MIAMI - South Floridians are gearing up for a dazzling start to 2025, with fireworks lighting up the skies from Miami's Bayfront Park to downtown Fort Lauderdale's celebrations and the Florida Keys' waterfront displays. Here are five free locations to catch the action across South Florida this New Year's Eve: What: Bayfront Park NYE. When: 8 p.m.

Severe weather warnings have led to the cancellation of events organised to celebrate the new year in the North East and Cumbria. Firework displays on Tuesday night in Newcastle and Gateshead, and a New Year's Day 'dip' in Derwentwater are among the events that will not go ahead as planned.

Edinburgh’s famous New Year celebrations were canceled due to safety concerns as stormy weather hit the Scottish capital during one of the busiest times for the tourist industry.

Dancers performed the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025, a New Year's Eve celebration in Bali, Indonesia A "family fireworks" display lit up the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, three hours before midnight.

New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world are ringing in 2025, as New York City's Times Square gears up for the traditional ball drop at midnight before an estimated one million revelers.

Countries in Asia and Africa rang in 2025 with food, fireworks and celebrations as the clock struck midnight on Wednesday (January 1) morning.