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A man rides a stand up paddle board as fireworks explode above him during New Year's festivities on Copacabana Beach on January 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Up to 2 million revelers were expected on Copacabana Beach to watch the annual New Year's fireworks display which this year coincided with the start of the city's 450th anniversary celebrations. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A man rides a stand up paddle board as fireworks explode above him during New Year's festivities on Copacabana Beach on January 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Up to 2 million revelers were expected on Copacabana Beach to watch the annual New Year's fireworks display which this year coincided with the start of the city's 450th anniversary celebrations. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)




Performers from Bolivia's “Caporales San Simon Londres” take part in the New Year's Day Parade in London on Janurary 1, 2015. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)

Performers from Bolivia's “Caporales San Simon Londres” take part in the New Year's Day Parade in London on Janurary 1, 2015. (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP Photo)




A reveller smashes a box full of eggs on another participant during the “Els Enfarinats” (The Flouring) festival in Ibi near Alicante, Spain, December 28, 2014. The fiesta is celebrated annually on the Day of Innocents, when participants dress in mock military uniforms to perform a false coup d'etat consisting in a fight with eggs, flour and fireworks. (Photo by EPA/Morell)

A reveller smashes a box full of eggs on another participant during the “Els Enfarinats” (The Flouring) festival in Ibi near Alicante, Spain, December 28, 2014. The fiesta is celebrated annually on the Day of Innocents, when participants dress in mock military uniforms to perform a false coup d'etat consisting in a fight with eggs, flour and fireworks. (Photo by EPA/Morell)




People prepare to release balloons during the New Year's Eve countdown event at Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street on December 31, 2014 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

People prepare to release balloons during the New Year's Eve countdown event at Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street on December 31, 2014 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)




Costumed runners cross the Pennine hills near Haworth in northern England in the annual Auld Lang Syne 9.6-kilometer race, which includes a costume contest and free beer for all finishers, on December 31, 2014. (Photo by John Giles/AP Photo)

Costumed runners cross the Pennine hills near Haworth in northern England in the annual Auld Lang Syne 9.6-kilometer race, which includes a costume contest and free beer for all finishers, on December 31, 2014. (Photo by John Giles/AP Photo)




Costumed runners cross the Pennine hills near Haworth in northern England in the annual Auld Lang Syne 9.6-kilometer race, which includes a costume contest and free beer for all finishers, on December 31, 2014. (Photo by John Giles/PA Wire)

Costumed runners cross the Pennine hills near Haworth in northern England in the annual Auld Lang Syne 9.6-kilometer race, which includes a costume contest and free beer for all finishers, on December 31, 2014. (Photo by John Giles/PA Wire)




A wave crashes on two girls hugging as they usher in the new year, while fireworks explode over Copacabana beach, during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, January 1, 2015. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

A wave crashes on two girls hugging as they usher in the new year, while fireworks explode over Copacabana beach, during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, January 1, 2015. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)




A skier catches some air at the Shawnee Peak ski resort, where man-made snow made for good holiday skiing, Monday, December 29, 2014, in Bridgton, Maine. Nearly all the early season snow in southern Maine was washed away with record-setting warmth and rain during Christmas week. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

A skier catches some air at the Shawnee Peak ski resort, where man-made snow made for good holiday skiing, Monday, December 29, 2014, in Bridgton, Maine. Nearly all the early season snow in southern Maine was washed away with record-setting warmth and rain during Christmas week. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)




A  man holds a heart-shaped hot-air balloon during the New Year's celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, January 1, 2015. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)

A man holds a heart-shaped hot-air balloon during the New Year's celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, January 1, 2015. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP Photo)




Iraqi Sufi Kurds take part in a ritual ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed in the Kurdish town of Akra, 500 km north of Baghdad, on January 1, 2015. Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of the prophet, known in Arabic as the “Mawlid al-Nabawi” holiday, on the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)

Iraqi Sufi Kurds take part in a ritual ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed in the Kurdish town of Akra, 500 km north of Baghdad, on January 1, 2015. Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of the prophet, known in Arabic as the “Mawlid al-Nabawi” holiday, on the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)




A general view during the New Years Day Parade on January 1, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

A general view during the New Years Day Parade on January 1, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)




