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From New York’s Times Square to London, Paris, Rio, Zurich, New Delhi and Warsaw, cities across the world welcomed 2026 with fireworks, prayers, huge gatherings on the street, and music. At midnight, skies over landmarks lit up in the colour whereas crowds counted down, cheered, and captured the first moments of the new year on their phones and cameras. These scenes, captured across continents, depict how people marked the arrival of 2026 with spectacle, togetherness, and shared hope.
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People celebrating the arrival of 2026 after the ball drop packed into the world’s most famous New York countdown spots. (Photo source: AP)
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Devotees are seen offering prayers at Guari Shankar Temple in Chandni Chowk on the first morning of 2026, marking the New Year with faith and rituals at New India. (Photo source: ANI)
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Red, blue, and white confetti (tiny shiny material) showered the crowd during the New Year’s Eve festivities related to the United States’s 250 year-Semiquincentennial celebrations. (Photo source: AP)
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Fireworks arch over central London’s skyline as crowds gather along the Thames to celebrate the New Year. (Photo source: AP)
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A vivid light show on the Arc de Triomphe along with fireworks along the Champs-Elysees during the Paris’s New Year celebrations. (Photo source: AP)
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Fireworks warp around the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, creating a towering light display for New Year’s Eve in Dubai. (Photo source: AP)
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Rio de Janeiro: People seen cheering and dancing on Copacabana Beach as fireworks burst over the Atlantic. The fireworks turned the shoreline into a glowing ribbon of colour. (Photo source: AP)
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Visitors watching New York fireworks beside the equestrian statue of Kaiser, Wilhelm, at Koblenz, Germany (Photo source: AP)
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Fireworks fan out above the Royal Castle shortly after midnight, lighting up the historic heart of Warsaw, Poland, for the first moments of 2026. (Photo source: AP)
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Fireworks light up the night sky above Zurich, Switzerland, during the New Year’s celebration.
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