Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year celebrations. — Reuters

Dachshunds and their owners parade in Key West, Florida during the Key West Dachshund Walk, an annual New Year’s Eve tradition that this time attracted almost 200 of the short-legged, long-bodied canines, as well as about 30 “imposter” dogs.  — Reuters

Egyptians on a boat on the River Nile during New Year celebrations take place near Tahrir Square in Cairo. — Reuters

St. Basil Cathedral at Red Square in Moscow lights up to welcome the New Year. — Reuters

South Korean singer PSY performs with US singer MC Hamer (Right) in Times Square in New York on New Year Eve. — AFP

Losari beach in Makassar, Indonesia, had thousands of people enjoying the amazing firework and lights show. — Reuters

The nigh turns bright near the Stone Bridge in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on New Year Eve. — Reuters

South Korean singer PSY performs with US singer MC Hamer (Right) in Times Square in New York on New Year Eve. — AFP

A reveller writes the number 2013 with sparklers ahead of New Year’s Day at an air temperature of about -25 degrees Celsius in a forest outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on December 31, 2012. — Reuters

Dom church on the Rhine river in Cologne, Germany, just after midnight on January 1, 2013. — AFP