The “family fireworks”—also known as the Country fireworks, displayed three hours before midnight every year ahead of the main show at midnight—fill the sky over the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney on New Year's Eve in Sydney on Dec. 31, 2025. Izhar Khan/Getty Images
A participant, wearing a 1900s-style costume, runs into the sea as he takes part in the traditional last swim of the year, off the beach in Cabourg, France, on Dec. 31, 2025. Lou Benoist/AFP via Getty Images
