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31
Dec
2012
1:45pm, EST
Blooming and booming: Fireworks cascade from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper
Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101, during New Year celebrations in Taipei on Jan. 1, 2013. The Taipei 101, a 1,670-foot-high skyscraper (509 meters) ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010. The Chinese characters read 'Taipei 101.'
Pichi Chuang / Reuters
Fireworks explode from Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, the Taipei 101, during New Year celebrations in Taipei on Jan. 1, 2013. The Chinese characters read 'Taiwan.'
Sam Yeh / AFP - Getty Images
New Year 2013 is shown on the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year.
Previously on PhotoBlog:

Confetti flies during countdown test in Times Square

Fireworks before midnight? Sydney kicks off New Year party early

Slideshow: The world's tallest skycrapers
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Slideshow: Celebrations as 2013 dawns
Damian Shaw / EPA
From Sydney to Siberia, revelers celebrate the arrival of a new year.
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20
Oct
2012
4:18pm, EDT
Wally Santana / AP
'Dream Parade' makes its way through Taipei
Costumed revelers march in the annual 'Dream Parade' on Oct. 20, in Taipei, Taiwan.
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29
Jan
2012
12:24am, EST
Lanterns light the sky for good fortune and prosperity in Taiwan
Wally Santana / AP
Hundreds of Taiwanese release "sky lanterns" in hopes of good fortune and prosperity in the new year and to celebrate the upcoming traditional Chinese Lantern Festival on Jan. 28, in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. The start of the Chinese Lantern festival falls on Monday, Feb. 6.
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Slideshow: Chinese New Year celebrations around the world
Peter Parks / AFP - Getty Images
Millions around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, which began on Jan. 23 and welcomes the year of the dragon.
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28
Oct
2011
9:03am, EDT
Pichi Chuang / Reuters
A woman looks at an art installation named "Forever Bicycles" by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei during a media preview of the "Ai Weiwei Absent" exhibition in Taipei, October 28, 2011. The exhibition is scheduled to run from October 29, 2011 to January 29, 2012 at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and features 21sets of Ai's works, including installation pieces, photography, sculpture, and videos.
'Forever Bicycles' by Ai Weiwei on exhibit in Taipei
By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News
More on the exhibition which the artist will not attend. The British magazine Art Review recently named Ai Weiwei as the most powerful artist of 2011.
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18
May
2011
3:46pm, EDT
Police clear streets during Taiwan's annual air raid drill
Wally Santana / AP
A policeman clears the sidewalks as an air raid siren begins to wail through the streets of Taipei.
Wally Santana / AP
Pedestrians use their smart phones in a subway station while police keep pedestrians off the streets during an air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Taiwan held its decades-old annual air raid drill Tuesday, despite warming ties with China, the exercise's designated adversary. The Wan-an, or "safety for everyone" exercise, is an island-wide drill premised on widespread Chinese air attacks.
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Police guide pedestrians off a street during an air raid drill in Taipei.
Wally Santana / AP
A policeman stops motorcyclists during an air raid drill in Taipei.
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19
Sep
2010
11:13am, EDT
Nicky Loh / Reuters
A man reacts as his umbrella snaps against strong winds as Typhoon Fanapi hits Taipei, Sept. 19. Business stopped in Taiwan on Sunday as the mid-strength typhoon made landfall, bringing heavy rains and strong wind gusts as officials scrambled to prevent a repeat of the devastation caused by a 2009 storm. Typhoon Fanapi, Taiwan's most severe storm so far in 2010 with wind gusts of up to 123 mph, had cancelled all domestic flights and a handful of international ones on Sunday.
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This is one of those little moments in life to which we can all relate.
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I love this. Great moment to catch. Like catching someone at the moment they sneeze.
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8
Jul
2010
8:01pm, EDT
Pichi Chuang / Reuters
Children enjoy themselves at the Taipei Water Park on July 4. The temperature of 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in Taipei on Saturday afternoon was this year's highest.
Outtake from The Week in Pictures
As we edit The Week in Pictures each Thursday, we look for images that are great photographs as well as those that cause a visceral reaction. For me, this sweet image made me laugh each time I came across it, but photographically, it didn't hold up to the several other "summer fun" images we had to choose from, and it didn't make the final edit for July 1 - 8. See the final edit of the slideshow here.

Would you have included this image? Which image do you like best this week, and why?
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What a fun picture! these kids were having a blast and who could blame them :) I couldn't help but noticing though that they are probably from a economically advantaged family. They are definitely on the well padded side. Also, a different picture on MSNBC recently showed a pool so crowded with Chi …
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