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Photos of the Day: Asia Celebrates the Arrival of 2013
January 1st, 2013 by Tahiat Mahboob
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbor to celebrate the new year in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. (Anthony Dickson/AFP/Getty Images) -
Shinto priests bow during a ritual end-of-the-year purification ceremony to prepare for New Year's Day at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on December 31, 2012. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images) -
A woman receives a New Year's-themed sticker before New Year's Eve celebrations on Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia on December 31, 2012. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) -
Two girls pose for a photograph during a fireworks display at Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan to celebrate the New Year early on January 1, 2013. (Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images) -
People release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on January 1, 2013. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images) -
A worker puts up a sign ahead of Myanmar's first public New Year countdown celebration at the Myoma grounds in Yangon, Myanmar on December 31, 2012. (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images) -
Fireworks are launched over Jakarta's main business road to mark the new year in Jakarta on January 1, 2013. (Bay Ismoyo /AFP/Getty Images) -
Revelers wear "2013" glasses as they celebrate the new year in Beijing, China on December 31, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) -
Fireworks illuminate the sky to usher in the new year at the Marina Bay in Singapore on January 1, 2013. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images) -
Revelers celebrate the new year following a countdown event at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China on January 1, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) -
A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk offers special prayers at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, on December 31, 2012. (Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images) -
White spheres floating in the bay, each inscribed with different wishes for 2013, are illuminated with colorful lights to usher in the new year in Singapore on December 31, 2012. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images) -
A woman applies colored powder to her "rangoli," a Hindu ritual design, in front of her house in Hyderabad, India on January 1, 2013. (Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images) -
A South Korean soldier looks at "reunification ribbons" displayed on a military barbed wire fence at Imjingak Peace Park in Paju, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, on January 1, 2013. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images) -
Revelers set off firecrackers in Manila on January 1, 2013. (Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
Amidst face paint, fireworks and festivities, countries around Asia rejoice at the beginning of a new year.
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