Thu Jan 02 04:30:28 UTC 2025: ## Global Fireworks Spectacle Ushers in 2025
**SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA** – A dazzling display of fireworks lit up the skies across the globe as billions welcomed the arrival of 2025. The new year’s celebrations, spanning a full 26 hours across 39 time zones, began on Christmas Island in Kiribati, the first to ring in the new year. Revellers in cities worldwide enjoyed spectacular pyrotechnic shows, marking the end of 2024 and the dawn of a new year. Celebrations continued to ripple across the globe, concluding in locations such as Hawaii and American Samoa, among the last to see the new year arrive.
First Piper 