Fireworks shoot from Big Ben Clock Tower and above Westminster Palace (British Parliament building), London, January 1, 2012.
"Big Ben" is actually the name of the Great Bell inside of the Clock Tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Clock Tower -- which is also called Big Ben -- houses four quarter bells. Thus, there are five bells in all inside the Clock Tower.
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New York City ...
The penultimate New Years Eve place on Planet Earth: Times Square, New York City, at the midnight hour, Jan. 1, 2012.
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A festive crowd at Times Square in New York City, New Years Eve 2012.
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More throngs of revelers amid a blizzard of confetti, New Years Eve 2012, Times Square, New York City.
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London ...
Fireworks shoot from Big Ben Clock Tower at the stroke of midnight with part of the great London Eye Ferris wheel in the foreground, London, Jan. 1, 2012.
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Fireworks shoot inward from the London Eye and above Westminster Palace, London, Jan. 1, 2012.
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Another New Year Eve 2012 image of fireworks above Big Ben Clock Tower, London.
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Still more fireworks in interesting formation over Big Ben clock tower in London, New Years Eve 2012.
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Paris ...
New Years Eve 2012 revelers in Paris amid a spray of champagne with the illuminated Eiffel Tower in the distance.
New Years Eve revelers in Paris on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.
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Berlin ...
Fireworks over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Jan. 1, 2012
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Close-up of fireworks over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Jan. 1, 2012
Germany and its frickin' euro and its self-righteous, probably racist-based, certainly doomed-to-fail deflationary economics / all-austerity-all-the-time as "punishment" for the peripheral countries of the EU are really getting on my nerves.
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Athens ...
Speaking of one of the peripheral countries of the EU (Greece) that Germany feels it needs to "punish"...
Fireworks over the Acropolis with the crowning nighttime-illuminated Parthenon in Athens, Greece, New Years Eve, 2012.
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More fireworks over the Acropolis with the crowning nighttime-illuminated Parthenon in Athens, Greece, New Years Eve, 2012.
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Moscow ...
New Years Eve 2012 fireworks over St. Basil's Cathedral at the Kremlin, Moscow on what appears to be a cold winter's night.
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Fireworks over the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower, New Years Eve, 2012
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And, Sydney ...
Year after year, no one does it quite like Sydney with the great pyrotechnical fireworks display shooting from the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the iconic Syndey Opera House in the foreground, Jan. 1, 2012.
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Close-up view of New Years Eve 2012 fireworks launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge and above Sydney Opera House.
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Still more spectacular New Years Eve 2012 fireworks images over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
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Seattle ... (A city I love)
New Years Eve 2012 fireworks over the iconic Space Needle, Seattle, with silhouetted figures watching in the distance.
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More New Years Eve 2012 fireworks over the Space Needle, Seattle.
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Spectacular fireworks launched from the top of the Space Needle, Seattle, New Years Eve 2012.
Taipei ...
Here is quite a fireworks display being launched from Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper in Taipei and presently either the second or third tallest in the world.
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Hong Kong ...
New Years Eve 2012 revelers on Hong Kong, one carrying an interesting and hopeful message.
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Illuminated paper dragon lantern in Paju, South Korea near the Demilitarized Zone.
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