U.S. cities joined millions of people around the world in New Year's celebrations ringing in 2025 on Wednesday. The big picture: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to mark New ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square for performances and the ...

Billions of people around the world are ringing in the Lunar New Year. It's the Year of the Tiger, according to the Chinese zodiac. Latest videos Billions of people around the world are ringing in ...

From epic water fights and night-long cave raves to extravagant fruit-laden parades, these kooky events all make the most of ...

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From Auckland to Rome to St. Paul, communities around the world ... New Year’s Eve festivities marked the beginning of Pope Francis’ Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration ...

Faithful Christians around the world celebrated the resurrection of ... the Lincoln Memorial in D.C., people gathered for an annual celebration of Easter. As with any religious holiday observed ...

Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition People around the world on Saturday celebrated ... day of the Year of the Rat, with many celebrations including the traditional ...

Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

In some parts of the world, a new year also means drawing on old practices to symbolically usher in wealth and good luck. Many of these practices are rooted in culinary traditions that have become ...

Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition People around the world on Saturday celebrated ... day of the Year of the Rat, with many celebrations including the traditional ...