New Year Fireworks in Different Countries

1) London's Big Ben in the festive lights just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2010. (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)



2) Fireworks over the Harbor Bridge - the largest bridge in Sydney and the Sydney Opera House during a pyrotechnic show in honor of the New Year. (REUTERS / Tim Wimborne)



3) The annual New Year's Eve fireworks "Eva" illuminates the sky during a New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbor. (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)



4) Christmas illuminations over the Sydney harbor. (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)



5) Fireworks display next to the skyscrapers Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur. (REUTERS / Bazuki Muhammad)



6) A couple kisses in the world highest skyscraper Taipei 101 (Taipei 101) during New Year celebrations in Taipei. (REUTERS / Pichi Chuang)



7) Fireworks over Marina Bay and Esplanade Theater (left) during a pyrotechnic show in Singapore. (REUTERS / Vivek Prakash)



8) Fireworks before the statue of the "good of the fountain" (Statue of Welcome) in Jakarta. (REUTERS / Supri)



9) fireworks illuminate the sky around the skyscraper Burj Al Arab during the Christmas holidays in Dubai. (REUTERS / Mosab Omar)



10) Fireworks on the Cathedral Square in Vilnius. Thousands of people celebrated New Year in the center of the capital of Lithuania. (AP Photo / Mindaugas Kulbis)



11) Fireworks over the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. (Miguel Villagran / Getty Images)



12) New Year's on Princess Street party time Hogmanay (Hogmanay) in Edinburgh, Scotland. About eighty thousand people took part in the celebrations in the capital of Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)



13) The lights over the top Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate. (REUTERS / Thomas Peter)



14) Fireworks near the London Eye and the Parliament building on the River Thames. (REUTERS / Toby Melville)



15) New Year on Red Square in Moscow near St. Basil's Cathedral. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the New Year, as well as see fireworks at hours of the Spassky Tower of the Kremlin. (AP Photo / Mikhail Metzel)



16) Fireworks over the City Hall in Belgrade, Serbia. (REUTERS / Ivan Milutinovic)



17) London Eye and Parliament buildings lit up the fireworks on the Thames. (REUTERS / Toby Melville)



18) Fireworks over Edinburgh castle in the Scottish capital. (Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)



19) Thousands of people stood along the banks of the River Thames to watch a spectacular New Year fireworks. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)



20) London Eye lit up in festive fireworks. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)