PHOTOS: How the world celebrated New Year's Eve

New Year's Day New York
2024 Nashville's Big Bash New Year's Eve
2024 Nashville's Big Bash New Year's Eve
2024 New Year's Eve Times Square Performances
2024 Nashville's Big Bash New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve New York
New Year's Eve New York
New Year's Eve New York
People carry lighted balloons to celebrate on New Year’s Eve in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
Vendors sell fireworks on the sidewalk on New Year’s Eve in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
New Year's Day Lithuania
Vatican Pope New Year's Day
New Year's Day Russia Ukraine War
Vatican Pope New Year's Day
New Year's Day India
New Year's Eve Las Vegas
New Year's Day New York
New Year's Day New York
New Year's Day New York
India Mahakumbh festival
India Mahakumbh festival
New Year’s Eve revelers stand in a downpour as they await the stroke of midnight in New York’s Times Square on Tuesday night, Dec. 31, 2024. (Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times)
New Year's Day India
New Year's Day Britain
New Year's Day Britain
New Year's Eve Las Vegas
New Year's Day Germany
New Year's Day Germany
New Year's Eve Las Vegas
New Year's Eve Las Vegas
1 / 30
A couple kiss after the ball drops in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)