New Year 2025 celebrations from around the world

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New Year 2025 celebrations from around the world
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The world has been saying goodbye to 2024 and welcoming 2025. Here’s how people in different countries celebrated the new year.

Fireworks display at the iconic Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand

As the clock struck midnight in New Zealand, Auckland welcomed the arrival of 2025 with its traditional fireworks display at the iconic Sky Tower.

SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP Balinese traditional dancers perform during the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025 a New Year's Eve celebration in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on December 31, 2024.SONNY TUMBELAKA/AFP

Dancers performed the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025, a New Year’s Eve celebration in Bali, Indonesia

Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via REUTERS The 9pm fireworks explode during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2024. Pink fireworks can bee seen exploding above Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via REUTERS

A “family fireworks” display lit up the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, three hours before midnight.

Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via REUTERS Revellers gather at Mrs. Macquarie's Point ahead of the New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, 31 December 2024. A man in a brown t-shirt and a woman in an orange dress and grey shirt, both wearing hats, sit on the ground in a crown and wave to the camera Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via REUTERS

Revellers set up camp by the water, at Mrs. Macquarie’s Point, to ensure a good view of the main display.

SAEED KHAN/AFP Fireworks light up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during 2025 New Year's Day celebrations in Sydney on January 1, 2025.SAEED KHAN/AFP

The patient crowd was rewarded as huge display lit up the midnight sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

ADEK BERRY/AFP A large screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a speech ahead of the New Year's eve celebrations in Beijing on December 31,ADEK BERRY/AFP

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech ahead of the celebrations in Beijing.

VCG via Getty Images Fireworks light up the sky over the Songhua River during a firework show to welcome New Year 2025 on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2024 in Jilin City, Jilin Province of China. VCG via Getty Images

Fireworks lit up the sky over the Songhua River during a firework show to welcome 2025 in Jilin City, China.

RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA A Thai Buddhist devotee offers prayers to a Buddha statue during a merit-making ceremony to mark the New Year at the City Pillar Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 December 2024. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA

A Thai Buddhist devotee offered prayers to a Buddha statue during a merit-making ceremony to mark the New Year at the City Pillar Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand.

RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA Thai Buddhists gather to mark the New Year at the City Pillar Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 December 2024. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA

The Buddhist practice is believed to bring good fortune, spiritual benefits, and blessings for the year ahead.

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