Tag: Fireworks

Hundreds of birds died after many people set off fireworks in the Italian capital on New Year's Eve, animal rights groups said Friday, calling it a "massacre". Footage of streets near Rome's main train station showed dozens and dozens of birds - mostly starlings - scattered lifeless on the ground.

Blue and gold fireworks soared into the sky above the Sydney Opera House as they do every year, but the harbour below was a ghost town, a fittingly creepy send-off for a year that will not be missed.

Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House, has banned large gatherings that night amid an outbreak of the coronavirus.

December 31 (Mirror) - New Zealand has entered 2020 and a new decade with fireworks and huge celebrations in Auckland and Wellington. The clock struck midnight an hour after Samoa and Christmas Island, an Australian territory, were the first to enter the new year. Up next is eastern parts of Australia, including Sydney, where its spectacular harbour fireworks show is going ...