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Asia and Oceania Welcome 2026 Amid Mixed Events in Australia and New Zealand
More than 1 million attendees will witness over 9 tons of fireworks and a minute of silence in Sydney to honor shooting victims, reflecting peace and solidarity.
- New Zealand was the first major city to welcome 2026 with a fireworks display at the Auckland Sky Tower, though celebrations were dampened by rain.
- Sydney's fireworks display honored the 15 killed and 40 wounded in a Hannukah celebration attack, with officers openly carrying rifles and a minute of silence planned.
- Hong Kong canceled its usual New Year's Eve fireworks over Victoria Harbor after a deadly November fire that killed at least 161 people, instead showing public photos on a tower.
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SYNEY.- The first New Year's celebrations began on Wednesday in Australia and other Pacific countries, which said goodbye to a convulsive 2025 marked by conflicts such as the war in Gaza and Ukraine, and Donald Trump's return to the White House.The year that ends was also one of the warmest ever recorded, with suffocating temperatures that fueled forest fires in Europe and caused droughts in Africa and devastating rains in South-East Asia.Pacifi…
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pictures of New Year's Welcome Celebrations in Auckland and Sydney (ANSA)
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