{"id":120903,"date":"2024-12-31T16:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/new-years-eve-2024-live-world-welcomes-2025-with-fireworks-and-light-shows-bbc-com\/"},"modified":"2024-12-31T16:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:59:37","slug":"new-years-eve-2024-live-world-welcomes-2025-with-fireworks-and-light-shows-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/new-years-eve-2024-live-world-welcomes-2025-with-fireworks-and-light-shows-bbc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year's Eve 2024 live: World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows – BBC.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Countries across east and south-east Asia including China, the Philippines and Malaysia have welcomed in the new year with firework displays and drone shows
Celebrations have been scaled back or cancelled in South Korea following the Muan air crash on Sunday in which 179 people died
Sydney saw in 2025 with a spectacular fireworks display<\/a> – cheers erupted as the clock struck midnight and the skies lit up over the harbour
Coming up:<\/b> Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia see in the new year at 17:00 GMT
In the UK, London has confirmed its New Year's Eve fireworks display is going ahead – despite many parts of the country cancelling events due to the weather – follow our separate live coverage here<\/a>
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Watch our top picks of the world's celebrations
Edited by Rob Corp and Neha Gohil
It's approaching 17:00 GMT here in the London newsroom as Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia are set to welcome in the new year.
The south-east Asian countries are the latest to mark the beginning of 2025 with thousands gathering to witness spectacular firework displays.
Ahead of the celebrations, dancers performed during a New Year's Eve celebration on the Indonesian island of Bali to welcome the sun of 2025 and release the sun of 2024.
In Thailand, people have offered prayers to mark the new year during a merit-making ceremony – the Buddhist practice is believed to bring good fortune and blessings for the year ahead.
Traditional dancers wait to perform on Indonesia's resort island of Bali
Villagers pray in a merit-making ceremony at a temple in Bangkook
Buddhist monks pray at a temple in Nakhon Sawan province north of Bangkok
As we wait for the next countries to usher in the new year – how much do you know about the one we're shortly going to say goodbye to?
From internet sensations and political changes to a funny-looking reptile far from home, you can test your knowledge with our Quiz of the Year.<\/a>
Challenge your friends and relatives and see if you can get top marks – there's 52 questions for each week of the year.
Crowds in Tokyo clapped and raised their hands in the air to celebrate the new year
The offices of Tokyo's metropolitan government was lit up by projections to usher in 2025
Celebrations in South Korea were muted following Sunday's Muan air disaster – although the traditional bell tolling at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul did take place
Midnight has struck in several countries in Asia with firework displays taking place in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines as millions gathered from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the end of 2024 and the start of 2025.
Ahead of the new year in China, President Xi Jinping told the nation the economy is on an "upward trajectory" and issued a warning to, what Beijing views as, pro-democracy forces in self-governed Taiwan after years of growing tensions.
We'll be following the new year celebrations in the region so stay with us for more.
Crowds gather in Taiwan to mark new year celebrations
People gather in the Philippines to usher in the new year
As China prepares to see in 2025 at 16:00 GMT, the country\u2019s president has been addressing the nation.
Xi Jinping said no-one can stop China\u2019s \u201creunification\u201d with self-governed Taiwan – issuing a warning to what Beijing regards as pro-independence forces on the island.
Xi's comments come after increasing pressure on the island in recent years, with China sending warships and fighter planes into Taiwanese waters and airspace.
Xi also addressed China\u2019s economy claiming it has \u201crebounded and is on an upward trajectory\u201d, despite facing significant economic challenges.
There have been growing concerns in China about the impact of an incoming Trump presidency and the threat of tariffs on the goods it exports to the US.
For the first time in more than half a century, Syrians will enter the new year no longer under Assad-family rule.
Syria is home to many ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shia and Arab Sunnis, the last of whom make up a majority of the Muslim population.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – who led the offensive to topple the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad – has promised to protect the rights and freedoms of minorities in the country.
1 January is a major national holiday in Japan – homes and temples are cleaned on New Year's Eve in preparation for the change of year.
In Tokyo, people gathered at the Tokudai-ji temple to offer prayers for the coming year before a bell tolled at midnight.
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Japan welcomes new year by tolling bell at shrine
Japan and South Korea are the latest countries to ring in the new year, marking the start of 2025 there.
In Japan, crowds have gathered at Tokyo's Tokudai-ji temple to take part in the ringing of bells to usher in the new year.
As we reported a little earlier<\/a>, South Korea's new year celebrations will be muted this year after 179 people died when a Jeju Air Boeing 737 crash landed on 29 December.
The Seoul Metropolitan government said its annual bell-ringing show would occur without performances.
Crowds are gathering around the Tokudai-ji temple in Tokyo, where the bell will ring in under five minutes to celebrate the start of 2025.
We can see people walking up to the temple and praying for the year ahead – a New Year's Eve tradition in Japan.
You can see this happen live by pressing Watch live<\/b> at the top of the page.
New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back following Sunday's plane crash at Muan International Airport.
The country entered a seven-day period of mourning after 179 people were killed when a Jeju Air Boeing 737 crash landed on 29 December.
The Seoul Metropolitan government said its annual bell-ringing show would be a quiet one without performances and with a moment of silence following the tragedy.
Both South and North Korea enter 2025 at 15:00 GMT.
Australia's Northern Territory – including Darwin, Alice Springs and Tennant Creek \u2013 is now entering 2025.
You can follow the latest celebrations around the world by tapping the watch live<\/b> button at the top of the page.

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