NN, Jan.1: Fireworks are lighting up night skies around the world as New Year’s revelers ring in 2025.
It takes 26 hours for the new year to be welcomed across 39 different time zones.
Christmas Island in Kiribati, an island country in the central Pacific Ocean, is the first to celebrate every year. Hawaii, American Samoa and many of the US outlying islands are among the last places.
