February 11, 2013
From Chinese Lunar New Year 2013, one of 29 photos. A man watches as fireworks light up the skyline of Shanghai in celebration of Chinese New Year in Shanghai, on February 10, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

From Chinese Lunar New Year 2013, one of 29 photos. A man watches as fireworks light up the skyline of Shanghai in celebration of Chinese New Year in Shanghai, on February 10, 2013. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

January 1, 2013
From New Year’s Celebrations Around the World, one of 33 photos. A reveler writes the number 2013 with sparklers ahead of New Year’s Day in a forest outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on a day with a temperature of about -25 degrees Celsius (-13 F), on December 31, 2012. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)

From New Year’s Celebrations Around the World, one of 33 photos. A reveler writes the number 2013 with sparklers ahead of New Year’s Day in a forest outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on a day with a temperature of about -25 degrees Celsius (-13 F), on December 31, 2012. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)