Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

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 ...

New Year’s celebrations around the world. Prev Next 10:15 a.m. ET Western Australia. 11 a.m. ET China, Philippines, Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, most of Mongolia ...

Here, we round up some of the ways the New Year is called in around the world. Gregorian New Year. 1 January 2025 New Year’s Day marks the first day of the Gregorian calendar, something we’ve ...

New Year’s celebrations around the world. Prev Next 10:15 a.m. ET Western Australia. 11 a.m. ET China, Philippines, Malaysia, parts of Indonesia, most of Mongolia ...

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 traditional midnight ...

There's so much hype around New Year's Eve each year that it can be hard for the holiday to live up to expectations. Whether you brave a crowded bar or head over to a friend's house, the pressure ...

The celebrations heralded the end of a tumultuous year during which more than half of the world’s population went to the polls, shaping the future of democracies in more than 30 countries.

2 Participants hit a huge bell to welcome the 2025 New Year's Day, during celebrations post midnight at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 1, 2025.

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 traditional midnight ...

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 traditional ...