Countries in Asia are celebrating the new year, with drones lighting up Bangkok skies, and drums thundering in Beijing
Earlier, Sydney put on a spectacular fireworks display, although our correspondent says it was tempered with sadness following the Bondi Beach attack earlier this month
Kiribati was first to enter the new year – one couple there told us they celebrated on a beach with “no signs of human life, complete darkness and countless crabs”
Meanwhile, a UK pharmacist has already seen in the new year in Samoa – and is later “time-travelling” to American Samoa to do it again
The clocks have just struck midnight in Bangladesh, as the country welcomes in 2026.
