"This year, peace"...The Global Village Scenery for the New Year 2025

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More than a million people gathered at a traditional New Year's event in New York, the United States.

In South America and Europe, colorful fireworks embroider the night sky, lighting up the new year of 2025.

Reporter Yoon Hyun-sook reports on the New Year's faces of countries around the world wishing for peace and happiness.

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The countdown to the New Year begins on the New York Times Square electronic display.

The new year has come with a "ball drop" event in which six tons of crystal beads come down.

The cheers of a million people burst, and the lovers kissed.

[Mendel / American: May 2025 be a year full of peace and goodwill and kindness around the world.]

A spectacular fireworks show takes place along the beach of Copacabana, a popular Brazilian destination.

Expectations for the new year of 2025 are overflowing in an exciting atmosphere.

[Alejandro Regaretta / Puerto Rican tourist] It's magical and amazing. Wow, I can't explain it. I feel free.]

Various New Year's celebrations were also held in continental Europe.

At the top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, the number lighting up 2025 is painted with lights and colorful fireworks.

A grand fireworks festival begins over the observatory 'London Eye' with the bell of the clock tower Big Ben to mark the New Year.

A series of events were canceled across the UK due to bad weather, but in London, 140,000 firecrackers were embroidered in the sky along the Thames, again this year.

In Rome, Italy, colorful fireworks and lights lit up New Year's Day with the world's tallest building as a canvas in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, against the backdrop of the ancient ruins Coliseum.

The Syrian people who toppled the al-Assad dictatorship also gathered in the capital city of Damascus for a new year of hope.

It is New Year's Day, which brings together the hopes of the world's people to pray for peace and happiness in 2025 beyond 2024, which has been marred by war and major disasters.

I'm YTN's Yoon Hyunsuk.


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