Fresh start

Qi Zhao (second from left), from China, and others celebrate the arrival of 2013 in New York's Times Square. The crowds counted down the final seconds of 2012 as a large illuminated crystal ball descended for the last minute of the old year. Across the world, revelers did their best to ring in 2013 with hope for renewal after a year of economic uncertainty, violence and natural disasters. Photo by Tina Fineberg / Associated Press

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