New Year's Eve countdowns and fireworks around the world

NEW YORK - As the world rings in the New Year with fireworks and festivities, LiveNOW from FOX is giving you a front seat to those celebrations from the comfort of your home or phone. 

It's Wednesday, Dec. 31, and you can be a part of New Year’s Eve countdowns and celebrations in several time zones.

NYC: Times Square rings in 2026

New Year's Eve in Times Square, New York City. The Ball Drop tradition continues. The ball drop honors the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary.

Live New Year's celebrations

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From 5 a.m. ET on Dec. 31, 2025, through 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2026, LiveNOW from FOX will bring viewers fireworks shows and celebrations across the globe, starting in New Zealand and continuing through Australia, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Greece, South Africa, Italy, England, Brazil and beyond.

New Years Eve in Dallas: Fireworks and drone show

Dallas rings in 2026 with a fireworks and drone show.

Timeline:

Brazil celebrates 2026 in Rio de Janeiro beach show

Brazil New Year's fireworks: Thousands of revelers dressed in white celebrate on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, welcoming 2026 with an epic fireworks display.

Here's when, in Eastern time, these locations hit midnight:

• Auckland, New Zealand was one of the first major cities in the world to welcome 2026 at 6 a.m. ET with a stunning New Year's Eve fireworks and laser lights over the Sky Tower and Auckland Harbour Bridge. Watch it here.
• Sydney celebrated 2026 at 8 a.m. ET with a huge fireworks display. Watch it here.
• Thailand kicked off 2026 at 11 a.m. ET with an impressive New Year's Eve fireworks display over Bangkok's over the Chao Phraya River. Watch it here.
• Malaysia rang in 2026 with fireworks in Kuala Lumpur from the Petronas Twin Towers at 11 a.m. ET.  Watch it here.
• Taiwan welcomed 2026 at 11 a.m. ET with fireworks that lit up the skies over Taipei.  Watch it here.
• Athens ran in the new year at 5 p.m. ET with a spectacular fireworks display across the city and the Parthenon in the background. Watch it here. 
• London started the new year with a fantastic fireworks show surrounding the London Eye 7 p.m. ET. Watch it here. 
• Dubai in the UAE held a recordbreaking fireworks and drone show to ring in the new year at 8 p.m. ET. Watch it here. 
• Rio de Janeiro celebrated the new year with a fireworks show over the ocean at 10 p.m. ET. Watch it here. 
• Greece rang in the new year with a fireworks display at 11 p.m. ET. Watch it here.
• Kenya started 2026 with an incredible fireworks display in Nairobi - the country's capital. Watch it here.
• Qatar welcomed 2026 with fireworks and a drone show kicked off the new year in Lusail City, Qatar. Watch it here.
• Iraq kicked off the new year with celebrations and fireworks in Irbil. Watch here.
• Pakistan began the new year with a fireworks show in Karachi, the 12th largest city in the world. Watch it here.
• 12 a.m. ET: New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta
• 1 a.m. ET: Dallas, Houston, Chicago, New Orleans, Mexico City
• 2 a.m. ET: Phoenix
• 3 a.m. ET: Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles

New Years Eve in London: Fireworks to ring in 2026

New Year's Eve countdown fireworks over the River Thames in London.

Highlights to watch for

Local perspective:

Sydney will have summertime fireworks before midnight over the harbor, followed shortly by midnight fireworks and lasers over Auckland's Sky Tower and Harbour Bridge.

New Year's Eve fireworks: Greece welcomes 2026

New Year's Eve: Greece kicks off 2026 with fireworks at the Parthenon in Athens.

Later, fireworks will illuminate the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Then, Dubai will light up the Burj Khalifa, Parisians will watch fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe, London will showcase fireworks along the Thames, and Rio's Copacabana Beach will host thousands of people dressed in white. That's all before Times Square's iconic ball drop – red, white, and blue this year.

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Fireworks light up the night sky above the Statue of Liberty as New Year celebrations welcome 2026 in New York Harbor on January 1, 2026, in New York City, United States. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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