Dancers performed the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025, a New Year's Eve celebration in Bali, Indonesia A "family fireworks" display lit up the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, three hours before midnight.

New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world are ringing in 2025, as New York City's Times Square gears up for the traditional ball drop at midnight before an estimated one million revelers.

Countries in Asia and Africa rang in 2025 with food, fireworks and celebrations as the clock struck midnight on Wednesday (January 1) morning.