Pacific 2024 has begun to welcome. Countries like New Zealand and Samoa have already celebrated the start of the New Year with fireworks and thousands of people in the streets.
Auckland Thousands of people have become the first major city to welcome 2024 with fireworks from New Zealand's tallest building, the Sky Tower, and a light show in the city centre.
This year's New Year's celebrations have been overshadowed by the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which have drowned out celebrations and caused tension in parts of the world. Extra security has been put in place in several cities and New Year events have been canceled altogether in some places.
Most of them 7,300 people on the remote island of KritimatiThe island nation of Kiribati, located in the South Pacific, will be the first people in the world to welcome 2024.
The islanders entered at 10:00 pm GMT on 31 December on 1 January, followed about 15 minutes later by the New Zealanders of the Chatham Islands, with their turn from Tonga an hour later. , the main cities of Samoa and New Zealand.
In Times Square, officials and party organizers say they are ready to welcome revelers and ensure their safety.
At a safety briefing on Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said there were “no specific threats” to the annual New Year's Eve party, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of people to the heart of midtown Manhattan.
The celebrity-studded event will feature live performances Flo Rida, Megan the Stallion and LL Cool J, as well as television appearances by Cardi B and others. Although traffic around Times Square has slowed slightly since the pandemic, in-person attendance is expected to return to pre-Covid levels, organizers said.
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(With information from EFE and AP)
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