Fireworks light up the London skyline and Big Ben just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2025. Carl Court/Getty Images
Revellers take part in a New Year's day swim in Lake Geneva with its 7.3 degree celsius waters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 1, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Tar Barrel Men process through the streets of Allendale carrying torches and flaming barrels in the annual Allendale Tar Barrel festival in Allendale, northern England, on the night between Dec. 31, 2024 and Jan. 1, 2025. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Firefighters work at a site of a building damaged during a Russian drone strike in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 1, 2025. Yan Dobronosov/Reuters
Prince Joachim of Denmark and Princess Marie of Denmark during a New Year's Gala at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 1, 2025. Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images
Police officers put out fire in the streets after rioters used fireworks to attack emergency officials, resulting in five people killed and 400 arrests, in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 1, 2025. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo
Angela McClements joins fellow New Year's Day celebrants as they dive into Carnlough harbour in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 1, 2025. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
People observe a moment of silence during a candlelight vigil, which marks one year since a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan and left at least 500 dead, held outside a temporary housing facility in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 1, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Activists and relatives take part in a protest demanding the whereabouts of four activists who disappeared during the war between opposition groups and former President Bashar Assad's forces, in Douma, Syria, on Jan. 1, 2025. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo
The French Quarter, near Bourbon Street is blocked off late morning with a heavy police and FBI presence after a terrorist attack early in the morning in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 1, 2025. Emily Kask/AFP via Getty Images
Participants wearing fancy outfits react as they swim in the North Sea during the New Year's Day Dip charity fundraising event in South Bay, England, on Jan. 1, 2025. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Residents of the Kampung Tugu historical neighborhood play traditional Keroncong music as they go from house to house during Rabo-rabo, a New Year's event held annually to spread blessings for the year ahead, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2025. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
Revelers celebrate the New Year at Times Square in New York City, just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2025. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images
A farmer tends to his rice paddy field during the first sunrise of the new year in Lambaro, Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
Palestinian children inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike the previous night, in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 1, 2025. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
Fireworks shoot at the Atomium during the New Year's Eve celebration in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 1, 2025. Hatim Kaghat/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
A man cooks food on a beach for the first day of the new year in Mbouanasta, Mayotte, on Jan. 1, 2025. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Relatives and friends of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas terrorists participate in the lighting of a commemorative menorah made of 823 “soul candles,” corresponding to the number of Israeli soldiers fallen so far in the ongoing war, during a rally calling for action to secure the release of the captives, at the end of Hanukah in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 1, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
A participant of the North Cotswold Hunt ride across country during the annual New Year's Day hunt in Chipping Campden, England, on Jan. 1, 2025. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
