Fireworks explode over Big Ben as London celebrated New Year's Day with a lavish display.
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A New Year's Eve fireworks show called 'The Grand Finale' is set off on the edge of the Ottawa River bellow Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada.
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The sky was also lit up behind the quadriga of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate in Germany.
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An impressive pyrotechnic show took place in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Dominican people celebrated New Year's 2008 under a display of fireworks at the Malecon in Santo Domingo.
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Fireworks were fired from the rooftops of seven casinos and the Fremont Street Experience at midnight in Las Vegas.
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Skiers took part in a torch parade during a New Year's celebration in Angel Fire, New Mexico.
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Mexico's golden Angel of Independence stands in front of fireworks during New Year's celebrations in Mexico City
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Fireworks illuminate the sky above the St. Basil's Cathedral during New Year celebrations on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
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Fireworks light up the sky over Munich, Germany.
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An impressive display by Niagara Falls.
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Yet another dramatic display at Times Square in New York.
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The fireworks by the London Eye costs £1.3million.
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Revellers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France,
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Fireworks explode over Copacabana beach as the New Year is welcomed in Rio de Janeiro.
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Fireworks erupt from the Space Needle in Seattle
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Fireworks explode above the skyline of the financial district of Singapore
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New Year's Eve fireworks illuminate the sky at the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in Sydney, Australia
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