The WORLD in a SNAP (11)

2. DECEMBER 30: Children of migrant workers lie on the snow to form the number "2012" while celebrating the coming new year in front of a snow sculpture in Harbin, China. (Associated Press) Related photos: Fairy tale palaces, towering pagodas carved from ice

3. Juba, Sudan — A traditionally dressed man dances during a rally in Juba. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

4. Duesseldorf, Germany — Figurines of chimney sweeps decorated with four-leaf clovers, believed to bring good luck for the New Year, are offered for sale at a Dusseldorf market. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARTIN GERTEN / AFP/Getty Images

5. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi woman applies makeup on a model during a beauty and style competition at the Cosmetic Expo, a four-day event held for the first time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Amer Hilabi / AFP/Getty Images

6. Melbourne, Australia — Acrobats perform during a promotional appearance for Le Grand Cirque. The international circus includes performers from Russia, China, South America, Africa, Europe and Outer Mongolia. PHOTOGRAPH BY: WILLIAM WEST / AFP/Getty Images

7. Adorable newborns welcome 2012... with a nap Waltraud Grubitzsch / AFP - Getty Images Newborn babies rest at the university hospital of Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Jan 2. 2100 babies were born at the hospital in 2011.

8. An Occupy protester sends a message prior to the 123rd Rose Parade in Pasadena. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

9. New Year's fireworks explode around the London Eye in central London, January 1, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

10. A young dancer from the Fairfax Chinese dance troupe from the Washington DC area performs in heavy rain during the annual London New Year’s Day parade Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

11. Amulets known in the Andean world as ‘Ekekos’ and used to bring luck, are displayed at the Market of Wishes in Lima, Peru, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The fair sells ‘object-wishes’ in miniature for the upcoming year. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)

12. JANUARY 3: As snow falls, a woman walks past a painted fence in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press

13. REUTERS/Stringer - A worker dismantles a steel frame after setting up a dragon-shaped lantern for a lantern festival to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Suining, Sichuan province, China, January 2, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the year of dragon.

14. YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images Sea lion "Jay" writes the word "Dragon" in Chinese characters as part of a New Year's attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, Japan, on January 3, 2012.

15. An old man enjoys a beedi, tobacco wrapped in an indigenously available leaf, after he awoke from sleep wrapped in a rented quilt on a cold morning in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. The minimum temperature Tuesday rose five degrees above normal to make it a warmer day in the capital even as foggy and overcast conditions prevailed in the city, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

16. DECEMBER 29: Occupy activists Donald Kronos and Dick Chogyoji test a float made with a copy of the Constitution in Pasadena. The group is planning a series of floats after the end of the Tournament of Roses Parade, including a giant octopus made of recycled bags and a blow up of the Constitution. Picketers will also carry banners with slogans from the movement such as "Corporate Money Out of Politics." (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

18. DECEMBER 30: People relax in a public swimming pool during heavy snowfalls in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. (Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

19. Volunteer Jim Bollinger puts the finishing touches on the face of a football player on the Kinect For XBOX float at the Tournament of Roses Assn. Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

20. DECEMBER 30: A young girl from the Gurung community participates in a parade to mark Tamu Loshar (New Year) in Katmandu, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press

21. Amritsar, India — An Indian Sikh youth performs a fire act as he takes part in a procession from the Sri Akal Takhat at the Sikh Shrine, the Golden Temple. The procession took place on the eve of the 346th birthday of Guru Gobind Singh. PHOTOGRAPH BY: NARINDER NANU / AFP / Getty Images

22. Dhampus, Nepal — Nepalese indigenous women from the Gurung community wearing traditional attire dance while taking part in an ethnic New Year's celebration ceremony against the backdrop of Mt. Machapuchre. The majority of young men of this village are currently serving in the British army, so young and elderly women of the community celebrated their New Year without their loved ones. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA

23. Dancers of the 'VARIDANCE' contemporary dance company perform on the stage of the National Dance Theatre of Budapest on December 29, 2011 during their reharsal of a premiere for 'Enchantment', directed and choreographed by Hungarian Bertalan Vari. ATTILA KISBENEDEK - AFP/Getty Images

24. Workers install a dragon-shaped lantern as a New Year's Eve decoration on a wall near the Confucian temple in Nanjing. Source: Reuters

25. DECEMBER 31: Mira Avenue, the city's main street, is illuminated with festive lights in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

26. Dusseldorf, Germany — Two fallow deers look for food in a pile of withered leaves at the wildlife park Grafenbergerwald. PHOTOGRAPH BY: HORST OSSINGER / EPA

