U.S. cities joined millions of people around the world in New Year's celebrations ringing in 2025 on Wednesday. The big picture: Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to mark New ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world rang in 2025, as more than a million revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square for performances and the ...

From Auckland to Rome to St. Paul, communities around the world ... New Year’s Eve festivities marked the beginning of Pope Francis’ Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century celebration ...

In every corner of the globe, cultures and communities have their own special New Year's Eve traditions they believe ... Across the world in Fort Kochi, India, an old man effigy known as Pappanji ...

The United Nations has marked 21 March as International Nowruz Day, commemorating a holiday that sees millions around the world ... the Persian New Year, is a 3,000-year-old celebration of spring ...

Thursday, March 20, 2025, marks the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, a holiday that's been celebrated for several millenniums, according to the University of Massachusettes. Nowruz, which means “new day” ...

Here are some of the most exciting and fun spring celebrations around the world that make this season so special ... which is Thailand’s traditional New Year festival. Celebrated in April, this lively ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The equinox is the event when the sun periodically crosses the equator, which occurs twice a year, in March ... In various parts of the world, Easter is not only a Christian holiday ...

Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition People around the world on Saturday celebrated ... day of the Year of the Rat, with many celebrations including the traditional ...

By Aimee Ortiz Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life ... Here’s what to know about one of world’s oldest holidays: In the lead-up to the new ...

SAN DIEGO — On the first day of spring, Persians celebrate Nowruz (no-ROOZ), also known as the Persian New Year. The celebration involves gathering around ... all over the world, in countries ...

With a parade tomorrow and a fireworks show on Thursday, Hongkongers have a lot of events ... tourists from around the world gather with their loved ones during the Lunar New Year and welcome ...