World celebrating New Year 2012
A New Year tree next to Presidential Palace in Astana. Photo by Danial Okassov©
A Christmas tree with words "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in many languages has been erected for the upcoming Christmas at Beirut Souks, Lebanon. ©REUTERS\Cynthia Karam
A New Year tree next to St. Basil's cathedral in Moscow, Russia. ©REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov
A Christmas tree in front of the Al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. ©REUTERS\Jamal Saidi
People skate around a Christmas tree at a skating rink in Minsk, Belarus. ©REUTERS\Gleb Garanich
People skate at an ice rink near a ferris wheel at a Christmas market in central Berlin, Germany. ©REUTERS\Thomas Peter
A Christmas tree at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. ©REUTERS\Molly Riley
A Christmas tree made of 5,480 recycled bottles in the northern city of Haifa, Israel. ©REUTERS\NIR ELIAS
A Christmas tree at Taksim square in Istanbul, Turkey. ©REUTERS\Osman Orsal
A Christmas tree in St. Petersburg, Russia. ©REUTERS\Alexander Demianchuk
A lit Christmas tree is seen amidst snowfall in St. Petersburg, Russia. ©REUTERS\Alexander Demianchuk
A lit Christmas tree near Royal Castle at Old Town in Warsaw, Poland. ©REUTERS\Kacper Pempel
An illuminated Christmas tree at Old Town in Gdansk, northern Poland. ©REUTERS\Agencja Gazeta
An illuminated Norwegian Christmas tree is seen in Trafalgar Square in London, Great Britain. ©REUTERS\Toby Melville
The Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square in London, Great Britain. ©REUTERS\Olivia Harris
A Christmas tree near Parliament building in Tbilisi,Georgia. ©REUTERS\David Mdzinarishvili
A Christmas tree in central Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. ©REUTERS\Vladimir Pirogov
Christmas decorations at Largo do Senado, the centre square in Macau, China. ©REUTERS\Bobby Yip
A Christmas tree is illuminated as the traditional Christmas market at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. ©REUTERS\David W Cerny
An illuminated Christmas tree stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. ©REUTERS\Fabrizio Bensch
A decorated Christmas tree is lighted up at a Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany. ©REUTERS\Ina Fassbender
A giant decorated Christmas tree stands on the ground floor of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, France. ©REUTERS\Charles Platiau
A Christmas tree in in Guatemala City, Guatemala. ©REUTERS\Jorge D Lopez
A Christmas tree is seen at the main square in Ljubljana's old city, Slovenia. ©REUTERS\Srdjan Zivulovic
A Christmas Tree erected outside the New York Stock Exchange on Exchange Place in New York, USA. ©REUTERS\Andrew Burton
A Christmas tree inside a huge aquarium in the Manila Ocean Park, the Philippines. ©REUTERS\Romeo Ranoco
A Christmas tree at the Cathedral square in Vilnius, Lithuania. ©REUTERS\Ints Kalnins
The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House in Washington, USA. ©REUTERS\Molly Riley
A giant Christmas Tree display along a bay walk in Puerto Princesa, Palawan city, west of Manila, the Philippines. ©REUTERS\Romeo Ranoco
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York, USA. ©REUTERS\Andrew Burton
A Christmas tree decorated with lights in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral (background) in Zocalo Square in Mexico city, Mexico. ©REUTERS\Henry Romero
A Christmas tree in Bogota's central square, Colombia. ©REUTERS\John Vizcaino
A Christmas tree made out of lights at Madrid's Puerta del Sol square, Spain. ©REUTERS\Susana Vera
A 30-metre-high Christmas tree, which came from the forests of west Ukraine in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. ©REUTERS\Tony Gentile
A Christmas tree in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, West Bank. ©REUTERS\Mohamad Torokman
Musicians of the Athens municipal band are seen in front of a decorated Christmas tree at central Syntagma square in Athens, Greece. ©REUTERS\Yiorgos Karahalis
Monte Carlo casino is reflected in a mirror between Christmas trees in Monaco. ©REUTERS\Eric Gaillard
The logo of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is seen in front of a fireworks display around a Christmas tree at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ©REUTERS
Fireworks explode around a Christmas tree at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ©REUTERS