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A girl holds a lantern made of paper attached on a tree at the entrance of Ditan Park in Beijing on February 1, 2018. The Lunar New Year falls on February 16 this year, with celebrations in China scheduled to last for a week. Nicolar Asfouri / AFP -
A farmer brushes his teeth with a neem twig in his vegetable field in Kolkata, India on February 1, 2018. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters -
This aerial photograph shows high speed trains at a maintenance centre in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on February 1, 2018, the start of China's official peak travel period because of the Lunar New Year. Authorities expect more than 390 million train trips to take place between February 1 and March 12. AFP -
Danthai Boonma of Thailand tees off on day one of the 2018 Maybank Championship at Saujana Golf and Country Club on February 1, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Stanley Chou / Getty Images -
Sri Lanka's Army soldiers march with the national flags at the parade during a rehearsal for Sri Lanka's 70th independence day celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 1, 2018. Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters -
A worker takes a break from loading onions at the wholesale vegetable market in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 1, 2018. Caren Firouz / Reuters -
A firefighter inspects a facility to support senior people on welfare, where a fire occurred, in Sapporo, Japan, in this photo taken February 1, 2018. Kyodo / via Reuters -
Members of the Roofless Workers' Movement participate in a protest over housing in Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 31, 2018. Fernando Bizerra Jr. / EPA
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