Day in Photos: New Year Celebrations Around the World
The Sydney NYE fireworks seen from the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 1, 2025. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Day in Photos: New Year Celebrations Around the World

A look into the world through the lens of photography.
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People arrive at the New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City's Times Square on Dec. 31, 2024. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
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People celebrate the New Year after the ball drop at New York City's Times Square on Jan. 1, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images
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Participants hit a huge bell to welcome New Year's Day 2025, during celebrations post-midnight at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 1, 2025. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images
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Fireworks light up the Taiwan skyline and Taipei 101 during New Year's Eve celebrations in front of Taipei City Government in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 31, 2024. Gene Wang/Getty Images
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People dressed as Santa Claus pose for a selfie on New Year's Eve in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 31, 2024. Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images
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A light show and fireworks illuminate the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, during New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai, UAE, on Jan. 1, 2025. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
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French Mayor of Cabourg, Emmanuel Porcq (2nd R) and other participants wearing 1900-style costumes, run into the sea as they take part in the traditional last swim of the year, off the beach at Cabourg, France, on Dec. 31, 2024. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images
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Fireworks light up the sky ushering in the New Year in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 1, 2025. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
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People bid adieu to the last sunset of year along a beach near the Arabian sea in Mumbai, India, on Dec. 31, 2024. Sujit Jaiswal/AFP via Getty Images
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Fireworks light up above Prambanan Temple, a 9th-century Hindu temple complex and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2024. Devi Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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Wooden pallettes making up a wooden mound burn during the annual bonfire on New Year's Eve, on the beach of Scheveningen in the Hague, Netherlands, on Dec. 30, 2024. Lina Selg/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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People watch fireworks during the New Year celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 1, 2025. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images
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The Arc de Triomphe on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris on Jan. 1, 2025. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
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Swimmers attend the traditional New Year's Eve swimming at lake Moossee in Moosseedorf, Switzerland, on Dec. 31, 2024. Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP
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Egyptians walk in front of New Year decorations in Cairo, Egypt, on Dec. 31, 2024. Amr Nabil/AP Photo
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People gather near the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate and watch the fireworks for the New Year's celebrations in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 31, 2024. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo
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An aerial view of Copacabana beach prior to the New Year's Eve celebration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 31, 2024. Wagner Meier/Getty Images
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Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight in London, England, on Jan. 1, 2025. Carl Court/Getty Images
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People pose with snowman decorations on New Year's Eve on Sishane Square in Istanbul on Dec. 31, 2024. Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images