The 2011 honorees come from 22 different countries, with large contingents from the US, Germany, UK, Canada, and France.
This year's event, in Thailand, included contingents from South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore.
About 500 Polish and 500 Bulgarian soldiers are stationed here, with smaller contingents from other countries.
Back in Cleveland, James entertained contingents from the Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Judging from the accents, the majority of guests were North American, with contingents from Britain, Japan and Germany.
Forty-one percent said they were from the Dominican Republic; there were also contingents from Jamaica, Ecuador and Guyana.
The larger contingents, from universities and secondary schools, used rope barriers to cordon themselves off from infiltrators.
By early Sunday evening, the police, accompanied by contingents from the Brazilian Army and Navy, had not fired a shot.
They come from more than 200 countries, with notable contingents from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and El Salvador.
New York is Dakar north and Budapest west; there are contingents from Ireland and Uzbekistan, Lebanon and Peru.
The largest foreign community is about 500,000 Indians, with large contingents from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Philippines.
