Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands counting down to the new year and cheering at fireworks launched from New Zealand's tallest structure, Sky Tower.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting ...

Australia welcomed the new year with a 12-minute fireworks show featuring a golden waterfall effect falling from the iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge ... burst from the Sky Tower in the capital ...

The Poplar Point Lighthouse shines again after 142 years. This photograph was taken during a test two nights before the tower ...

A cannon fired, and fireworks flashed in the sky. "It's terrific ... The light tower, which sits beside the jettied entrance to Wickford Harbor, hadn't been lit since 1882. With encouragement ...

Auckland welcomes 2025 with fireworks, while cities worldwide prepare for New Year celebrations amid global challenges.

Fireworks blasted off the Sydney Harbor Bridge and across the bay. More than a million Australians and others gathered at ...

Celebrations will echo around the globe as the New Year arrives in different time zones, with American Samoa among the last to welcome 2025.

New Zealand has become one of the very first countries in the world to ring in 2025. Fireworks erupted from Auckland’s Sky ...

From the south harbor, the building appears to float. Aerial view of proposal 616: City Sky and Sea (Courtesy Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design) Ground level view of ...