The Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, falls on Friday, February 16 this year, and people all around the world will be celebrating with parades, prayers, and festive displays of lanterns and fireworks.
Here's what Chinese New Year celebrations look like in 20 different countries.
UK: Performers take part in a dragon dance in London's Trafalgar Square on January 29, 2017.
USA: A crowd participates in Chinese New Year festivities February 9, 2005, in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York City.
PHILIPPINES: Filipinos of Chinese descent pray at the Seng Guan Temple in the Chinese district of Binondo, Manila, on February 19, 2015.
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