new years eve fireworks 2012---24 Photo Total

Happy 2012 all. We hope it brings you and us much joy, happiness and prosperity.

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Fireworks explode above Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

Fireworks explode over Marina Bay during New Year celebrations in Singapore January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Chong

Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper Taipei 101 during New Year celebrations in Taipei January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Shengfa Lin

Fireworks explode during New Year celebrations over the city centre of Thailand's capital Bangkok January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

Residents watch fireworks explode in front of the National Monument (Monas) during New Year celebrations in Jakarta January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Supri

Fireworks explode before New Year celebrations over the 'Golden Victoria' on top of Berlin's landmark victory column December 31, 2011. The 69-meter-high column was erected between 1865 and 1873 to commemorate the Prussian victory over the Danish, Austrian and French armies in 1864, 1866 and 1870/71. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Thousands of people watch fireworks during New Year's Day celebration on Red Square in Moscow, January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle during the Hogmanay street party celebrations in Edinburgh December 31, 2011. REUTERS/David Moir

Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the hill of the Acropolis during New Year's day celebrations in Athens January 1, 2012. REUTERS/John Kolesidis

Fireworks explode during new year celebrations over the Brandenburger Tor gate in Berlin January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

Fireworks explode over a statue of King Carol I, the founder of Romania's royal dynasty, during 2012 New Year celebrations in central Bucharest January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti

Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon atop the hill of the Acropolis during New Year's day celebrations in Athens January 1, 2012. REUTERS/John Kolesidis

Fireworks explode from The Big Ben clock tower near the London Eye (R) during New Year celebrations in London January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

Fireworks explode beside Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel (Wiener Riesenrad) at Prater park during New Year celebrations in Vienna January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Fireworks explode near a bronze sculpture of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus, in Skopje's central square during New Year celebrations January 1, 2012. The statue, which measures 12.5 metres in height and stands on a 10 metre high pedestal, is part of a cultural project Skopje 2014. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

Fireworks explode near a bronze sculpture of Alexander the Great on his horse Bucephalus, in Skopje's central square during New Year celebrations January 1, 2012. The statue, which measures 12.5 metres in height and stands on a 10-metre-high pedestal, is part of a cultural project Skopje 2014. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

New Year's fireworks explode around the London Eye in central London, January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Fireworks explode from The Big Ben clock tower during New Year's celebrations in London January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly

Fireworks explode during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year in the coastal city of Vina del Mar, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez

Fireworks explode around the London Eye in central London during New Year's celebrations January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Fireworks explode over Waikiki Beach to ring in the new year in Honolulu, Hawaii January 1, 2012. Hawaii is one of the last places on earth that will usher in the New Year. REUTERS/Jason Reed