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Kiritimati, Kiribati, was first to enter 2026, kicking off global New Year celebrations.
The first inhabited location to welcome 2026 was Kiritimati Island in Kiribati, which is in the UTC+14 time zone.
This marked the beginning of the global New Year celebrations almost a full day ahead of most of the rest of the world.
New Zealand, Australia, and Asian countries like Japan and India joined in with fireworks and public celebrations after Kiribati.
As the celebrations spread throughout Europe and the Americas, the 24-hour global shift came to an end in 2026 with the arrival of American Samoa and the uninhabited U.S. territories of Baker and Howland Islands.
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Kiritimati, Kiribati, fue la primera en entrar en 2026, dando inicio a las celebraciones globales del Año Nuevo.