Auckland, New Zealand, was the first major city to welcome 2025, with a dazzling fireworks display and light show. As the world rings in the new year, cities across the globe are celebrating local traditions.
Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revellers counting down to the new year and cheering at colourful fireworks launched from New Zealand's tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show.Thousands also thronged to downtown or climbed the city's ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks vantage point, and a light display recognizing Auckland 's Indigenous tribes.
It follows a year marked by protests over Māori rights in the nation of five million. Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in Times Square in New York. Other cities around the world are readying with celebrations highlighting local cultures and traditions, after a year roiled by ongoing conflict and political instability. In Australia, more than 1 million people are now expected at Sydney Harbour for the traditional fireworks. British pop star Robbie Williams will lead a singalong and Indigenous ceremonies and performances will acknowledge the land's first people. Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour in an early show, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney Tuesday. Much of Japan has shut down ahead of the nation's biggest holiday, as temples and homes underwent a thorough cleaning, including swatting floor mats called 'tatami' with big sticks. The upcoming Year of the Snake in the Asian zodiac is heralded as one of rebirth — alluding to the reptile's shedding ski
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