Bidding farewell to 2023, nations all over the world is gearing to welcome the subsequent 12 months. Because the countdown begins, fireworks, and celebrations mark the entry of one other new 12 months because the clock strikes midnight on December 31. Kiribati, is the primary nation to welcome New Yr 2024.
Kiribati, an island nation in Oceania, made up of atolls had three time zones. The 33 atolls that make up Kiribati, occupy almost 4,000km within the equatorial Pacific from east to west and greater than 2,000km from north to south.
New Zealand is second nation to welcome the New Yr. New Zealand’s two foremost islands—North Island and South Island- are each in the identical time zone.
The subsequent nation to welcome New Yr 2024 might be Australia east coast (13:00 GMT), adopted by Japan and South Korea (15:00 GMT). India and Sri Lanka (18:30 GMT) is up subsequent adopted by 25 nations together with UK (00:00 GMT).
Nonetheless, the latecomers to the occasion will the uninhabited Howland and Baker Island belonging to the US. These distant specks of land in the midst of the Pacific Ocean ring within the New Yr at 12:00 pm GMT.
