Malabon Zoo owner Manny Tangco blows a horn with children outside a Bengal tiger glass enclosure as they celebrate the coming Year of the Tiger in Manila, Philippines, on Dec. 31. Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters
A ski jump is reflected in the goggles of Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai during practice ahead of the Four Hills Ski Jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Dec. 31. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
Icicles form on leaves covered in ice in Washington on Dec. 31. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
St. Stylvester mummers, or Silvesterklausen, peform in Uranaesch, Switzerland, on Dec. 31. Three very different groups of mummers proceed from house to house in small groups singing and ringing bells as they wish families a prosperous year. Miro Kuzmanovic/Reuters
Policemen baton charge employees of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department who staged a march in Jammu, India. Channi Anand/AP
The Boston Bruins practice in Fenway park in Boston, Mass., ahead of the NHL's Winter Classic hockey game to be played on Jan. 1. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Houston cheerleader Ashely Kopczynski performs during the NCAA College Football Armed Forces Bowl between Houston and Air Force on Dec. 31 in Fort Worth, Texas. Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/AP
Supporters hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during a celebration marking the 45th anniversary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Nablus on Dec. 31. Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters
People participate in a sand dune race on the sidelines of the annual camel festival in Bikaner, India, on Dec. 31. AP
A full moon is seen in Sitka, Alaska, on Dec. 31. In addition to a partial lunar eclipse, which was visible to residents of the Anchorage area around moonset on Thursday morning, the last day of 2009 features a so-called 'blue moon,' which happens when there are two full moons in a month. James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel/AP
Tibetan nuns who live in India pray during a protest in New Delhi on Dec. 31 against human rights violations by the Chinese government against Tibetans. Reinhard Krause/Reuters
Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 31. Parkour, or 'the art of moving,' involves moving from one point to another in a straight line, as effective and quickly as possible. Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Lydia Hendrickson of Madison, N.J., points out where the New Year's Eve ball will drop in Times Square in New York City on Dec. 31. Thousands are expected to gather for the annual New Year's Eve celebrations in the city. Mike Segar/Reuters
Dachshunds Bella (l.) and Daisy stroll past a Key West, Fla., storefront on Dec. 31 during the Key West Dachshund Walk. This year's edition of the annual New Year's Eve event attracted 156 canines and their owners for stroll through the island's historic district. Andy Newman/Florida News Bureau/AP
Crowds celebrate as balloons are released to mark the New Year at the Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 1. Greg Baker/AP
Riot police advanced on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square shortly after Prime Minister Erdogan warned the peaceful demonstrators to clear out or be forcibly removed.
Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas on protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park on Saturday, an intervention that came shortly after the prime minister warned that security forces "know how to clear" the area.
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