2012-12-31 Photo gallery

Photos of pleasing and colorful flowers by S.Chandrasekaran

Photos of pleasing and colorful flowers by S.Chandrasekaran

Angelique Kerber, of Germany, reacts to a line call during her first round match against Anna Tatishvili, of Georgia, during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. AP

A bull runs towards Spanish bullfighter David Mora during a bullfighting festival at Canaveralejo bullring in Cali December 30, 2012. REUTERS

This police sketch provided December 30, 2012 by the New York City Police Department shows a likeness of the woman believed to have pushed a man, 46-year-old Sunando Sen, from India to his death in front of a subway on December 27. A 31-year-old New ...

Tribesmen attend a funeral of a paramilitary soldier who was kidnapped and executed by Taliban militants at Darra Adam Khel December 30, 2012. Pakistani Taliban militants have executed 21 paramilitary force men who were captured in attacks on their p...

Relatives and policemen carry coffin of Delhi gang rape victim at a cremation ground in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI

 A competitor takes part in the Kambala Buffalo race near Mangalore on Sunday. PTI

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a multiple-fatality accident after a tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy highway and fell several hundred feet down a steep embankment, authorities said, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 about 15 miles ...

Boatmen sail across the Ganga River during the last sunset of the year 2012 in Allahabad on Monday. PTI Photo

Indian tennis player Prakash Amritraj in action against James Ward of Germany at the qualifying round of ATP Chennai Open 2013 in Chennai on Monday. PTI Photo

A boatman rows his boat during the last sunset of the year 2012 at Dal Lake in Srinagar on Monday. PTI Photo

Indian youths make an installation to welcome the new year at the banks of the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati on December 31, 2012. Sydney will kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with l...

A lion yawns inside its enclosure at Delhi zoo on Monday. PTI Photo

Indian sportsmen of Madan mohan malviya stadium, light candles to welcome the New Year in Allahabad on December 31, 2012. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolate...

TOPSHOTS Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and Lon...

Spectator boats in Sydney Harbour (below) look on as New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on January 1, 2013. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with ...

People gather to release balloons to celebrate the New Year's during an annual countdown ceremony produced by the Prince Park Tower Tokyo, flagship of the Prince hotel chain on December 31, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with t...