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NEW YORK – As the world rings in the New Year with fireworks and festivities, LiveNOW from FOX is giving you a front seat to those celebrations from the comfort of your home or phone.
It's Wednesday, Dec. 31, and you can be a part of New Year’s Eve countdowns and celebrations in several time zones.
New Year’s Eve in Times Square, New York City. The Ball Drop tradition continues. The ball drop honors the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary.
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From 5 a.m. ET on Dec. 31, 2025, through 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2026, LiveNOW from FOX will bring viewers fireworks shows and celebrations across the globe, starting in New Zealand and continuing through Australia, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Greece, South Africa, Italy, England, Brazil and beyond.
Dallas rings in 2026 with a fireworks and drone show.
Timeline:
Brazil New Year’s fireworks: Thousands of revelers dressed in white celebrate on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, welcoming 2026 with an epic fireworks display.
Here's when, in Eastern time, these locations hit midnight:
New Year’s Eve countdown fireworks over the River Thames in London.
Local perspective:
Sydney will have summertime fireworks before midnight over the harbor, followed shortly by midnight fireworks and lasers over Auckland's Sky Tower and Harbour Bridge.
New Year’s Eve: Greece kicks off 2026 with fireworks at the Parthenon in Athens.
Later, fireworks will illuminate the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Then, Dubai will light up the Burj Khalifa, Parisians will watch fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe, London will showcase fireworks along the Thames, and Rio's Copacabana Beach will host thousands of people dressed in white. That's all before Times Square's iconic ball drop – red, white, and blue this year.
What you can do:
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Fireworks light up the night sky above the Statue of Liberty as New Year celebrations welcome 2026 in New York Harbor on January 1, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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