World welcomes 2018

FE Team | Published: December 31, 2017 23:45:28

World welcomes 2018

The New Year has officially begun, as midnight passed in Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island/Kiribati, the first places in the world to welcome 2018. Fireworks lit the sky during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney and South Korea, according to updates received until our going to press at 10:30pm. The last places on the Earth to see in the New Year are minor outlying US islands like Baker Island and Howland Island. — Agencies