Copenhagen's streets and squares dazzle as the annual Light Festival bathes the city in stunning illuminations. From artistic installations to glowing landmarks, the festival celebrates creativity and brightens the winter nights.

Streets and squares shine bright during annual light festival

South Korea marks Jeongwol Daeboreum, the first full moon of the year, with dazzling lights, bonfires, and traditional performances. The festival symbolizes driving away bad luck and welcoming prosperity. People gather to enjoy folk games, moonlit dances, and special delicacies.

South Koreans celebrate 'Jeongwol Daeboreum' with bonfires and festivities

Copenhagen comes alive with vibrant displays as its streets and squares are illuminated during the city's annual light festival. The event attracts locals and tourists alike, showcasing stunning light installations and art across the city.

Copenhagen's streets and squares shine bright during Annual Light Festival

Paris transforms into a festive wonderland during Christmas, offering a mix of culinary delights, age-old traditions, and streets adorned with glittering lights. Watch this report for more details!

Paris: City of Love All Decked-Up For Christmas

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival boasts an impressive lineup of events, surpassing previous celebrations. The iconic Fire Dragon Dance has been upgraded with an expanded performance area and the addition of a live broadcast zone in Victoria Park, running for three consecutive nights (September 16-18). This upgrade aims to engage more visitors and locals, enhancing the vibrant spirit of the traditional festival.

Hong-Kong Celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival With Magnificent Drone Shows

As India celebrates the Festival of Lights India's Ministry of Earth Sciences warns of another spike in air pollution in the national capital region. After a brief respite from pollution due to rains a thick layer of smoke is taking over the Skies of Delhi again on the day of Diwali. Haze persists on the Festival of Lights with air quality being recorded as very poor but predictions estimate that the air is going to deteriorate further.

India: New Delhi defies firecracker ban on Diwali

Indian stocks rose during the Diwali trading session, marking two weeks of gains. The special one-hour "muhurat" trading session on November 12

Indian stocks rise during Diwali trading | Stocks mark two weeks of gains

WION unwraps the magic of the festival of lights. This Diwali, experience eco-friendly home decor for your homes, indulge in the sweetness of luxury Diwali treats and take a peek into what goes behind the scenes of the most extravagant Diwali parties.

Diwali lights up India: Radiance in every corner

The skyline of London at night may look very different from what it looks today as new rules have been drafted by the city authorities according to which skyscrapers will be required to dim their lights overnight.

Light pollution: London plans to switch off lights of high-rise buildings at night

Christmas 2022 in London: Everyone is looking for great spots to spend their Christmas. There are various spots where you can enjoy the Christmas markets and lights in London.

Christmas 2022 in London: 5 best places to visit and things to do in London to celebrate Christmas eve

In this report, we bring you a spectacular meteor Illuminating Norway Skyline in rainbow colours. Spectacular sight of meteors burning up in the atmosphere can be seen. Watch video.

Meteor lights up the sky over Norway: Spectacular sight of meteors burning up in the atmosphere

Creating a world record for a unique thing is memorable but breaking your own world record again is passion to be way better. This holds true for the Gay family, who are from Hudson Valley, New York.

With display of 687,000 Christmas lights, family breaks own world record in US

Diwali is one of the most popular Indian festivals, it is seen as a celebration of the victory of good over evil. But India isn’t the only place that celebrates the festival of lights. Here is how various countries in the world are celebrating the festival.

This is how various countries across the world are celebrating Diwali

Bathukamma, the floral festival of Telangana went global on Saturday as the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa was lit up in colours depicting the festival. Located in Dubai, Burj Khalifa witnessed a unique show of lights.

Telangana's Bathukamma festival goes global as Burj Khalifa lights up in unique show of colours

This year let's celebrate an 'Eco-friendly Diwali'

As per a recent study, eco-friendly LED streetlights produce even worse light pollution for insects than traditional sodium bulbs. The abundance of moth caterpillars in hedgerows by rural roads in England was 52 per cent lower under LED lights and 41 per cent lower under sodium lights when compared with nearby unlit areas.

Study says LED streetlights decimating moth numbers in England

New Year celebrations kicked off in New Zealand before the festivities reach the other countries. Always among the first to witness the arrival of a new year, New Zealanders celebrated in their signature style with firework displays erupting from Auckland's 328-metre tall Sky Tower on Wednesday.

New Zealand leads the New Year celebrations with harbour festivities

Iraq has won an exemption allowing it to buy Iranian electricity despite US sanctions, as the country plagued by chronic power shortages walks a tightrope between rivals Washington and Tehran.

Iraq gets US sanctions break to keep the lights on

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