Christmas Island first to welcome the new year

Christmas Island, or even Kiritimati, an atoll in the Equatorial Sporades in the central Pacific, is the first to welcome the new year, followed by New Zealand which has kicked off its celebrations for the arrival of 2023.

    From Sydney in Rome, all the world's major capitals prepare for New Year's Eve: cities like London and New York will see bigger crowds this year as anti-Covid restrictions have been lifted.