Dec. 31 (UPI) -- New Year's Eve celebrations and fireworks around the world are ringing in 2025, as New York City's Times Square gears up for the traditional ball drop at midnight before an estimated one million revelers. New Zealand was one of the first to welcome 2025 at midnight Tuesday, with fireworks launched from Sky Tower in Auckland a full 18 hours before the East Coast of the United States enters the new year. Advertisement More than a million people watched fireworks in Australia's