World welcomes 2013 in rolling New Year's party
- Published: 1 Jan 2013 at 11.46
- Online news: Asia
A million people crammed into New York's Times Square on Tuesday to greet the New Year in a global party that kicked off in Australia before rolling around the world in a non-stop chain of firework displays.
People celebrate as the stroke of midnight rings in the new year in Times Square on January 1, 2013 in New York City. A million people crammed into New York's Times Square on Tuesday to greet the New Year in a global party that kicked off in Australia before rolling around the world in a non-stop chain of firework displays.
But tragedy struck in the Ivory Coast when around 60 people died and at least dozens were injured as a crowd stampeded during New Year's fireworks in the economic capital Abidjan, rescue workers there said.
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