Photos: New Year Celebrations From Around the World
Photos: New Year Celebrations From Around the World
Sputnik Africa
As the clock struck midnight and the calendar turned over to a new year, people across the globe came together to celebrate in their unique and diverse ways. 01.01.2024, Sputnik Africa
The start of a new year is a time for reflection, hope, and joy, and this sentiment was beautifully captured in various New Year celebrations worldwide.The first to greet 2024 were the inhabitants of the Line Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Residents of the islands of Tonga and Samoa in the southwest Pacific were also among the first to celebrate the New Year.The wave of the New Year washed over the Pacific Ocean and continued westward, wrapping country after country in its festive embrace. Take a look at Sputnik Africa's gallery of 2024 celebrations around the globe as the lights blaze, the skies light up with fireworks, and the atmosphere is charged with excitement.
As the clock struck midnight and the calendar turned over to a new year, people across the globe came together to celebrate in their unique and diverse ways.
The start of a new year is a time for reflection, hope, and joy, and this sentiment was beautifully captured in various New Year celebrations worldwide.
The first to greet 2024 were the inhabitants of the Line Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Residents of the islands of Tonga and Samoa in the southwest Pacific were also among the first to celebrate the New Year.
The wave of the New Year washed over the Pacific Ocean and continued westward, wrapping country after country in its festive embrace.
Take a look at Sputnik Africa's gallery of 2024 celebrations around the globe as the lights blaze, the skies light up with fireworks, and the atmosphere is charged with excitement.
Fireworks light up the sky by the landmark Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the world’s tallest building, in Dubai at midnight on new year's eve on January 1, 2024.
Times Square Alliance volunteers throw confetti as the clock strikes midnight as seen from the New York Marriott Marquis during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, early Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in New York.
A couple release a lantern as people fire fireworks to mark the arrival of the New Year at a beach in Sihanoukville, the coastal capital of Preah Sihanouk province, on January 1, 2024.
