Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, China, Russia, New Zealand and Kiribati, among other countries, mainly in Asia and Oceania, have already left 2024 and have started a new year. teleSUR
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00:00And South Pacific countries and Asian countries are the first regions worldwide to bid farewell
00:04to the year 2024 and welcome the year 2025. Kiribati was the first country to celebrate
00:10the arrival of the new year of 2025 with fireworks and festivities. The city of Auckland in New Zealand
00:16joined this worldwide celebration with thousands of people and the traditional countdown and
00:20colorful fireworks launched from the country's tallest structure, the Sky Tower. Likewise,
00:25other regions such as Samoa, Tonga, Shetland Islands, Fiji and Australia
00:30celebrated with their families the traditional arrival of the new year.
00:38And around the world, people entered the new year at 38 different times during 26 hours.
00:43The Kiritimati Atoll, alias Christmas Island, was the first to bring in the new year,
00:49locating Kiribati, a 33-kilometer island country in the Central Pacific Ocean.
00:55Other nations that already welcomed 2025 were New Zealand and Australia. Some people enjoyed
01:00toasting twice for the new year, so they crossed over time zone borders. They can travel from
01:05Sweden to Finland, from New Zealand to Cook Islands, from Guam to Honolulu, among other cases.
01:11Finally, Kiritimati will be into January 2nd, 2025, before uninhabited Howland and Baker Islands,
01:192024, for their 26-hour time difference.
01:22The islands, which are officially part of the U.S. territory, are located on the Pacific Ocean.