As fireworks illuminate Sydney Harbor, revelers usher in 2025, reflecting on a year marked by Olympic triumphs, political shifts, and global challenges.
Crowds marveled at fireworks to greet 2025, waving goodbye to a year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return, and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine.It is all but certain 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, climate-fueled disasters wreaking havoc from the plains of Europe to the Kathmandu Valley.
As New Year's Eve parties kicked into gear along Australia's picturesque Sydney Harbor on Tuesday afternoon, many revelers were relieved to see the past 12 months in the rearview mirror.HOPEFUL, JOYFUL Vendors in Manila are all smiles as they display their wares on the last day of 2024. A survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations showed that only 90 percent of Filipinos are hopeful for the new year, a 15-year low. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN'Obviously there's a lot of war and disruption going on in various places,' insurance worker Stuart Edwards, 32, said as early crowds swelled on Sydney's waterfront.'It would be nice for the world if it all sort of fixed itself, sorted itself out.'The self-proclaimed 'New Year's capital of the world' will spray nine tons of fireworks from its famed Opera House and Harbor Bridge at midnight.More than a million spectators are expected to pack the city's foreshore to catch a glimpse of the pyrotechnics.'Just to see all the beautiful colors and enjoy being in this situation with so many people in wonderful Australia,' said 71-year-old retired nurse Ruth Rowse.Taylor Swift brought the curtain down on her Eras tour this year, pygmy hippo Moo Deng went viral, and 16-year-old football prodigy Lamine Yamal helped Spain conquer the Euros.The Paris Olympics united the world for a brief few weeks in July and August.Athletes swam in the Seine, raced in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower, and rode horses across the manicured lawns outside the Palace of Versailles.Election upheavalIt was a global year of elections, with countless millions going to the polls across more than 60 countrie
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