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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.
On Wednesday, December 31, you can be a part of New Year’s Eve countdowns and celebrations in several time zones.
Live New Year's celebrations
Big picture view:
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.
Fireworks light up the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during 2025 New Year's Day celebrations in Sydney on January 1, 2025. (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Timeline:
Here's when, in Eastern time, these locations hit midnight:
- 6 a.m. ET: Auckland
- 8 a.m. ET: Sydney
- 10 a.m. ET: Tokyo
- 11 a.m. ET: Beijing, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur
- 12 p.m. ET: Bangkok
- 3 p.m. ET: Dubai
- 4 p.m. ET: Nairobi, Kiev
- 5 p.m. ET: Athens
- 6 p.m. ET: Rome, Berlin, Paris, Madrid
- 7 p.m. ET: London, Dublin, Dakar
- 10 p.m. ET: Rio de Janeiro
- 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
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NYC preps for New Year's Eve celebrations
Preparations are underway in New York's Times Square where nearly a million people will gather on New Year's Eve. FOX 5 New York's Jessica Formoso joins LiveNOW's Carel Lajara with an update on how preparations are going.
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.
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.
Where to watch
What you can do:
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The Source: Information for this story is from LiveNOW from FOX's programming schedule and additional FOX News coverage of New Year's Eve festivities.