Jan 1: day in pics
1 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Jeff Teague #0 of the Atlanta Hawks battle for a ball with Omer Asik #3 of the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center. AFP/Scott Halleran/Getty Images
2 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Visitors take pictures and videos during a light show as part of a New Year countdown celebration at the financial square on the Bund in Shanghai. Reuters/Stringer
3 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Carly Rae Jepsen performs during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. AFP/Emmanuel Dunand
4 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Residents pray to mark New Year's day at Meiji shrine in Tokyo. About three million people are expected to visit the shrine to pray during on New Year's Day. AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura
5 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Fireworks explode above Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. More than two million people gathered along Rio's most famous beach to witness the 20-minute display and celebrate the beginning of a new year. Reuters/Pilar Olivares
6 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
North Korea's border county of Kaepoong covered with snow is seen from a South Korean observation post in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. AFP/Jung Yeon-Je
7 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
A person walks their dog as fog hangs over the banks of a stream in Craig Regional Park in Fullerton, California. AP/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers
8 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Olga Lovchu of Chicago cheers in Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebration. This will be the first Times Square countdown in decades without Dick Clark, who died in April. AP/John Minchillo
9 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Neon Trees perform during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. AFP/Emmanuel Dunand
10 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Women apply coloured powder to their "rangolis", a Hindu ritual design, in front of their home in Hyderabad. Rangolis are drawn in front of homes early in the morning with a beautiful motif to welcome relatives and friends to mark the New Year. AFP/Noah Seelam
11 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
Tourists pose as they carry umbrellas with numbers to welcome the New Year 2013 on the terrace of a hotel in the backdrop of Taj Mahal in Agra. AP/Pawan Sharma
12 / 12
Updated on Jan 02, 2013 11:46 am IST
E-Paper
