--- description: Watch live as the world rings in the New Year title: Watch New Year's Countdowns Around the World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [society](/tag/society/) ## society Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch New Year's Countdowns Around the World ## Video: New Year's Eve In Times Square: Then and Now [Watch (HLS stream): New Year's Eve In Times Square: Then and Now](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EWQHx9GI.m3u8) (1:22)  _Published 2015-12-28_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2015 12:00 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2015 12:00 PM CUT 2015 is over, and [2016 is upon us](http://time.com/magazine/ "undefined"). Watch the livestream above all day and night on New Year’s Eve to see how people across the world are welcoming 2016. From fireworks over the harbor in Sydney and balloons over Tokyo Park in Japan, to the unveiling of the Olympic Rings in Rio de Janeiro and, of course, the iconic ball-drop in New York City’s Times Square, the world will ring in the New Year with pomp and celebration. See it all above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/"},"headline":"Watch New Year's Countdowns Around the World","datePublished":"2015-12-31T12:00:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:42:19.989Z","description":"From New York to Tokyo","url":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/","keywords":["society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/society/","name":"society"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/","name":"Watch New Year's Countdowns Around the World"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"New Year's Eve In Times Square: Then and Now","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EWQHx9GI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-28T19:11:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/EWQHx9GI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/","duration":"PT1M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4164681/new-years-eve-livestream-video-fireworks/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```