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Home / News / World News / Photos / Fireworks go off at Opera House, Harbour Bridge ahead of New Year 2026

Fireworks go off at Opera House, Harbour Bridge ahead of New Year 2026

Updated On: 31 December, 2025 05:32 PM IST | Divya Nair

Spectators experienced the dazzling "family fireworks" in Sydney, as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge lit up three hours before the main New Year’s Eve show on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. PICS/AFP

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Spectators experienced the dazzling "family fireworks" in Sydney, as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge lit up three hours before the main New Year’s Eve show on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. PICS/AFP

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Spectators experienced the dazzling "family fireworks" in Sydney, as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge lit up three hours before the main New Year’s Eve show on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. PICS/AFP
<p>In Sydney, the country`s largest city, celebrations will be held under the pall of Australia`s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years. Two gunmen targeted a Hannukah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, killing 15 and wounding 40</p>

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In Sydney, the country`s largest city, celebrations will be held under the pall of Australia`s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years. Two gunmen targeted a Hannukah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, killing 15 and wounding 40

<p>A heavy police presence monitored the thousands who thronged to the downtown waterfront on Wednesday to watch a fireworks show centred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge</p>

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A heavy police presence monitored the thousands who thronged to the downtown waterfront on Wednesday to watch a fireworks show centred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge

<p>An hour before midnight, the massacre victims will be commemorated with one minute of silence while images of a menorah are projected on the bridge pylons</p>

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An hour before midnight, the massacre victims will be commemorated with one minute of silence while images of a menorah are projected on the bridge pylons

<p>The crowd has been invited to show their solidarity with Australia`s Jewish community by shining their phone torches across the harbour</p>

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The crowd has been invited to show their solidarity with Australia`s Jewish community by shining their phone torches across the harbour

<p>New South Wales Premier Chris Minns urged Sydney residents not to stay away through fear, saying extremists would interpret smaller crowds at New Year`s Eve festivities as a victory</p>

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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns urged Sydney residents not to stay away through fear, saying extremists would interpret smaller crowds at New Year`s Eve festivities as a victory

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