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All over the world people have welcomed the arrival of the New Year. But until 2024 has fully entered it takes 26 hours. The first to welcome the arrival of the New Year were the citizens of the South Sea Atoll, Kiritimati. For about 7,300 residents, the new year began at 11:00 a.m. our time on the 31st.
Just 15 minutes later the New Year was greeted in the Khatham Islands in New Zealand who have their own clock, 1 hour later New Zealand and the islands of Samoa and Tonga celebrated the change of years. In Auckland, New Zealand, a light show with 500 kg of pyrotechnics was celebrated at the 328-meter high tower in the center.
At 2pm our time fireworks in Sydney and temple bells in Tokyo signaled the arrival of the New Year. Citizens celebrated before a mega light show on the Harbor Bridge in Sydney. For the first time, light projections developed by artificial intelligence were presented. Light shows were offered to revelers in many world metropolises. American Samoa, located 220 km east of Samoa, is the last country to welcome the New Year, 12 hours behind our time.
Even in Germany, people greeted the arrival of the New Year with fireworks. There were no major incidents, according to the balance in the early hours of January 1. Millions celebrated quietly and with fireworks. Police said there was "normal behavior on New Year's Eve". Before New Year's Eve, the police authorities were worried about the security situation in Germany, but it seems that the night passed peacefully. A tragedy occurred in Koblenz on New Year's Eve, where an 18-year-old boy died after an accident while lighting a firework. Despite efforts to save him, he died from the consequences of the explosion, the police in Koblenz announced.
New Year's Eve was traditionally celebrated by tens of thousands at the big concert at the Brandenburg Gate, where after a few years there was a fireworks show again. The celebrations in Berlin took place under tight security measures. There were no major riots like last year, but several times police and rescue forces were hit with pyrotechnics. The police arrested 300 people.
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