Updated 8:26am 9 January 2013

World in Pictures, January 1, 2013: New Year drummers in Newcastle, Procession of Light in Dublin and celebration mass at the Vatican (GALLERY)


A diver jumps into the Tiber River from the 18 meter (59 feet) high Cavour Bridge in Rome to celebrate the New Year
A diver jumps into the Tiber River from the 18 meter (59 feet) high Cavour Bridge in Rome to celebrate the New Year

TODAY’S World in Pictures features photographs of drummers lighting up Newcastle city centre as new year celebrations get underway; the People's Procession of Light kicking off The Gathering Ireland 2013 – a year-long celebration of all things Irish, in Dublin and Pope Benedict XVI celebrating a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

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