Sydney welcomes 2025 with a spectacular fireworks display:: January 1, 2025:: Sydney, AustraliaThere were 40,000 ground-based shooting effects and 264 firing locations across the Sydney Harbour Bridge up from 184 last year,

From dazzling fireworks lighting up city skies to cultural traditions, the world came alive in a vibrant display of joy, unity, and hope for 2025.Here's a glimpse of how different corners of the world celebrated the arrival of the new year.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

Countries across east and south-east Asia including China, the Philippines and Malaysia have welcomed in the new year with firework displays and drone shows Celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled in South Korea following the Muan air crash on Sunday in which 179 people died Sydney saw in 2025 with a spectacular fireworks display - cheers erupted as the clock struck midnight and the skies lit up over the harbour Coming up: India's 1.