Burned Afghan National Army trucks wait to be demolished on the massive Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province of Afghanistan January 2, 2015. The base is being shrunk by demolishing large swaths of housing in order to hold roughly 13,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans, who will remain in the country under a new two-year mission named “Resolute Support” to train Afghan troops. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

Burned Afghan National Army trucks wait to be demolished on the massive Bagram Air Field in the Parwan province of Afghanistan January 2, 2015. The base is being shrunk by demolishing large swaths of housing in order to hold roughly 13,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans, who will remain in the country under a new two-year mission named “Resolute Support” to train Afghan troops. (Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters)




India's Central Armed Police Forces, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel jump with joy as they celebrate after their passing out parade at their training headquarters near Bhopal, India, 29 December 2014. Around 430 cadets from seventeen states of the country took part in the convocational parade after completing a rigorous training program. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)

India's Central Armed Police Forces, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel jump with joy as they celebrate after their passing out parade at their training headquarters near Bhopal, India, 29 December 2014. Around 430 cadets from seventeen states of the country took part in the convocational parade after completing a rigorous training program. (Photo by Sanjeev Gupta/EPA)




Police officers detain a supporter of opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny during a rally in central Moscow, Russia, 30 December 2014. Alexei Navalny was arrested on 30 December after showing up at an unsanctioned rally against his own sentencing earlier that day. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)

Police officers detain a supporter of opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny during a rally in central Moscow, Russia, 30 December 2014. Alexei Navalny was arrested on 30 December after showing up at an unsanctioned rally against his own sentencing earlier that day. (Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA)




A woman screams during an unauthorized rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny in central Moscow on December 30, 2014. Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny on December 30, 2014, called for mass protests to “destroy” President Vladimir Putin's regime after a court handed him a suspended sentence and jailed his brother in a controversial fraud case. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)

A woman screams during an unauthorized rally in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg Navalny in central Moscow on December 30, 2014. Russia's top opposition leader Alexei Navalny on December 30, 2014, called for mass protests to “destroy” President Vladimir Putin's regime after a court handed him a suspended sentence and jailed his brother in a controversial fraud case. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)




Singaporean six-year old Aris Marissa places a post-it note on a board of well wishes for the passengers of the missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501 outside the relative's holding area at Changi airport in Singapore, 30 December 2014. The search for a missing AirAsia plane that left Indonesia with 162 people on board expanded on 30 December, with more aircraft and ships set to scour a wider area. (Photo by Rancis R. Malasig/EPA)

Singaporean six-year old Aris Marissa places a post-it note on a board of well wishes for the passengers of the missing AirAsia flight QZ 8501 outside the relative's holding area at Changi airport in Singapore, 30 December 2014. The search for a missing AirAsia plane that left Indonesia with 162 people on board expanded on 30 December, with more aircraft and ships set to scour a wider area. AirAsia Indonesia flight 8501 disappeared from radar over the Java Sea after taking off from Surabaya in Indonesia's East Java province en route to Singapore on 28 December morning. A full day's search on 29 December yielded no positive results. (Photo by Rancis R. Malasig/EPA)




Swimmers peform the synchro routine “A Sea of Happiness” to mark New Year in Las Canteras beach, Canary Islands, Spain, 31 December 2014. Some 50 swimmers took part in the performance directed by Spanish olympic medal winner Paola Tirados (unseen).  (Photo by Angel Medina G./EPA)

Swimmers peform the synchro routine “A Sea of Happiness” to mark New Year in Las Canteras beach, Canary Islands, Spain, 31 December 2014. Some 50 swimmers took part in the performance directed by Spanish olympic medal winner Paola Tirados (unseen). (Photo by Angel Medina G./EPA)




A woman carries the day’s-catch from a fishing boat at Ngwe Saung beach, in eastern Ayeyarwaddy division, Myanmar, Sunday, December 28, 2014. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)

A woman carries the day’s-catch from a fishing boat at Ngwe Saung beach, in eastern Ayeyarwaddy division, Myanmar, Sunday, December 28, 2014. (Photo by Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo)




Angela McClements takes the plunge as swimmers brave the icy waters during the New Year's Day swim at Carnlough harbour on January 1, 2015 in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. The annual event on the north Antrim coast supports Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus charities. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Angela McClements takes the plunge as swimmers brave the icy waters during the New Year's Day swim at Carnlough harbour on January 1, 2015 in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. The annual event on the north Antrim coast supports Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus charities. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)




