L to R: Fireworks are seen over the London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, to celebrate the beginning of New Year's Day in London early Friday. More than 200,000 people lined the banks of the River Thames in London to watch fireworks explode out of the London Eye, the giant ferris wheel across from the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, the world's most famous clock; Picture taken Thursday in Paris shows the Eiffel tower illuminated to celebrate the New Year's eve and mark the end of the 120th anniversary of the monument and fireworks from the Space Needle light up downtown Seattle, to welcome the new year, Friday.
