People view fireworks and a light show in celebration of the New Year in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dec. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Wen Xinnian)
A man dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour bridge as part of traditional New Year celebrations in Rome, Italy, Jan. 1, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
People celebrate the new year in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Francisco Canedo)
Fireworks explode over the Arc de Triomphe in celebration of the New Year on the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
Confetti flies around during a New Year celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Rui)
Participants rush into Lake Ontario during the Toronto Polar Bear Dip event in Toronto, Canada, on Jan. 1, 2025. Hundreds of people braved the chilly waters here on Wednesday to celebrate the first day of 2025 and raise funds for charity. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
Visitors watch an exhibition themed on the cultural relics of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) and Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) at the Tianjin Museum in Tianjin, north China, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Emergency relief supplies with "China Aid" marks are transported onto a plane at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 1, 2025. A shipment of emergency relief supplies departed Wednesday evening from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen to Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, to support earthquake relief efforts in the Pacific island country.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Port Vila on Dec. 17, causing casualties and significant damage. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)
Fireworks explode in front of the London Eye in London, Britain, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
This photo taken on Jan. 1, 2025 shows a panda at Locajoy animal theme park in Yongchuan district of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. On the first day of the New Year, the Locajoy animal theme park in Chongqing held a celebration for its four giant pandas, marking their first anniversary at the park. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
People visit the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival at Yuyuan Garden Mall in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 1, 2025. With the Chinese Lunar New Year just around the corner, Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden has again donned a festive look with hundreds of delicate, illuminated lanterns.
The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival, which opened here Wednesday, is a key cultural highlight in Shanghai during the Spring Festival celebration. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
This photo shows the sunrise scenery at the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Jingwen)
