It"s time for the final countdown! New Year"s Eve is celebrated tonight in many countries to see out the old year and hope for the promises of the new one. The traditions of different nations can be quite creative when it comes to saying farewell to the year. If you"re not in the United Kingdom greeting the arrival of midnight with the chimes of London"s Big Ben, you might watch the Times Square Ball Drop in the United States, smash crockery in Denmark, stuff your mouth with grapes for the countdown in Spain or hang onions outside your door in Greece. Celebrators in Thailand might visit a temple for good luck or watch the fireworks illuminating Phra Nakhon Khiri, also known as "holy city hill," based in the historical park of the same name. Wherever you celebrate, have a great one. See you next year!
Happy New Years Eve!
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Winter wonderland
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The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
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Celebrating the tropics
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Want to hang about?
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World Space Week begins
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Into the breach
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Celebrating an American Icon
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Pride in London
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Juvenile sunbittern displaying at nest, Ecuador
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Farewell Ma’am
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International Museum Day
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Spring equinox
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Purple mountain majesties
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World Bicycle Day
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European hedgehog
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Auroras over Kirkjufell, Iceland
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Space Week isnt over yet!
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Cala Luna beach, Sardinia, Italy
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Balloon Ascension Day
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Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island, Canada
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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Building detail of Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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World Heritage Day
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Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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Flooded crypt, Basilica of San Francesco, Ravenna, Italy
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The glass dome of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
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