Fireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers during the New Year 2012 celebrations in Kuala Lumpur on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

People watch fireworks along Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on December 31, 2011 during celebrations attended by over three million people to mark New Year's Eve festivities. Photo courtesy: AFP

A kaleidoscope of fireworks designed by Marc Newson explode over the Sydney Opera House (L) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

Thousands of Egyptian Muslims and Coptic Christians attend a celebration on New Year's eve in Tahrir Square in Cairo, on December 31, 2011, as they remember those killed in the revolution that ended the long reign of president Hosni Mubarak. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks light up the Big Ben and the London Eye in central London just after midnight on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral square in Vilnius during the New Year celebrations on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

People celebrate the New Year on the Trocadero square in Paris, on December 31, 2011. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks burst over Spassky Tower on the Red Square in Moscow, early on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks explode to welcome the new year on January 1, 2012 at a beach esplanade of the North Sea island of Borkum, northern Germany. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks explode to welcome the new year on January 1, 2012 in Cologne, western Germany. Photo courtesy: AFP

Young people celebrate New Year's Day at Tokyo's Shibuya district on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

Indian Sikh devotees watch fireworks above Sikhism's holiest shrine The Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 31, 2011 as part of the ongoing 346th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks explode in downtown Jakarta's sky during the New Year 2012 celebrations on December 31, 2011 where thousands of people gather to witness the coming of new year 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

Fireworks illuminate the Hong Kong skyline above Victoria harbour during new years celebrations on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP

People gather to celebrate the new year 2012 at the illuminated Temple of Heaven, the city's historic landmark in Beijing on January 1, 2012. Photo courtesy: AFP