{"id":195307,"date":"2026-01-01T12:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-australia-ring-in-2026-with-fireworks-over-iconic-sydney-harbor-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:07:42","slug":"watch-australia-ring-in-2026-with-fireworks-over-iconic-sydney-harbor-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-australia-ring-in-2026-with-fireworks-over-iconic-sydney-harbor-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Australia ring in 2026 with fireworks over iconic Sydney Harbor &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! Well, that is if you&#8217;re in Australia, where folks have already rang in 2026.<br \/>Sydney, Australia, is 16 hours ahead of the United States&#8217; East Coast, meaning it is already Jan. 1, 2026, down under. So Australians already switched their calendars to 2026, while it was only 8 a.m. in New York City, and most folks on the West Coast hadn&#8217;t even rolled out of bed yet.<br \/>Video shows the moment when Australia launched fireworks into the sky to welcome the new year.<br \/>Fireworks lit up the night sky over the iconic Sydney Harbor dazzling a crowd of folks waiting outside, some of whom camped out the night before to get a spot to see the spectacular show.<br \/>Australia rang in 2026 at 8 am ET, followed by these locations across the globe:<br \/>For those who are feeling a bit festive and looking to celebrate the new year a little earlier than America&#8217;s festivities kick off, USA TODAY has you covered.<br \/>Below, you will find a live stream showing New Year&#8217;s celebrations taking place across the globe.<br \/><em>Can&#8217;t see the video? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jRiX_8jfrDI\" target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>here<\/a>.<\/em><br \/><em>Julia is a Trending reporter for USA TODAY and covers scientific studies and trending news. Connect with her on\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/juliamgomez\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaMarieGZ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/juliamariegz\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Instagram<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@juliamariegz target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>TikTok<\/a>: @juliamariegz, or email her at jgomez@gannett.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQc1BiUW5SdDlDWHFuRzhtUW1KUzZtOUxkdFBZZy1TcXBPRUU0MURBTTBwODhrZTk3Y0hBdTRHT2xqZGNvQjFQT2dTWW1rMDcyZnE5TUJEelVEQmRPQnJJdU1wd3pWcE5OenRZZ2VKdmRvTTE3Nno5Y3c2ZHB6aHdPWlFUNk52QzhiMnhKaHNzRDNyXzlZZllrakJqRkdKMzJybEE5czI1Zw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! Well, that is if you&#8217;re in Australia, where folks have already rang in 2026.Sydney, Australia, is 16 hours ahead of the United States&#8217; East Coast, meaning it is already Jan. 1, 2026, down under. So Australians already switched their calendars to 2026, while it was only 8 a.m. in New York City, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-195307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}