Tuesday, January 1, 2008

The World celebrates 2008

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Fireworks light the sky near the Grrossmuenster church in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt)

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More than a thousand people jump into the waters of English Bay in Vancouver, B. C., as part of the 88th annual polar bear dip to ring in the New Year. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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Fireworks illuminate the ancient Parthenon atop the Acropolis Hill in Athens. (AP Photo /Petros Giannakouris)

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A female impersonator Gary Marion, transformed into "Sushi," hangs above Duval Street and thousands of New Year's Eve revelers at the Bourbon Street Pub Complex in Key West, Fla. The Big Red Shoe Drop, with "Sushi" in a huge facsimile of a woman's high heel shoe, is a takeoff on New York City's Times Square ball drop. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

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Seattle rings in the New Year with fireworks at the Space Needle. (AP Photo/Jim Bryant)

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An Iraqi youth wears a Santa Claus suit while holding sparklers to celebrate the New Year in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

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Italian Marco Fois dives into the Tiber River from the 59-foot high Cavour Bridge in Rome. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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Jack Ciesemier, center, and his wife Karen, right, of Chicago make their way through Times Square during the New Year's Eve celebration in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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