9. Malabon Zoo owner Manny Tangco holds up a rabbit and a tiger cub to illustrate the shift from the "Year of the Tiger" to the "Year of the Rabbit“ in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines.
10. Residents use sparklers to welcome 2011 during the New Year's festivities in Manila, Philippines
11. Faithful pour cider on a statue of Yemanja, Goddess of the Sea, during a ceremony on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12. A woman holds an offering of fruits as shamans perform a ritual for good luck for the New Year in Lima, Peru.
13. South Koreans gather to celebrate New Year's with a fireworks display in downtown Seoul.
27. Tourists use sparklers to write 2011 for a photograph in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.
28. Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral at Red Square during New Year's Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia.
29. Russians have fun as they celebrate the New Year at a skating rink at Red Square in Moscow.
30. Fireworks illuminate the Quadriga sculpture atop the Brandenburg Gate during a New Year's Eve party in Berlin.
31. Fireworks illuminate the sky behind the Oberbaum bridge and the "Molecule Man" sculpture in river Spree as the clock strike midnight in Berlin.
32. The people of Hamburg celebrate the new year with fireworks at Landungbrueken on January 1, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.
33. Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. Visible in background is the Arc de Triomphe.
34. Lebanese crowds watch fireworks on New Year's Eve in the heart of central Beirut. Lebanon.
35. The people of Hamburg celebrate the new year with fireworks at Landungbrueken.
36. Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on January 1, 2011 in London, England.