Fireworks are lighting up night skies around the world as New Year’s revelers ring in 2025.
It takes 26 hours for the new year to be welcomed across 39 different time zones.
Christmas Island in Kiribati, an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, is the first to celebrate every year. Hawaii, American Samoa and many of the US outlying islands are among the last places.
A couple kisses as they celebrate the new year in Vilnius, Lithuania. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP
Fireworks light up the night sky at the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. Mohamed Elshahed/Anadolu/Getty Images
Syrians celebrate New Year’s in Damascus, Syria. Emin Sansar/Anadolu/Getty Images
A light show and fireworks illuminate the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during New Year’s celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images
People flash lights from their cell phones as they attend New Year’s celebrations in Mumbai, India. Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters
Locals watch fireworks at Ancol Beach in Jakarta, Indonesia. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
A couple shares a tender moment as they walk with their child in Donetsk, Ukraine. Alexei Alexandrov/AP
Balloons are released in Wuhan, China, to celebrate the new year. Getty Images
Fireworks light up the midnight sky over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. May James/AFP/Getty Images
People take video of fireworks from the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
A New Year’s message is projected onto the surface of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Women wear 2025 headbands as they attend celebrations in Jakarta. Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
People cheer during a New Year’s celebration in Taipei. Chiang Ying-ying/AP
Children light firecrackers on a street in Mandaluyong, Philippines. Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
A person poses in front of a decoration in Cairo. Amr Nabil/AP
People in Seoul, South Korea, take pictures as they observe the last sunset of the year. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
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