It's about 8 hours to go to finally turn the leaf from 2020 to 2021 in India. After a disastrous and pandemic-ridden year, there is a lot of hope and happiness to leave this year behind and make a new start. And while some of us still have a few hours to go to enter 2021, one part of the world is already celebrating the new start. Samoa and Kiribati, the Pacific Islands are the first region on this world to enter at New Year and at 3:30 PM this afternoon, they welcomed the New Year of 2021. After Samoa, New Zealand too has entered the New Year 2021 with a fireworks show. As the World's Earliest Time Zone enters 2021, Happy New Year messages with positive wishes and greetings to everyone are trending online. Happy New Year 2021 is among the top trends on social media since this morning as people excitedly for the much-awaited 2021.

Kiribati and Samoa have the UTC +14 time zone, so they are the first to receive the new year and ring in 2021. Followed by New Zealand and Australia within an hour's time. New Zealand has also welcomed New Year 2021. So as each country welcomes the new morning of January 1, 2021, there is a certain enthusiasm about making the new start. As Samoa and Kiribati welcomed the New Year 2021, Happy New year messages with images and positive quotes are shared online. Happy and Prosperous New Year 2021 Wishes, Greetings, Status, SMS, Funny GIFs, HD Images, Photo Messages, Quotes and WhatsApp Stickers to Send on New Year’s Eve 2020.

Check Tweets on New Year 2021 in Samoa and Kiribati:

It's The New Year

Happy New Year

Happy New Year From Samoa

Here we Go into 2021!

Have a Blessed Year

Wishing You a Great Year

Watch Video of New Year 2021 Celebrations in New Zealand:

People in other parts of the world are more enthusiastically sharing their wishes for the New Year 2021 with everyone. We hope everyone is safely celebrating the beginning of the New Year. We wish all our readers, Happy and Safe New Year 2021!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 31, 2020 04:24 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).