2013: how the world welcomed the New Year
1 Jan 2013
Fireworks explode over Elizabeth Tower housing the Big Ben clock to celebrate the New Year in London, Tuesday, January. 1, 2013. Photo: AP
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![]( "A worker walks past newly-made cement mill barrels at a heavy equipment manufacturing factory in Luoyang, Henan province May 1, 2013. Photo: Reuters")
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