Japanese shoppers rush into a Tokyo department store to buy “lucky bags” containing items worth three times their price tag to celebrate a new year of business in Tokyo on January 2, 2015. Lucky bags are sold each year to celebrate the New Year, Japan's biggest holiday of the year. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)

Japanese shoppers rush into a Tokyo department store to buy “lucky bags” containing items worth three times their price tag to celebrate a new year of business in Tokyo on January 2, 2015. Lucky bags are sold each year to celebrate the New Year, Japan's biggest holiday of the year. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)




A shepherd takes out grass on a raft over Kaz Lake while the cows eat the grass he took out from the lake in Kalkandelen village of Caldiran district in Turkey's eastern Van province on December 27, 2014. Shepherds sail to 2-meters-deep lake with hand made rafts to supply feed for their livestock under harsh weather conditions as temperature reaches to -30 °C while the cows feed around the lake. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

A shepherd takes out grass on a raft over Kaz Lake while the cows eat the grass he took out from the lake in Kalkandelen village of Caldiran district in Turkey's eastern Van province on December 27, 2014. Shepherds sail to 2-meters-deep lake with hand made rafts to supply feed for their livestock under harsh weather conditions as temperature reaches to -30 °C while the cows feed around the lake. (Photo by Ali Ihsan Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)




A man (C) and his daughter (2nd L), both rescued from the Norman Atlantic ferry, disembark from a Greek Airforce C-130 military cargo aircraft at the Elefsina military airport near Athens December 29, 2014. Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster. (Photo by Yannis Kolesidis/Reuters)

A man (C) and his daughter (2nd L), both rescued from the Norman Atlantic ferry, disembark from a Greek Airforce C-130 military cargo aircraft at the Elefsina military airport near Athens December 29, 2014. Rescue teams evacuated more than 400 people from a car ferry that caught fire off Greece's Adriatic coast in a 36-hour operation on roiling seas, but 10 people were killed in the disaster. Italian and Greek authorities continued an air search of the sea around the vessel while they sought to verify the number of passengers who had been on board, fearing that many people could be missing. The fire broke out on Sunday on a vehicle deck of the Norman Atlantic ferry, whose manifest said should be carrying 478 passengers and crew and more than 200 vehicles. Rescue efforts were complicated by bad weather. (Photo by Yannis Kolesidis/Reuters)




A woman is carried by paramedics as passengers of the ferry that caught fire in the channel between Italy and Albania arrive at a Brindisi hospital, southern Italy, Sunday, December 28, 2014. Italian and Greek rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves as they struggled Sunday to evacuate hundreds of people from a ferry on fire and adrift in the channel between Italy and Albania. (Photo by Max Frigione/AP Photo)

A woman is carried by paramedics as passengers of the ferry that caught fire in the channel between Italy and Albania arrive at a Brindisi hospital, southern Italy, Sunday, December 28, 2014. Italian and Greek rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves as they struggled Sunday to evacuate hundreds of people from a ferry on fire and adrift in the channel between Italy and Albania. At least one person died and two were injured. The fire broke out before dawn Sunday on a car deck of the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic, traveling from the western Greek port of Patras to the Italian port of Ancona on the Adriatic, with 422 passengers and 56 crew members on board. (Photo by Max Frigione/AP Photo)




People dressed as zombies participate in the Peru Zombie Walk in Lima, Peru, Sunday, December 28, 2014. Organizers asked participants to bring diapers, pajamas, toys and other items to donate to a foster home for poor children in Lima. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)

People dressed as zombies participate in the Peru Zombie Walk in Lima, Peru, Sunday, December 28, 2014. Organizers asked participants to bring diapers, pajamas, toys and other items to donate to a foster home for poor children in Lima. (Photo by Martin Mejia/AP Photo)




Stems of reed are covered with ice due to stormy winds in Lake Latokep near Debrecen, 226 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, December 29, 2014, as sub-zero temperatures have prevailed over the whole country for the last couple of days. (Photo by Zsolt Czegledi/AP Photo/MTI)

