06/01/2025
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In plazas and parks and bars and homes across the globe, people gathered to commemorate the end of 2024 and welcome the New Year.
Syrians celebrated in Damascus. People released balloons into the air in Wuhan, China. Lights illuminated Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building in Dubai. And in cities large and small, fireworks crackled.
Here’s how celebrations looked around the world. See more at the link in our bio.
Photos by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images in Sydney, Australia; in Damascus, Syria; Devi Rahman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Punit Paranjpe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images in Mumbai, India; Tercio Teixeira/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Wang He/Getty Images in Wuhan, China; in New York; Fadel Senna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; in Moscow, Russia and Carl Court/Getty Images in London