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    It's not just the Irish who celebrate St. Paddy's. On March 17, cities around the world join in on the festivities. Every year landmarks from Chicago to Tokyo are turned green for the holiday. This year the Pyramids of Giza and Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer Statue will be added to the growing list of places where green reigns supreme on St. Patrick's Day.

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    Members of the plumbers' union dye the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. The River was first dyed green in 1962 and has become a St. Patrick's Day tradition in the city.

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    Table mountain is lit up green to commemorate St Patrick's Day in Cape Town, South Africa, March 17, 2011.

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    The Empire State Building is lit green for St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2011.

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    The Sydney Opera House is swathed in green light to mark St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2010, in Sydney, Australia.

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    The Niagara River flows over the Horseshoe Falls section of Niagara Falls, painted in green light to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2001, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

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    The London Eye is lit up in the color green in celebration of St Patrick's Day, in central London, on March 17, 2011.

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    Trinity College is turned green for St. Patrick's Day in Dublin, Ireland, in March 2012.

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    The Tokyo Tower is lit in green to mark St. Patrick's Day in Tokyo, March 17, 2007.

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    The fountain on the South Lawn of the White House is dyed green on St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012, in Washington. 

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    The Sky Tower is illuminated in green on March 17, 2012, in Auckland, New Zealand.

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    Dublin's Government Building is turned green as St Patrick's festival celebrations commence in March 2012.

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    The fountains in London's Trafalgar Square are dyed green for a St. Patrick's Day on March 19, 2007.

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    Monaco's palace is illuminated in green on March 17, 2012, during the St. Patrick's Day in the Principalty of Monaco,

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    Selfridges department store on London's Oxford street goes green for St Patrick’s Day on March 15, 2012.