New Year Around The World: Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo)
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New Year Around The World: Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo)

Party Crashers: More than 1,500 young Germans showed up to the home of a girl named Thessa on her birthday after she forgot to mark her birthday invitation on Facebook as “private.” Her family hired a private security firm in order to protect the home, which was also patrolled by more than 100 police officers. [AP Photo]
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Party Crashers: More than 1,500 young Germans showed up to the home of a girl named Thessa on her birthday after she forgot to mark her birthday invitation on Facebook as “private.” Her family hired a private security firm in order to protect the home, which was also patrolled by more than 100 police officers. [AP Photo]

Knut, the polar bear who years ago captured the world’s attention, has died at the Berlin Zoo, the Associated Press reports. (Photo: Berlin Zoo | More information from Spiegel)
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Knut, the polar bear who years ago captured the world’s attention, has died at the Berlin Zoo, the Associated Press reports. (Photo: Berlin Zoo | More information from Spiegel)