In photos: Colourful celebrations mark the Lunar New Year across the world
Asian nations and communities around the globe welcome the Year of the Dragon with fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash
People give offerings and pray at Wat Mangkon temple in Bangkok's Chinatown on the first day of the Lunar New Year.LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/Getty Images
A performer breathes fire during Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila, Philippines.Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
A Chinese folk artist performs for the Chinese Lunar New Year at a local temple fair in Beijing, China.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Performers from "Golden Dream" of Spain take part in a parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, in Hong Kong.LAM YIK/Reuters
People visit the giant dragon lantern during the first day of the Lunar New year at Expo Garden in Wuhan, China.Getty Images/Getty Images
People try to catch red envelopes, or lai see, during celebrations in Chinatown district of Manila, Thailand on the first day of the Lunar New Year.TED ALJIBE/Getty Images
Performers take part in a traditional dragon dance for the Chinese Lunar New Year temple fair in Beijing.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Visitors throw their Lunar New Year wishes, written on red joss paper, onto the branches of The Wishing Tree in Lam Tsuen village, Hong Kong.Louise Delmotte/The Associated Press
Participants from the Guangxi Arts Troupe take part in the International Lunar New Year Parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong.PETER PARKS/Getty Images
Chinese traditional stilt walkers, or gaoqiao, take part in a Lunar New Year performance at a local temple fair in Beijing, China.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Participants from the Granada Masskara Dance group from the Philippines take part in the International Lunar New Year Parade in Hong Kong.PETER PARKS/Getty Images
People burn incense at a Chinese temple in the Chinatown area of Yangon, Myanmar, on the first day of the Lunar New Year.SAI AUNG MAIN/Getty Images
Participants take part in the International Lunar New Year Parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong.PETER PARKS/Getty Images
Dragon dancers perform at a park on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Beijing.GREG BAKER/Getty Images
A performer breathes fire at a park on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Beijing.GREG BAKER/Getty Images
Worshippers offer incense at the Che Kung temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)Louise Delmotte/The Associated Press
Dragon dancers perform at a park on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Beijing.GREG BAKER/Getty Images
A dragon dance team performs on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.SAI AUNG MAIN/Getty Images
People celebrating the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon take pictures along Yaowarat Road in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand.LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/Getty Images
A man prays at Mazu Miao Temple in Yokohama China Town on the first day of the Lunar New Year.Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
A dancer plays with fire during Lunar New Year of the Dragon celebrations at Binondo, the Chinatown of Manila, Philippines.ELOISA LOPEZ/Reuters
A group perform a lion dance in the Chinatown area of Yokohama, Japan on the first day of the Lunar New Year.PHILIP FONG/Getty Images
People place their offerings on a wishing tree on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, in Hong Kong, China February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Lam YikLAM YIK/Reuters
A lion dance is performed in Yokohama, Japan on the first day of the Lunar New Year.Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images
Folk artists perform at a temple fair at a park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year.TINGSHU WANG/Reuters
A Chinese Lion Dance team perform during celebrations for the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in central London.HENRY NICHOLLS/Getty Images
Filipinos offer incense at the Seng Guan temple during Lunar New Year celebrations at Binondo district, considered the world's oldest Chinatown, in Manila, Philippines.Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Women take a selfie with a giant dragon lantern near Houhai Lake in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year.Andy Wong/The Associated Press
Performers take part in a traditional dragon and lion dance along a street in the Chinatown area of Yangon, Myanmar.SAI AUNG MAIN/Getty Images
People pray at a temple during a cerebration to mark the Lunar New Year in Yangon, Myanmar.Thein Zaw/The Associated Press
Malaysian ethnic Chinese pray on the first day of Lunar New Year's holidays at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Vincent Thian/The Associated Press