Happy new year - and welcome 2026To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Media caption, Fireworks, drums and light shows: How the world is welcoming 2026It's taken a full 26 hours but 2026 has finally arrived everywhere on Earth. And we heard from one new year enthusiast - a pharmacist from Coventry, UK - who took advantage of the peculiar time zone dynamics to welcome in 2026 twice. We also spoke to a bartender in Australia who walked into 2026 - and then walked out again. But we're not quite done with the celebrations - New Year's Day is of course an event of its own.

Source: The Times December 31, 2025 23:33 UTC