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Slideshow: New Year celebrations around the world

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New Year in Sydney
New Year's Eve fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2009. More than 1.5 million people lined the the harbor to watch the fireworks display.
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Germany welcomes 2009
Fireworks explode over the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg Gate in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. An estimated 1 million revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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New Year in Sydney
New Year's Eve fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2009. More than 1.5 million people lined the the harbor to watch the fireworks display.
TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images
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Revellers in Hong Kong celebrate the new year
Revellers enjoy a mass party for New Year in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on January 1, 2009. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets all over the territory where the skyline was lit up in a pyrotechnic display.
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