WATCH | New Year's celebrations around the globe kick off 2025
Countries in Asia and Africa rang in 2025 with food, fireworks and celebrations as the clock struck midnight.
People reacts after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City, U.S., January 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Edwards (Kent J.Edwards)
Countries in Asia and Africa rang in 2025 with food, fireworks and celebrations as the clock struck midnight.
People reacts after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City, US, January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Kent Edwards)
An electronic board displays 'Happy New Year' as confetti falls after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City, US, January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Kent Edwards )
A man stands near confetti in a puddle of rainwater after the ball drop at Times Square during New Year's celebrations in New York City, US, January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Adam Gray)
The sun rises over the city on New Year's Day, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh )
The first sun of the New Year rises as a factory's chimney emits smoke in Karachi, Pakistan January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro )
2025 offers a clean slate upon which to write another chapter in the story of South Africa. (REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido )
A man walks in a restaurant during the year's first sunrise on New Year's Day, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 1, 2025. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh )
