LIVE: New Year’s Countdown 2024

People all over the world mark the start of 2024 with various fireworks displays and other New Year’s Eve events. 10:45 a.m. ET—The New Year’s Eve countdown begins soon in Hong Kong. At 11 a.m. ET, the city welcomes in 2024 with a 12-minute fireworks musical—the largest New Year’s Eve firework display the city has seen—over the iconic Victoria Harbour. 12 p.m. ET—Thailand rings in the New Year with a countdown and fireworks display over the Icon Siam department store by Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River. 3 p.m. ET,—The UAE celebrates the arrival of the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display at Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa (Courtesy EMAAR). 5 p.m. ET—Fireworks over the Parthenon temple and the Acropolis mark the arrival of 2024 in Athens, Greece. 6 p.m. ET—Berlin welcomes the New Year with fireworks at the Brandenburg Gate landmark. 6:15 p.m. ET—Britain rings in the New Year with the midnight chimes of Big Ben resonating through central London.