The world rings in 2013

Thomas Hayes, right, and his girlfriend Jenna Corby, second from right, both from Lyndhurst N.J., share a kiss, as Min Song, center, and her daughter Jiang Yu Zhuo, second from left, both from China, hug as they and others celebrate the new year shortly after midnight in New York's Times Square, Jan. 1, 2013.

Credit: AP Photo/Tina Fineberg