Atlantic Special Report | 2013-1-1

In awarding the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature to Mo Yan, the Swedish Academy has recognized Last night, as the stroke of midnight rolled across the world's time zones, people gathered in private and took to the streets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, 2013. Fireworks erupted from Sydney to Moscow, and revelers gathered in London, Dakar, New York, Las Vegas, and thousands of other places, raising a glass, keeping warm, making resolutions, and wishing each other a“Happy New Year! ”