Lunar New Year 2016 in Pictures

A woman dressed up in a "Monkey King" costume makes incense offerings and pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Monkey, in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
A woman prays in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
The 2016 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
The 2016 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
A Chinese dancer dressed in traditional costume performs in a cultural dance during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing. AP Photo/Andy Wong
Lanterns in front of the 17-story apartment building which collapsed after an earthquake, on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Tainan, southern Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
A woman dressed in traditional Chinese costumes waits to perform in celebration of the Chinese New Year on a stage in Nankinmachi square, Kobe, Japan. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
The 2016 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
People burn incense as they pray for good fortune at the beginning of the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year at Yuanmiaoguan temple in Huizhou, Guangdong province. REUTERS/Stringer
Spectators watch a lion dance to celebrate Chinese New Year at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. REUTERS/Olivia Harris
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese calendar. AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Revellers explode firecrackers near dragon dancers as they celebrate Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
The 2016 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
The 2016 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
People burn incense as they pray for good fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, at a temple in Chengdu, Sichuan province. REUTERS/Stringer
Performers take part in a parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Performers participate in a lion dance at Ditan Park to mark the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing. AP Photo/Andy Wong
Chinese worshippers light incense and pray at the Yongchegong Lama Temple in Beijing. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
People makes incense offerings and pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of Lunar New Year in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
Dragon and Lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Manila's Chinatown district. AP Photo/Bullit Marquez