In Images | With prayers and fireworks, the world rings in 2025
The world bid goodbye to 2024 and welcomed 2025 with fireworks, light shows and prayers. Here’s how people in different countries celebrated the new year
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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney. AP
In Japan, people thronged the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pray on the first day of the new year. Reuters
Fireworks explode over the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during the New Year's celebration in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Reuters
Fireworks burst over the Brandenburg Gate during New Year's celebrations in Berlin, Germany. Reuters
A person holds up a 2025 pendant as people await the final countdown to ring in the new year in New York. Reuters
Fireworks explode over Big Ben and the London Eye to mark the New Year's celebrations, in London, Britain. Reuters
Nuns read prayer books as they attend New Year's Eve Vespers and Te Deum celebrations with Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. AP
People gather during New Year's celebrations, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria. Reuters
A couple kisses as they walk with their child in a square decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Donetsk in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. AP
Revelers gather near the Petronas Twin Towers to watch the fireworks for the New Year's celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AP
Fireworks explode over Vienna's Prater during New Year celebrations in Vienna, Austria. Reuters
A couple embraces next to a Christmas tree during a New Year's eve celebration, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters