Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year (pictures)

[Janice]

1.1.11

Happy 2011!


Masses gathered in London to see in the New Year in front of the London Eye where up to 250,000 people enjoyed the carnival atmosphere.

Red sky at night: The London Eye sparkles in one of its finest-ever displays.

Fireworks explode behind the Big Ben clock tower during New Year celebrations

Under a crimson sky: Hogmanay festivities in Edinburgh (left) and Big Ben flanked by the London Eye.

Thousands of people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin tonight to welcome in the New Year with a dazzling light show.

Red sky at night: Crowds have gathered in Moscow's Red Square as Russia welcomes in the New Year.

First New Year: Auckland was the first major city to celebrate the start of 2011

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[thundley4]

I've thought for a long time that we should move the international dateline so that the US is the first country to ring in the new year.  After all it is the best country to live in.