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2005 | New Year's around the world

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ITSUO INOUYE / AP

A boy prays around a fire believed to invoke divine help early during his first visit of the year to the Zojoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo to celebrate the New Year. It is a popular custom among Japanese to make their first visit of the year to Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines on New Year's Day to pray for their health and prosperity.

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