27. Toy dragons are on sale at a Beijing market in anticipation of the coming Chinese Lunar New Year, beginning Jan. 23 this time around. - Source: Reuters

28. DECEMBER 30: An Afghan refugee plays in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press

29. Fireworks explode over the Houses of Parliament, including St. Stephen's Tower which holds the bell known as Big Ben as London celebrates the arrival of New Years Day in London. (AP)

30. Students sit in a formation during their celebration of the New Year at a school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters)

31. Indonesian Muslims pray during a mass prayer event for the nation on New Year's Eve in the area of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta. (Reuters)

32. JANUARY 1: Pigs race through an obstacle course in Klosters, Switzerland. The race of the "lucky pigs" takes place every New Year's Day. (Arno Balzarini/Keystone

33. JANUARY 1: A member of the Universal Cheerleaders Association reacts as she performs in the rain during the annual London New Year's Day parade. (Alastair Grant/Associated Press

34. JANUARY 4: Indian Border Security Force soldiers prepare their camel for rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India (Manish Swarup/Associated Press

35. JANUARY 4: Visitors view buildings made from blocks of ice for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in northeastern China. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)

36. JANUARY 1: People participate in the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia. The parade, often compared to Mardi Gras, is a century-old tradition featuring elaborately festooned musicians, comics and other performers. (Joseph Kaczmarek/Associated Press)

37. Devotees gather around a Living Goddess Kumari (C) as she observes the bathing rituals of Lord Seto Machindranath in Kathmandu January 1, 2012. The Kumari, a young pre-pubescent girl who is a manifestation of a Goddess, is worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. The Kumari emerges from her temple about 12 times a year for religious occasions. Nepalese people pray to Seto Machindranath for rainfall and good harvest. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

38. Marco Fois of Italy dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour bridge, as part of traditional New Year celebrations in Rome January 1, 2012. Five men jumped into the muddy waters of the Tiber, continuing an annual tradition which dates back to 1946. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

39. DECEMBER 30: A trader falls asleep as he sells paper trumpets on the streets of Jakarta ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations. Many vendors are seasonal sellers from out of town trying their luck to sell paper trumpets in the city during the holiday season.(Supri/Reuters)

40. Anti-government protesters shout slogans while standing in front of laser beams emitted by riot police in the village of Diraz west of Manama, December 29, 2011. Hundreds of anti-government protesters took to the streets demanding the downfall of the regime. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse and prevent demonstrators from entering the main highway. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

41. Sarah Schleper from the U.S. holding her 4 year old son Lasse clears a gate during her last slalom World Cup race in the Tyrolean ski resort of Lienz December 29, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer

42. Moscow — A Russian girl walks among snowmen on display in Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure downtown. Although temperatures were up to nearly 40 degrees and accompanied by rain, the snowmen -- made of artificial snow -- are expected to 'survive' the New Year holidays. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA

43. Slawatycze, Poland — "Bearded men" interact with children as they parade in the streets. On the last three days of December, citizens of Slawatycze, as part of an old local tradition, dress up in 'bearded men' costumes, say goodbye to the old year and make wishes for the new year. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: WOJCIECH PACEWICZ / EPA

44. Narendra Shrestha, EPA / Landov - Dec. 30, 2011 - Dhampus, Nepal - A woman from the indigenous Gurung community combs her hair on her balcony as she prepares to attend a traditional New Year ceremony. Mt. Machapuchre is seen in the background

45. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA - A Sikh boy displays his skills with a 'Chakkar' as he performs 'Gatka,' an ancient form of Sikh martial art, as he takes part in a religious procession which started from the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, in the northern Indian city of Amritsar on Dec. 30, 2011

46. DECEMBER 30: Thousands of people joined in with revelers who carried torches in a procession through Edinburgh, which was led by Up Helly Aa Vikings and marks the start of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations. Up Helly Aa refers to any of a variety of the annual fire festivals held in Scotland in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season. (Danny Lawson/Press Association/Associated Press)

47. A couple looks at an ice sculpture of Father Frost and his Snow Maiden granddaughter Snegurochka during a New Year's Eve celebration in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Source: Reuters

48. A man dressed as Father Frost receives a kiss from the Snegurochka during a New Year's Eve parade in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Source: Reuters

49. Buddhist monks take up alms from Thais during a morning alms offerings, part of New Year's celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)

50. New Year near the border village of Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, at Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, South Korea. (AP)