Photos: New Year's celebrations around the world
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Fireworks are launched from the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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