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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/myanmar630.jpgA security guard stands behind a new year signboard at Burma's (Myanmar's) first public new year countdown celebrations, on Myoma grounds in Rangoon. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/syriakids630.jpgSyrian refugee children walk outside their tent at Bib Salam refugee camp in Syria, near the Turkish border. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/palestinian630.jpgA Fatah supporter gestures and shouts slogans during a Palestinian rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/kerbala630.gifIraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims walk to the holy city of Kerbala to mark the religious observance of Arbain in Baghdad's Doura District. Photograph: Saad Shalash/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/egyptsanta630.jpgA woman looks at a Christmas decoration at a Cairo shop in Egypt ahead of Orthodox Christmas celebrations on January 7th. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/dollar630.jpgA street vendor sells seeds in front of an exchange bureau in Cairo. Egypt’s pound fell to a record low as the president signalled his government would allow it to depreciate slowly for several more days to stop a drain on foreign reserves that has driven the economy into crisis since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/pigsmanilla630.jpgA worker roasts a row of pigs, known as locally as "lechon", at a store in Manila, the Philippines. Roasted pigs are a delicacy served during new year revelry in the country. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/monks630.jpgThai Buddhist monks receive alms during a ceremony to ask for good luck as part of new year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. Photograph: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/indiarape630.jpgStudents in Ahmedabad, India, pray during a candlelit vigil for a woman who died after being gang raped in New Delhi. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/gangnam630.jpgStudents perform the Gangnam Style dance along the streets of Basantapur Durbar Square during an event called "Clothes Drive for Warm Winter", organised to encourage people to donate their used clothes, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/bettersharks630.jpgMireia Belmonte of Spain, double silver medallist in the London 2012 Olympic Games, bids a happy new year surrounded by sharks and fish at the Aquarium of Barcelona. The banner reads: "A medal for those who never quit". Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/roses630.gifVolunteers work on a section of a Tournament of Roses Parade float commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, in Pasadena, California. Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/moscow630.jpgAn Interior Ministry officer shows the way to a man dressed as Father Frost, the local equivalent of Santa Claus, and his granddaughter the Snow Maiden, during a Moscow rally to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly. Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/bangui630.jpgPeople wait in line at the BSIC bank in Bangui, Central African Republic. Embattled President Francois Bozize had said he was ready to share power with the leaders of a rebellion that has swept aside government defences within striking distance of the capital. Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/brazil630.jpgA worshipper tosses a floral offering for Lemanja, goddess of the sea, at Praia Vermelha (Red Beach), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the end of each year, worshippers present gifts to the sea goddess to give thanks for the year ending and to ask for blessings for the new year. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/burning630.jpgA farmer burns a sugarcane field before harvest time at the Montelimar sugar mill on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua. The country plans to produce some 1.5 million tonnes of sugar and expects to make about $180 million from exporting the product during the 2012-2013 cycle, according to the National Committee of Sugar Producers (CNPA). Photograph: Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/bullfight630.jpgA bull runs at fallen Spanish bullfighter David Mora during a bullfighting festival at Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, Colombia. Photograph: Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/hockey.gifTeam USA's Jim Vesey (top) gets spoke-checked by Slovakia's goalie Patrik Romancik during the second period of their preliminary round game in the 2013 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. Photograph: Nathan Denette/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/skiingblacksuit630.jpgAustria's World Cup overall leader Gregor Schlierenzauer soars over spectators during the second practice session for the second jumping of the 61st four-hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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How people saw the year out
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/12/sydney630.jpgFireworks explode over and around Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during new year celebrations. More than 1.5 million people were estimated to have lined the foreshores of the harbour to watch the annual new year fireworks show. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
