The island nation of Kiribati in Oceania celebrates 2025 as the first country in the world to have entered the new year.
The country – pronounced Kiribass – is made up of 33 atolls and occupies a vast area in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, stretching nearly 4,000km (2,485 miles) from east to west and more than 2,000km from north to south.
It marks 20 years since they changed the time zone across the international date line, which led to an unusual event of Kiribati’s New Year’s Eve in 1994 being celebrated on 30 December.
Many countries have planned celebrations and customs across the globe to usher in the New Year.
