Fireworks light up the sky in central London to celebrate the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Fireworks explode over Las Vegas Strip casinos just after midnight during New Year celebrations Thursday, Jan.1, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Fireworks and drone show at Reunion Tower are viewed from downtown Dallas for New Year's Eve, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, Dallas. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Fireworks light the sky above the Royal Castle during New Year's celebrations shortly after midnight in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Confetti falls over attendees in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebration, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Fireworks close out the New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Fireworks close out the New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
AP Top Photos of the Month December 2025 FILE - Confetti falls over attendees in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebration, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
Confetti falls in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebration Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
People celebrate and watch the fireworks for the New Year's celebrations, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Confetti falls in red, blue, and white over attendees in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebration as part of the 250-year anniversary, or Semiquincentennial, of the United States, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Diana Ross performs during the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Fireworks light the sky above the Royal Castle during New Year's celebrations shortly after midnight in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
The Washington Monument is illuminated as a candle as part of the 250th anniversary celebration for the United States, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Fireworks light-up the sky in central London to celebrate the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Revelers celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Revellers celebrate the start of 2026 after the ball drop in Times Square during New Year's Eve festivities, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Schoolchildren cheer as they welcome New Year at a school in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Sora Honda lays on the confetti-covered sidewalk as she celebrates the start of 2026 during New Year's Eve festivities, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Indian Christians release balloons to celebrate the New Year after offering prayers at a Church in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Indian Christians release balloons to celebrate the New Year after offering prayers at a Church in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
A woman celebrates as fireworks light up the sky over Copacabana Beach during New Year's celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe as fireworks explode during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Fireworks explode over the Chao Phraya River during New Year celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People celebrate New Year's eve at a promenade in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People celebrate New Year's eve at a promenade in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People celebrate New Year's eve at a promenade in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Monks pray before the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People strike a giant bell to celebrate the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple, minutes after midnight Thursday Jan. 1, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Performers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Drummers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Drummers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Revelers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Reveler showered by confetti as they celebrate the start of 2026 during the New Year countdown event held at a shopping mall, in Beijing, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Pope Leo XIV leaves after a moment of prayer in front of the nativity scene that adorns St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV stops for a moment of prayer in front of the nativity scene that adorns St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV stops for a moment of prayer in front of the nativity scene that adorns St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People attend the New Year countdown event to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Performers and revelers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Reveler film and catch falling balloons and confetti as they celebrate the start of 2026 during the New Year countdown event held at a shopping mall in Beijing, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
People celebrate New Year's eve at a promenade in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People celebrate the New Year in front of the Bosingak pavilion where the annual New Year's bell-ringing ceremony is held in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Drummers ring in the new year at the Juyongguan Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing, China, early Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Police and the Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen walk in the Red Square closed for celebrations on New Year's Eve in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Fireworks explode from the Taipei 101 building during the New Year's celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the New Year celebrations in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A man sits on a cliff as the last sunset of 2025 is seen over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
People pose for pictures near illuminated decorations on New Year's Eve in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
People gather to pray during the New Year celebration at the Zojoji Buddhist temple, minutes after midnight Thursday Jan. 1, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Cori Johnson, 9, left, her mother Robin Hawkins-Johnson, and friend Kori Simms, 6, all of Washington, react during a noon balloon drop celebration ahead of New Year’s Eve, at The Yards Park, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
People gather before the New Year's countdown event in front of the Bosingak pavilion where the annual New Year's bell-ringing ceremony is held in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
People cheer during the 2026 Taipei New Year's Party celebration in front of the Taipei City Government Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
People attend the New Year countdown event to celebrate the start of 2026 in the Central district of Hong Kong, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
The police stand guard during the 2026 Taipei New Year's Party celebration in front of the Taipei City Government Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
People gather to celebrate the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People gather to celebrate the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People gather to celebrate the New Year at the Zojoji Buddhist temple, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A person walks by illuminated decorations on New Year's Eve in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Fireworks burst over the Sydney Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A vendor sells New Year's eve party goods at a market in downtown Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
A families pose for a photo with a prosperity decoration to welcome 2026 Year of the Horse, following the Chinese zodiac as people visit a shopping district on new year's eve, in Beijing, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A couple takes a selfie during the Sao Silvestre road race held on New Year's Eve in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Women hug a glowing ball depicting the Earth at a square decorated prior to Christmas and New Year festivities in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Buddhist prays in front of lanterns on New Year's Eve at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The New Year's Eve ball is seen high above Times Square during a press event in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
