Thailand welcomes 2021
New year celebrations across the world
New year celebrations
22:54 December 31
New year arrives in Thailand
22:08 December 31
Beijing counts down to New Year 2021
Amid chilly winter weather, Beijing heralded the new year with a countdown ceremony and light show. In Chinese societies, the Lunar New Year celebration that falls in February in 2021 generally takes precedence over the solar New Year, on January 1.
While celebrations of the Western holiday have been growing more common in recent decades, this year was more muted.
Nighttime temperatures in the Chinese capital were forecast to plunge towards -10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit).
21:47 December 31
New year celebrations in Taiwan
Taiwan welcomed 2021 on Friday with a fireworks display at the country's tallest building, Taipei 101.
It is being held as usual as well as a flag-raising ceremony in front of the Presidential Office Building on New Year’s morning.
The flag raising will be limited to government officials and invited guests after a traveller who recently arrived in Taiwan was found to be infected with the new variant of the coronavirus.
The island has been a success story in fighting the pandemic, registering only seven deaths and 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
21:14 December 31
Japan welcomes 2021 with clanging the bells
Resounding bells rung in the new year at Tokyo's Sensoji temple.
Much of Japan was welcoming 2021 quietly at home, alarmed after Tokyo reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases on Thursday at about 1,300.
It was the first time that daily cases in the capital have topped 1,000.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike asked people to skip countdown ceremonies and expressed concern about crowds of shoppers.
20:55 December 31
North Korea entered 2021
North Korea entered 2021 with a fireworks display in Pyongyang
20:16 December 31
Beijing celebrated the beginning of 2021
Beijing marks the beginning of 2021
18:38 December 31
Australia rings in 2021
Australia rings in 2021
Sydney brought in 2021 with a pyrotechnics show from its iconic harborside. It is a grim end to the year for New South Wales and Victoria, Australia's two most populous states, which are battling to curb new COVID-19 outbreaks.
Locations on Sydney's harbor were fenced off, popular parks closed and famous night spots eerily deserted.
People were only allowed in downtown Sydney if they had a restaurant reservation or were one of five guests of an inner-city resident.
Access to the city center was not allowed without a permit.
17:06 December 31
Live page: New year celebrations
New Zealand entered 2021
New Zealand entered 2021 with a laser show and fireworks display in Auckland.
Thousands of revelers watched the spectacle from the Sky Tower on Friday morning.
Crowds were allowed to gather in the city to mark the occasion as the nation continued to record a low number of new coronavirus cases.
22:54 December 31
New year arrives in Thailand
Thailand welcomes 2021
22:08 December 31
Beijing counts down to New Year 2021
Amid chilly winter weather, Beijing heralded the new year with a countdown ceremony and light show. In Chinese societies, the Lunar New Year celebration that falls in February in 2021 generally takes precedence over the solar New Year, on January 1.
While celebrations of the Western holiday have been growing more common in recent decades, this year was more muted.
Nighttime temperatures in the Chinese capital were forecast to plunge towards -10 Celsius (14 Fahrenheit).
21:47 December 31
New year celebrations in Taiwan
Taiwan welcomed 2021 on Friday with a fireworks display at the country's tallest building, Taipei 101.
It is being held as usual as well as a flag-raising ceremony in front of the Presidential Office Building on New Year’s morning.
The flag raising will be limited to government officials and invited guests after a traveller who recently arrived in Taiwan was found to be infected with the new variant of the coronavirus.
The island has been a success story in fighting the pandemic, registering only seven deaths and 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
21:14 December 31
Japan welcomes 2021 with clanging the bells
Resounding bells rung in the new year at Tokyo's Sensoji temple.
Much of Japan was welcoming 2021 quietly at home, alarmed after Tokyo reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases on Thursday at about 1,300.
It was the first time that daily cases in the capital have topped 1,000.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike asked people to skip countdown ceremonies and expressed concern about crowds of shoppers.
20:55 December 31
North Korea entered 2021
North Korea entered 2021 with a fireworks display in Pyongyang
20:16 December 31
Beijing celebrated the beginning of 2021
Beijing marks the beginning of 2021
18:38 December 31
Australia rings in 2021
Australia rings in 2021
Sydney brought in 2021 with a pyrotechnics show from its iconic harborside. It is a grim end to the year for New South Wales and Victoria, Australia's two most populous states, which are battling to curb new COVID-19 outbreaks.
Locations on Sydney's harbor were fenced off, popular parks closed and famous night spots eerily deserted.
People were only allowed in downtown Sydney if they had a restaurant reservation or were one of five guests of an inner-city resident.
Access to the city center was not allowed without a permit.
17:06 December 31
Live page: New year celebrations
New Zealand entered 2021
New Zealand entered 2021 with a laser show and fireworks display in Auckland.
Thousands of revelers watched the spectacle from the Sky Tower on Friday morning.
Crowds were allowed to gather in the city to mark the occasion as the nation continued to record a low number of new coronavirus cases.
Last Updated : Dec 31, 2020, 11:00 PM IST
