Each day starts at the international date line. But countries are free to observe time as they see fit—resulting in a number ...

Kiribati, a Pacific island nation, consistently becomes the first country to welcome the New Year due to its strategic ...

After Kiribati, Samoa and Tonga are among the first countries to welcome the New Year. The New Zealand city of Auckland is ...

Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2026. The last is a U.S. territory. Here's a closer look at the time ...

Kiribati celebrates first while it's still 10am on December 31 in the UK - but working out the order each nation celebrates ...

It is 2026 in some countries already. Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island, has become the first place in the world to ...

The Line Islands, which are a part of the Republic of Kiribati, became the first to ring in the new year since 1995 when the ...

Experience New Year festivities starting in Kiribati before the global celebration sweeps through Dhaka and London.

Which countries enter New Year 2026 before India and which celebrate after? From Kiribati to American Samoa, here’s the full ...

The International Date Line (IDL) is one of the weirdest things on the map—it’s not a straight line at all! It zigzags to avoid splitting countries, islands, and even some communities into different ...

Because of time zones, the New Year doesn’t arrive everywhere at once. Some countries welcome it hours earlier, while others are the last to ring it in.

Although people around the world share the excitement, the New Year does not begin at the same moment everywhere. Different ...