Dec. 31 (UPI) --New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square for performances and the ...

Fireworks over the Sky Tower in Auckland ... U.S. cities joined millions of people around the world in New Year's celebrations ringing in 2025 on Wednesday. The big picture: Countries in the ...

Violence broke out in several parts of Germany during the New Year celebrations. In Leipzig, rioters set fire to rubbish bins, built barricades, and around 50 individuals hurled fireworks and ...

The traditional bongs of Big Ben have ushered in 2025 as onlookers lined the Embankment in central London for a fireworks spectacular. Paddington Bear made a cameo appearance at the London Eye to ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A sixth person died Wednesday from injuries sustained when crates of illegal fireworks ignited during a New Year ... year-round but grow in frequency around the year-end ...

With a parade tomorrow and a fireworks show on Thursday ... of Hong Kong and tourists from around the world gather with their loved ones during the Lunar New Year and welcome the coming year.” ...

For more, follow the BBC's live coverage as UK ushers in new year despite bad weather hitting major events. Also, take a look at images of New Year 2025 celebrations from around the world.