Australia has welcomed 2021 with a stunning Sydney firework display hailed as a ‘beacon of hope’ for the New Year.
Crowds have been banned from gathering at the harbour – which usually sees around a million people pack in to watch the show, even as a message reading ‘stay covid safe’ was projected onto a pylon Ahead of the main show.
Earlier New Zealand entered the New Year with a firework display in Auckland.
Crowds gathered at the waterfront to watch the show as the country entered 2021 11 hours before the UK, according to GMT.
