New Year’s Eve around the world in Photos

By The Tico Times

January 1, 2016

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fireworks over Brandenburg Gate — Tobias Schwarz/AFP

New Years Eve revelers in Beirut — Anwar Amro/AFP

Egyptians celebrate the New Year in front of the pyramids — Khaled Desouki/AFP

Champs-Elysees Paris New Years Eve — Florian David/AFP

New Year's Eve in Times Square — Kena Betancur/AFP

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