Goodbye 2012! Enjoy the New Year in these spectacular pictures as countries across the globe celebrate the arrival of 2013

Muted: Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon during New Year celebrations in Athens

Optimistic: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promised Greeks that the worst of the financial crisis is past, and declared 2013 a 'year of hope'



Spectacular: Fireworks light up the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as the German city welcomed in the New year



The sky over the city of Dresden, Germany, was also lit up with fireworks as thousands gathered in the city to celebrate the turn of the year


New Year celebrations in Warsaw, Poland as 2013 is welcomed with a bang



Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius




Revellers take to the Champs Elysee to see in the New Year in Paris, France



People toast with a bottle of Champagne as they celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero square beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris, early on January 1, 2013


Fireworks light up the ancient Colisseum in central Rome's via dei Fori just after midnight


The fireworks explode as the Waterford crystal ball is raised at the beginning of Times Square's New Year's celebration earlier

Egyptians dance on a pleasure boat travelling on the River Nile during New Year's Eve celebrations near Tahrir Square in Cairo

Beautiful: Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square

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