ISLAMABAD: The New Year was celebrated across the world with fireworks displays, musical and other events continuing late into the night. Here are a select pictures from around the world of the celebrations.
Damascus, Syria
A young woman holds the Flag of Syria as people celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)People celebrate the New Year near Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
People create a 2025 sign as they wait for the New Year fireworks at the Prambanan Temple, a 9th-century Hindu temple complex and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Yogyakarta on December 31, 2024. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
Jakarta, Indonesia
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)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A light show and fireworks illuminate the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Dubai on January 1, 2025. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
Tehran, Iran
Iranian Christians take part in the New Year mass at the Saint Targmanchats Armenian Church in Tehran, early on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Karachi, Pakistan
People watch fireworks during the New Year celebrations in Karachi on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)
Lahore, Pakistan
A Pakistani family celebrates the New Year on a street in Lahore on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)
Rome, Italy
Revellers watch fireworks on the Gianicolo Hill, at the Garibaldi statue, during the New Year celebration in Rome on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fireworks to celebrate the new year go off at Copacabana beach as seen from Corcovado mountain during celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, early on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP)This aerial view shows the Christ The Redeemer statue as fireworks explode all over the city during New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro early on January 1, 2025. A traditional fireworks display and free music concerts will be held to welcome the new year during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio Mayor’s Press Office considers it the world’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration, with 2 million people expected to attend. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
New York, USA
The Jonas Brothers perform during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square on December 31, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
London, United Kingdom
Fireworks explode in the sky around the London Eye and The Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock’s bell, “Big Ben”, at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in central London, at midnight on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)Tar Barrel Men process through the streets of Allendale carrying torches and flaming barrels in the annual Allendale Tar Barrel festival in Allendale, northern England, on the night between December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025. The Tar Barrel Festival is a New Year celebration in the Northumberland village of Allendale which dates back to 1858. The festival involves a procession of 45 men carrying burning barrels filled with tar, sawdust, kindling and paraffin on their heads. Shortly before midnight the men return to the village square to light a bonfire by throw on their burning barrels. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Berlin, Germany
Fireworks illuminate the Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate during the New Year celebrations in Berlin on January 1, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Athens, Greece
This photograph taken on January 1, 2025 shows drones forming a “2025” next to the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis during New Year celebrations in Athens. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Beijing, China
Dancers perform during the New Year’s countdown celebrations in Beijing on January 1, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Wed Jan 01 2025
