New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia.
The traditional ceremony of lowering the illuminated sphere in Times Square, New York City.
Spectacular fireworks display in Rio de Janeiro.
Fireworks lit up the sky above Big Ben in London, Great Britain.
Celebrations continue with fireworks over Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.
Celebrations near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Light show at the Arc de Triomphe, France.
Full of fireworks from the top of the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand.
The same celebrations continued at Marina Bay Waterfront, Singapore.
Fireworks matched the brightness of lights in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Thousands of people on boats on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok as Thailand welcomed the New Year.
Music, water spray, endless lights and fireworks from the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
The Juyongguan Great Wall was illuminated in Beijing.
Laser lights covered the sky above the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea.
A street performer showed off her fire skills in Dublin, Ireland.
In some other countries, New Year was celebrated in a very unusual way.
At a nudist beach in Le Cap d'Agde, in southern France, revellers dressed only in swimsuits took part in a traditional sea dive.
At the Islands Brygge Harbor Bath in Copenhagen, Denmark, many people also braved the cold waters.
The tradition of milk cans, in the Netherlands.
Runners braved the December cold in Krakow, Poland.
Women in traditional clothing in Japan.
Adults and children performed a traditional dance to welcome the sun of 2026, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
Fireworks display at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana.
