World awaits 2012
2011-12-31 08:07:43 GMT2011-12-31 16:07:43(Beijing Time)
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Robert Tuccillo of Barclays Capital wears "2012" glasses on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the final trading day of 2011 in New York December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)
A vendor sells balloons during a New Year parade in Kathmandu December 30, 2011. The indigenous Gurung community celebrates the year of the vulture during Tamu Lhosa (New Year) on Friday. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY)
Gurung girls wearing traditional dress dance while taking part in a New Year parade in Kathmandu December 30, 2011. The Gurung community in Nepal celebrates their Tamu Lhosar (New Year) depicting the year of the Vulture. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)
Fireworks explode across the Yenisei River during the opening ceremony of the main city's New Year tree in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 28, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY)
A man selects red lanterns at a Chinese Lunar New Year decoration market in Shenyang, Liaoning province December 30, 2011. Red decorations are customarily used by the Chinese to usher in the Lunar New Year, which starts on January 23, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
A man has his beard trimmed to the shape of "2012" to welcome the New Year inside a barbershop in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Organizers toss confetti from a window during the annual "air worthiness test" in Times Square during preparations for New Years Eve celebrations in New York December 29, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
People around the world prepare for the coming of the new year.
