How the world welcomed 2013

How did the world celebrate New Year's Day? From setting off spectacular displays of fireworks to taking freezing dips on beaches and lake-shores, from leaping off bridges to celebrating with music, here's a look at the world ringing in 2013 from New York City to Kochi!

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Yahoo Lifestyle Entertainment Photo By Claudia Daut/Reuters Mon, Jan 7, 2013 12:00 AM EST

Followers of La Santa Muerte (The Saint of Death), a cult figure often depicted as a skeletal grim reaper, pose for a photograph at the saint's altar in Tepito, Mexico City January 1, 2013. Followers gather at the altar at the start of a new year, and subsequently on the first of each month, to leave offerings of apples, flowers, cigarettes, coloured candles and tequila to thank her for granted favours or to ask for new ones.
Followers of La Santa Muerte (The Saint of Death), a cult figure often depicted as a skeletal grim reaper, pose for a photograph at the saint's altar in Tepito, Mexico City January 1, 2013. Followers gather at the altar at the start of a new year, and subsequently on the first of each month, to leave offerings of apples, flowers, cigarettes, coloured candles and tequila to thank her for granted favours or to ask for new ones.