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 | Thousands of revellers gather '2007' is displayed on a screen when the clock strikes twelve in Hong Kong January 1, 2007 to celebrate the countdown to the new year. click to open  |  | Star Wars Storm Troopers, a fan-based group known as the '501st Legion' from 22 different countries and 26 U.S. states, march down Colorado Boulevard in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. click to open  |  | Riders including reigning Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry, left, Gov. Brad Henry, top center, and his wave Kim, top right, wave from 'Oklahoma Rising,' celebrating the state's centennial, as it moves down Colorado Boulevard in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007 click to open  |  | Star Wars character Darth Vader walks down Colorado Boulevard in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. click to open  |  | Rose Parade Queen Mary McCluggage applies split peas to the Rain Bird float in Duarte, California December 9, 2006. The irrigation company's entry into the parade is titled Natural Beauties and features a Tournament of Roses record 15-foot-high waterfall. click to open  |  | Grand Marshal George Lucas, left, creator of the 'Star Wars' saga, rides down Colorado Boulevard in a 1911 Pope-Hartford, Model Y, in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. click to open  |  | The FTD float 'Jewels of Nature,' winner of the Sweepstakes award for outstanding floral presentation and design, makes its way down Colorado Boulevard in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. click to open  |  | The Farmers Insurance float 'Mother Nature,' winner of the Theme prize, makes its way down Colorado Boulevard in the 118th Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, Jan. 1, 2007. click to open  |  | A Chinese man wears an eye mask with large 2007 numbers as he joins revellers on the new year's eve in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Dec. 31st 2006 click to open  |  | Danny Morledge, 19, and his girlfriend Summer Hayton, 19, play chess as they wait for start the 118th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006. The couple plan on camping overnight to get a front row seat for the Rose Parade on New Years day. click to open  |
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