Stems of reed are covered with ice due to stormy winds in Lake Latokep near Debrecen, 226 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, Monday, December 29, 2014, as sub-zero temperatures have prevailed over the whole country for the last couple of days. (Photo by Zsolt Czegledi/AP Photo/MTI)




Novice Buddhist monks smile as they pose with Happy New Year placards during “kagyu monalm” prayers at Bodhgaya on January 1, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo)

Novice Buddhist monks smile as they pose with Happy New Year placards during “kagyu monalm” prayers at Bodhgaya on January 1, 2015. (Photo by AFP Photo)




A runner (L) dressed in a traditional Chinese “monkey king” costume participates in a running competition to embrace the coming new year in Handan, in northern China's Hebei province on December 31, 2014. People from different part of China celebrate the coming 2015 in different ways according to their culture and traditions. (Photo by AFP Photo)

A runner (L) dressed in a traditional Chinese “monkey king” costume participates in a running competition to embrace the coming new year in Handan, in northern China's Hebei province on December 31, 2014. People from different part of China celebrate the coming 2015 in different ways according to their culture and traditions. (Photo by AFP Photo)




Snow covers a pig-shaped discarded tram that is placed in front of a pig museum in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on December 27, 2014. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around snow in southwestern Germany with temperatures around minus 3 degrees. (Photo by Daniel Naupold/AFP Photo/DPA)

Snow covers a pig-shaped discarded tram that is placed in front of a pig museum in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on December 27, 2014. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around snow in southwestern Germany with temperatures around minus 3 degrees. (Photo by Daniel Naupold/AFP Photo/DPA)




Villagers crowd in front of the fairing of the Long March 3B (CZ-3B) carrier rocket after the launch of the meteorological satellite Fengyun-II 08 in Gaopingsi Village, Daoping town, Fuquan city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 31 December 2014. The fairing of a Long March-3A rocket carrying meteorological satellite Fengyun-II 08 was recovered after the rocket blasted off from the launching pad at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, December 31, 2014. (Photo by Imaginechina via AP Images)

Villagers crowd in front of the fairing of the Long March 3B (CZ-3B) carrier rocket after the launch of the meteorological satellite Fengyun-II 08 in Gaopingsi Village, Daoping town, Fuquan city, southwest China's Guizhou province, 31 December 2014. The fairing of a Long March-3A rocket carrying meteorological satellite Fengyun-II 08 was recovered after the rocket blasted off from the launching pad at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, December 31, 2014. Wednesday's launch marked the 203rd mission for the Long March rocket family. (Photo by Imaginechina via AP Images)




People look at the Popocatepetl volcano as it spews ash from the Paso de Cortes community, in Puebla State, Mexico on December 28, 2014. (Photo by Guadalupe Perez/AFP Photo)

People look at the Popocatepetl volcano as it spews ash from the Paso de Cortes community, in Puebla State, Mexico on December 28, 2014. (Photo by Guadalupe Perez/AFP Photo)




Cho Hyun-ah, second from right, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, arrives at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, December 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the “nut rage” case. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)

Cho Hyun-ah, second from right, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, arrives at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, December 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the “nut rage” case. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)




A man in costume is seen before the 90th Sao Silvestre international 15 km race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 31 December 2014. Thirty thousand runners participated in the 15 km traditional New Year's Eve event. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP Photo)

A man in costume is seen before the 90th Sao Silvestre international 15 km race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 31 December 2014. Thirty thousand runners participated in the 15 km traditional New Year's Eve event. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP Photo)




People sit near a fully loaded in Madama near the border with Lybia on January 1, 2015. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit to northern Niger on January 1, to visit a base being built to combat the growing flow of weapons and jihadists from neighbouring Libya. Le Drian travelled from Chad to Madama, a desert outpost about 100 kilometres from Libya, where he saw in the New Year with troops at a French base. (Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP Photo)

People sit near a fully loaded in Madama near the border with Lybia on January 1, 2015. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit to northern Niger on January 1, to visit a base being built to combat the growing flow of weapons and jihadists from neighbouring Libya. Le Drian travelled from Chad to Madama, a desert outpost about 100 kilometres from Libya, where he saw in the New Year with troops at a French base. Madama is situated on the route used by jihadists and arms smugglers in southern Libya to reach northern Mali and Niger. (Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP Photo)
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