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Lighting up the season

At the end of the year, many parts of the world are brightened by glittering displays. Holidays and festivals bring people out at night for a visual treat and interiors are bathed in festive lights. Life is made more colorful for a variety of celebrations.

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Lighting up the season

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  1. Lighting up the season People walk along the Christmas Fair with Christmas stars and a Ferris wheel, left, in Erfurt, central Germany, Nov. 27. 

  2. Sara Cervantes takes pictures of Christmas decorations at Pershing Square, Dec. 6, in Los Angeles.(Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)

  3. Nepalese devotees walk holding lights on the eve of Balachaturdashi festival at Pashupati temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 1.

  4. Visitors look at lights in a giant Christmas tree outside the Ion Orchard shopping mall in Singapore, Nov. 27. Christmas cheer sets in as festive lights and Christmas decor adorns the streets and shopping malls of the city state in the tropics.

  5. General view of the Guinness Christmas lights world record made in Canberra, Australia, Nov. 24. Homeowner David Richards switched on more than 500,000 lights to raise money for the charity SIDS and Kids ACT.

  6. People visit the 2nd Croix Rousse tunnel reserved for pedestrians, bicycles and buses during its inauguration ceremony in Lyon late in the night Dec. 5 as part of the rehearsal for the Festival of Lights.

  7. An ultra-orthodox Jewish man lights candles on the sixth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in a religious neighborhood of Jerusalem on Dec. 2. 

  8. Nelson Teiler takes a photograph of the lights as he came out to watch as the Temple Square lights turned on for the first time for the 2013 season on Nov. 29, in Salt Lake City

  9. Tourists visit the traditional Christkindelsmaerik (Christ Child market) near Strasbourg Cathedral Nov. 29. Held annually since 1570, Strasbourg's Christ Child Market, known as the oldest French Christmas market, will be held until December 31

  10. Kelly Orchard stops to look at trees that are illuminated at a preview for this years Enchanted Christmas at the Forestry Commissions National Arboretum at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire on Nov. 27, in Tetbury, England. Enchanted Christmas, is Westonbirts signature winter event, aimed to inspire festive cheer with an illuminated one mile tree-lined trail. 

  11. Christmas lights in the Via del Corso, one of the main shopping street of Rome, on Dec. 6.

  12. Shoppers stop at stalls to browse the offerings at the Bath Christmas Market on its opening night on on Nov. 28, in Bath, England. Originating in Germany, Christmas markets have become increasingly popular in British cities too, as a way of boosting festive retail sales and visitor numbers.

  13. City council workers install Christmas lights in Africa Unity square, Harare, Nov. 29. Harare City Council has begun installing Christmas decorations across the city as part of the upcoming festive season.

  14. A light show is projected onto Brussels' Town Hall as part of Christmas events at the Grand-Place in Brussels, Nov. 29. 

  15. The illuminated tram of Debrecen Transport Ltd. on Kossuth Square in Debrecen, Hungary will run during the Christmas season from Advent to Epyphany.

  16. Visitors experience a light-show in the Great Conservatory of Syon Park which is illuminated in bright colours for their annual 'Enchanted Woodland' event on Nov. 22, in London, England.

  17. Trees illuminated by Christmas lights are reflected in a puddle on Unter den Linden street near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Nov. 30.

  18. Off-roaders with their sand rails, bikes and quads light up the night at the Oldsmobile Hill sand dune in Glamis, California, Nov. 29. More than 150,000 people came out to the sand dunes of Glamis in the Imperial Dunes county of southern California for the annual Thanksgiving Weekend gathering. 

  19. An oil lamp sits on the wall at a temple for the Hindu God Shiva during the "KarthigaiDeepam" in Bangalore on Dec. 2. "KarthigaiDeepam" is a festival of lights celebrated by Tamil Hindus on the full moon day of Karthigai month falling during November and December, and is observed in homes and temples.

  20. An Israeli fisherman casts his fishing rod to Hayarkon river, against a backdrop of large menorah lights, lit by the Israel Electric company to celebrate the last day of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 4.

  21. Juan Martinez hoists his daughter Kamila Martinez, 6, up so she can get a better view of the tree during the Macy's Tree Lighting Ceremony at Downtown Crossings in Boston on Nov. 29.

  22. Fireworks explode during the lighting ceremony for Rio de Janeiro's famed floating Christmas tree in Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas on Nov. 30, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The constructed tree is the largest floating Christmas tree in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

  23. Climbers Daniel Arnold and Stephan Siegrist collaborated with climbing photographer Thomas Senf’s and Swiss mountain sports manufacturer Mammut to create unique mystical atmosphere images on the Eidfjord in northern Norway, using coloured flares, spotlights and headlamps.

  24. "Pas Encore Mon Histoire" by Vincent Olinet from France floats in the Red Light District as part of the Amsterdam Light Festival in Amsterdam Dec. 6.

  25. People walk in the Light Labyrinth in the Wilanow Palace Garden in Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 6. The Labyrinth, made of over 150,000 color lamps and based on themes from "Alice in Wonderland" is a winter attraction for children.

  26. A woman passes a large menorah on Independence Mall on the seventh night of Hanukkah, Dec. 3 in Philadelphia.

  27. Children play during the opening ceremony of Christmas season at the main square of Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 29. The Mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, inaugurated officially the Christmas season with million of light bulbs in different parts of the city.

  28. Thailand navy cadets hold candles and watch fireworks light the sky during Thailand King BhumibolAdulyadej birthday celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 5

  29. The ceiling of the Marktkirche church in Hanover, central Germany, is illuminated during a festive Christmas light installation on Dec. 9. 

  30. People enjoy Christmas illuminations featuring the theme of "Christmas in the sea" in Tokyo's Shiodome on Dec. 7.

  31. Young choristers take part in Bath Abbey's candlelit Advent Procession on Dec. 1, in Bath, England. One of the most popular services of the historic Abbey's year, which marks the beginning of Advent and the Christian year, takes the congregation from darkness into light with a mixture of readings and music supported by the Abbey's choirs.

  32. People attend the Christmas lights illumination along the Medellin river on Dec. 9, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia.

  33. A family lights a wish ballon during the inauguration of an artificial ice rink set by the Town Hall as part of Christmas celebrations, in Petare shantytown, in Caracas, on Dec. 3. 

  34. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit Dec. 4, in New York.

  35. Hindu devotees light oil lamps at a temple for the Hindu God Shiva during the "KarthigaiDeepam" in Bangalore on Dec. 2.

  36. Festivities are underway at the Dam square in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Nov. 21, during the Turn on the Lights, the kick-off of the holiday season of the Dutch department store de Bijenkorf.

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