高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2011年12月31日星期六

2012 New Year in Pictures




Women spell out 2012 with sparklers in the Philippine capital, Manila




The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are lit up by fireworks



Pakistani Christians hold crosses as they light candles to pray for peace in Lahore



Thousands of performers gather at the start of the Johannesburg Carnival



Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101






Schoolchildren in Jiujiang, China, show lanterns with 2012 written on them in Jiangxi province



Fireworks explode above the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



Shinto priests leave the holy worship area through a wooden torii gate following the end-of-year purification ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan


 

 

Fireworks explode in downtown Jakarta, Indonesia



A giant dragon lantern is displayed to celebrate the new year near the border village of Panmunjom that separates North and South Korea