New York may feel like the center of the universe, but on New Year’s Eve the Big Apple is late to the party, with the US being one of the last countries in the world to see the start of a brand new year at the stroke of midnight.
Follow The Post’s live updates for photos and video from across the globe as revelers ring in 2025 — and in case you’re looking to bring a fun piece of trivia to your NYE get-together, the first country to celebrate a new year isn’t New Zealand like a lot of people think.
It’s the tiny island nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean.