The best photos and videos of New Year’s celebrations in the world

The celebrations for the arrival of New Year ended up in almost the entire world, with Hawaii and the isla de Nieuin the South Pacific, 2,400 kilometers northeast of New Zealand, as the last inhabited places to welcome 2025.

In general, the celebrations have taken place no major safety incidentsalthough in some countries there have been deaths and injuries due to fireworks.

In Germanyat least five people died in the festivities for the beginning of the New Year after being injured with pyrotechnic devices, according to the Police, who in Berlin alone arrested 390 people for various crimes, among others for attacking rescue personnel.

New Year’s Eve in Brussels ended with the arrest of more than 60 individuals and dozens of burned cars in a night shift in which police forces carried out more than 350 interventions.

Beyond police interventions and emergency services, 50,000 people enjoyed the fireworks show which for the first time was organized outside the center of the Belgian capital, around the iconic Atomium structure.

A total of 136 people have been arrested in Paris in various incidents that have occurred during the arrival of the New Year, and in the rest of France Various events have been recorded, such as the death of a 15-year-old teenager in Strasbourg (northeast), hit by a hit-and-run car.

The chain BFMTVciting sources from the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, has advanced that number of 136 arrests in the French capital, where 10,000 law enforcement officers had been deployed, particularly around the Champs-Élysées.

Italy celebrated the beginning of 2025 tonight with concerts in squares from the north to the south of the countrythere were more than 3,700 agents deployed on the streets – more than a thousand in Rome – and no serious incidents were reported. Yes, there were small incidents that caused firefighters to have to carry out almost 900 interventions, largely due to fires caused during the New Year’s Eve celebrations, marked by the explosion of firecrackers and the launching of fireworks.

In Spainthe New Year celebrations ended in incidents such as brawls, drunkenness and fires, with one dead and several injured due to attacks with firearms and knives, according to emergency services and security forces. In the town of Puente Genil (south) a man died and two other men and a woman were injured during a fight.

North Korea said goodbye to the year with a great “artistic function” held in Pyongyang attended by the supreme leader, Kim Jong-unreported the state news agency KCNA. The show was held at the May 1 Stadium in the North Korean capital, the second with the largest number of seats in the world (it has 114,000), and featured musical and dance numbers, performances by figure skaters and fireworks.

There was also a countdown to celebrate the arrival of 2025, and not the year Juche 114, as would have been customary until recently, underscoring the current leader’s desire to break with certain legacies of his predecessors in office, his father, Kim Jong-il, and his grandfather, Kim Il-sung.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modicongratulated the new year, 2025, in a message published on his official profile on the social networkHappy 2025! May this year bring everyone new opportunities, success and endless joy. May you all be blessed with wonderful health and prosperity“said the prime minister in a brief message.

In Pakistan, at least thirty people were injured in the Pakistani city of Karachi due to shots fired into the air during the New Year celebrations in the largest city of this Asian country, according to the Police reported this Wednesday.

(With information from AP and EFE)