Welcoming 2010 (11 Photos)

Fireworks explode over the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg Gate in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. (Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

About two millions people observe fireworks from Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to celebrate the beginning of New Year’s Day early in January 1, 2010. (GABRIEL LOPES/AFP/Getty Images)

People with their faces painted “2010” pose during the New Year celebrations in the central Indian city of Bhopal January 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Raj Patidar)

New Year’s Eve fireworks based on the theme “Awaken the Spirit” explode over the Sydney Harbour from six barges three hours before midnight on December 31, 2009. Over 1.5 million Sydneysiders and tourists were expected to line the harbour foreshores to watch 120,000 pyrotechnics usher in New Year’s Day. (KRYSTLE WRIGHT/AFP/Getty Images)

Youths celebrate New Year’s Day with fire crackers in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya January 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Noor Khamis)

People watch New Year’s Eve fireworks over Venice’s St. Mark square flooded by high water, early Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

A monk stands in front of a fire, burning old items which have been used in temples and shrines, during a New Year’s Eve ceremony at the Zojo-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo December 31, 2009. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)

Fireworks explode beside the London Eye and The Houses of Parliament on the River Thames during New Year celebrations in London January 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Toby Melville)

400 spotlights illuminate the Eiffel Tower during the New Year’s Eve in Paris, France on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/ Michel Euler)

New Year’s Eve crowds line Westminster Bridge before a firework display on December 31, 2009 in England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

People admire the moment the sun rises above Mount Fuji, which is known locally as the “Diamond Fuji”, from atop Ryugatake mountain in Fujikawaguchiko town, southwest of Tokyo on New Year’s Day January 1, 2010. Mount Fuji, at 3,776 metres (12,388 ft), is believed to be sacred and is seen as a symbol of good luck, more so during the New Year period. (REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao)

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