Cities around the world have begun to ring in the new year.
Countries in the South Pacific Ocean were the first to welcome 2025, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours before the ball drop in New York’s Times Square in the US.
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In Australia, an estimated one million people celebrated at Sydney Harbour, while some two million people were expected to flock to Copacabana Beach in Brazil.
Here are some of the colourful scenes from across the globe so far:
People gather in the centre of the Russian far east port of Vladivostok to celebrate the new year (AP)
Two boys play football in front of a billboard welcoming the new year 2025 in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam (Hau Dinh/AP)
Swimmers attend the traditional New Year’s Eve swimming at Lake Moossee in Moosseedorf, Switzerland (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)
Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge during New Year’s Eve celebrations (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
An Egyptian poses in front of new year decorations in Cairo, Egypt (Amr Nabil/AP)
Cambodian dancers perform during the Celebrating Cambodia event on New Year’s Eve in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh (Heng Sinith/AP)
A woman holds her smartphone near an illuminated decoration in Seoul, South Korea (Lee Jin-man/AP)
