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PHOTOS: World welcomes 2025 with fireworks, music and more

December 31, 2024, 11:59 PM

Many have already said goodbye to 2024 as the world finishes welcoming 2025 with fireworks, Champagne and hopeful cheer for the new year.

Watch how the people around the globe celebrated and see photos below as the world enters 2025.

New Year's Eve celebrations welcome 2025
Here are the midnight hour celebrations in Eastern Time:

12 a.m. ET: Ball Drop and fireworks from Times Square in New York, US

1 a.m. ET: DJ concert in Mexico City, Mexico

3 a.m. ET: Fireworks from the Strip in Las Vegas, US

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Fireworks light up the sky around the London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames to celebrate the New Year in London, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
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A national flag-hoisting ceremony is held during a New Year celebration at Kim Il Sung Square Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)
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Fireworks explode during a New Year celebration at Kim Il Sung Square Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
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Revelers watch a light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Nashville’s Big Bash New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
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Megan Moroney performs during the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Revelers celebrate in New York’s Times Square as they attend a New Year’s Eve celebration, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
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People celebrate New Year at the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during the New Year’s Eve celebration, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Fireworks explode at the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during the New Year’s Eve celebration, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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People gather in a street decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities celebrating on New Year’s Eve outside of the Georgian parliament, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)
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Fireworks explode as thousands of people gather in the main business district on New Year’s Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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People gather near the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate and watch the fireworks for the New Year’s celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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People release balloons as they gather at C G road to celebrate the New Year in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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Revelers ring in the new year during a count down event held in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the start of 2025 at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) 18/30
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year’s celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Dancers perform during the New Year’s countdown celebrations in Beijing on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Local residents look at fireworks as they celebrate the New Year at Ancol Beach in Jakarta on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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This photograph shows fireworks over the Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong on January 1, 2025. (Photo by MAY JAMES / AFP) (Photo by MAY JAMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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A woman selling illuminated head bands waits for customers on New Year’s Eve, at Brigade Road in Bengaluru on December 31, 2024. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)
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People watch fireworks during the New Year celebrations in Karachi on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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WUHAN, CHINA – JANUARY 1: (CHINA OUT) People release balloons into the air to celebrate the new year on January 1st, 2025 in Wuhan, Hubei Province,China. (Photo by Getty Images)
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WUHAN, CHINA – JANUARY 1: (CHINA OUT) People release balloons into the air to celebrate the new year on January 1, 2025 in Wuhan, Hubei Province,China. Revellers turned out in large numbers to celebrate the new year in Wuhan. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – JANUARY 01: People take pictures as fireworks explode over skyscrapers during New Year celebrations on January 01, 2025 in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – JANUARY 01: A man blows a horn during New Year celebrations on January 01, 2025 in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – JANUARY 01: Fireworks explode over skyscrapers during New Year celebrations on January 01, 2025 in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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Dancers perform during the New Year’s countdown celebrations in Beijing on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fireworks light up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during 2025 New Year’s Day celebrations in Sydney on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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