform during a New Year's Eve celebration in Manila【马尼拉（菲律宾首都）】 December 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Students sit in a formation of 2009 during the New Year celebrations outside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Students pose during the New Year celebrations at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 31, 2008. [Agencies]

Girls pose during the New Year celebrations in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, December 31, 2008. [Xinhua]