As the world prepares to ring in 2025, we look back on a year marked by both global challenges and moments of celebration. From the heatwave gripping the planet to the thrill of sporting victories, 2024 has been a year of contrasts.
Crowds will marvel at fireworks and toast champagne to greet 2025 today, waving goodbye to a year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return, and turmoil in the Middle East and Ukraine. It is all but certain 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, climate-fuelled disasters wreaking havoc from the plains of Europe to the Kathmandu Valley.
As New Year’s Eve parties kicked into gear along Australia’s picturesque Sydney Harbour this afternoon, many revellers were relieved to see the past 12 months in the rearview mirror. “Obviously there’s a lot of war and disruption going on in various places,” insurance worker Stuart Edwards, 32, told AFP as early crowds swelled on Sydney’s waterfront.The self-proclaimed “New Year’s capital of the world” will spray nine tonnes of fireworks from its famed Opera House and Harbour Bridge at midnight. More than a million spectators are expected to pack the city’s foreshore to catch a glimpse of the pyrotechnics. “Just to see all the beautiful colours and enjoy being in this situation with so many people in wonderful Australia,” said 71-year-old retired nurse Ruth Rowse. Taylor Swift brought the curtain down on her Eras tour this year, pygmy hippo Moo Deng went viral, and 16-year-old football prodigy Lamine Yamal helped Spain conquer the Euros.Athletes swam in the Seine, raced in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower, and rode horses across the manicured lawns outside the Palace of Versailles. Pearly Tan and M Thinaah became the first Malaysian women’s doubles badminton pair to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic
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