AN EAST TIMORESE MAN WATCHES FIREWORKS DURING INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS IN DILI

An East Timorese man wearing traditional dress watches a fireworks display in Tasitolo, near Dili, after the country became independent on May 20, 2002. To the cheers of tens of thousands of joyous revellers, East Timor celebrated its independence shortly after midnight on Sunday, taking its place as the first new nation of the millennium. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside