In Pictures: Chinese New Year celebrations around the world

This Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb 1, marks the beginning of the Year of the Tiger.

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Feb 02, 2022, 12:58 PM

Dragon dancers perform at a residential and commercial district in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People watch street performers in Chinatown during celebrations on the first day of the Lunar New Year in London, Britain, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Chinese community in Mexico perform the traditional Chinese lion dance at a Chinese restaurant in Mexico City, on Jan 31, 2022, ahead of Lunar New Year on Feb 1. PHOTO: AFP

A worshipper carries incense sticks at the Toa Se Bio temple, during the Chinese New Year celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

People pray at the temple to celebrate Lunar New Year in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Jan 31, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

People walk by an area decorated with lanterns during the Lunar New Year festivity at Yu Garden in Shanghai, China, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

People perform a lion dance in the street as part of a celebration of the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown neighbourhood of New York in the US, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Dancers perform during a Lunar New Year cultural celebration in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Manhattan in New York, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

People wearing masks pray outside the Longshan Temple during the celebration of the Lunar New Year in Taipei, Taiwan, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Worshippers wearing protective masks release birds for good luck during the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Dharma Bhakti temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Members of the Chinese community take part in the Lunar New Year celebrations in Kolkata on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

A passer-by looks at a wishes wall in the Usera district, during the celebrations to mark the start of the Lunar New Year, in Madrid, on Feb 1, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

The lightshow at the Supertree Grove to usher in the Chinese New Year at River Hongbao 2022 at Gardens by the Bay on Jan 31, 2022. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR

River Hongbao 2022 Lantern Light-Up on Jan 29, 2022. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND WEE

People take photos in front of a festive Chinese display outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on Jan 31, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

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