Bullit Marquez / AP
Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year Wednesday Jan. 1, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Traditionally, Filipinos welcome the New Year with fireworks and firecrackers and making the loudest noise possible, including indiscriminate firing of their guns which sometimes result in injuries and deaths.
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