• A man pulls ribbons from his mouth. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    A man pulls ribbons from his mouth. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Two women walk past decorations in Hong Kong on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Over a billion Chinese in China and millions more all over the world will be celebrating the Lunar New Year. Philippe Lopez / AFP Photo
    Two women walk past decorations in Hong Kong on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Over a billion Chinese in China and millions more all over the world will be celebrating the Lunar New Year. Philippe Lopez / AFP Photo
  • A vendor holds up lilies for sale at a flower market in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong. Brent Lewin / Bloomberg
    A vendor holds up lilies for sale at a flower market in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong. Brent Lewin / Bloomberg
  • Divers perform a dragon dance as they ‘bless’ the shipwreck habitat of the SEA aquarium as part of the festive Chinese New Year celebrations in Sentosa island, Singapore. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Divers perform a dragon dance as they ‘bless’ the shipwreck habitat of the SEA aquarium as part of the festive Chinese New Year celebrations in Sentosa island, Singapore. Edgar Su / Reuters

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Chinese New Year in pictures: welcoming the Year of the Horse

Mark Asquith

January 30, 2014

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Dancers and re-enactment performers on the eve of the New Lunar Year - Chinese people around the world get ready to welcome the year of the horse

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