Just as one of its provinces broke multiple Guinness World fireworks records on New Year’s, the Philippines government says the number of fireworks-related injuries over the Christmas period has hit 760, while one man has died. The Department of Health-Epidemiology … Read More
Cities across Asia celebrate the New Year: A giant bell was rung in Seoul; revelers danced in Beijing’s Forbidden City; fireworks were ignited from a skyscraper in Taipei; balloons were released in Tokyo. Read more… More about Beijing, New Years, … Read More
More than 1 million people gathered in the Sydney Harbour to view fireworks on New Year’s Eve, and celebrations included a pyrotechnic “waterfall” cascading off the Harbour Bridge. Read more… More about Australia, New Year, Fireworks, New Years Eve, and … Read More
Australia and New Zealand were among the first to ring in 2016. Here are the first seconds of the New Year around the world in photos. (We’ll continue to update this throughout the day.) Read more… More about New Year, … Read More