Across Asia, communities welcomed 2025 with spectacular fireworks shows, special events and cheering crowds.
Fireworks light up the sky over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on Jan. 1, 2025.(MAY JAMES, May James/AFP)Dancers perform during the “Celebrating Cambodia” event in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Dec. 31, 2024.(Heng Sinith, Heng Sinith, Heng Sinith, Heng Sinith, Heng Sinith/AP)Residents watch fireworks at Ancol Beach in Jakarta on Jan. 1, 2025.(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)People gesture to make hearts at the Bosingak pavilion in central Seoul on Jan. 1, 2025.(Jung Yeon-je/AFP)Fireworks mark the New Year in Bangkok on Jan. 1, 2025.(Patipat Janthong, Patipat Janthong/Reuters)A woman watches the fireworks at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 31, 2024.(Andy Wong, Andy Wong/AP)Fireworks blast out from the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei on Jan. 1, 2025.(ChiangYing-ying, Chiang Ying-ying, Chiang Ying-ying, Chiang Ying-ying/AP)Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration Dec. 30, 2024.(Thein Zaw, Thein Zaw, Thein Zaw/AP)Two boys play in front of a billboard welcoming the New Year 2025 in Ho Chi Minh on Dec.31, 2024.(Hau Dinh/AP)
This content originally appeared on Radio Free Asia and was authored by Paul Nelson.
