Lunar New Year 2023 around the world – in pictures
From Indonesia, Panama, Vietnam to Australia, families ring in the year of the rabbit
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Main image: A taoist Priest attends Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit in Hong Kong. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty ImagesSun 22 Jan 2023 06.42 GMT
A Chinese-Indonesian man prays during a Chinese New Year celebration
Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images
Young acrobats form a human tower during a performance on the eve of lunar new year
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A couple take a selfie in front of lanterns decoration at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple
Photograph: Annice Lyn/Getty Images
People watch a firework display to mark the Lunar New Year celebrations
Photograph: Linh Pham/Getty Images
Members of Siam Classic Dance Studio perform for onlookers at Haymarket
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Bali’s Chinese community perform the dragon dance during Chinese New Year called Ngelawang ceremony
Photograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images
People visit Zojoji temple as Tokyo Tower is lit in red to celebrate the Lunar New Year
Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images
A young boy lets off firecrackers to celebrate the Spring Festival at a community open space
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People offer food and pray inside a temple during the celebration of the Chinese lunar new year
Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA
People came out to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year
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Devotees queue to offer prayers during a ceremony to welcome the God of Wealth at a temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year
Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
Artists perform the traditional Lion Dance during the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations on January 20, 2023
Photograph: Bienvenido Velasco/EPA
A person carries a roasted pig at a market ahead of Lunar New Year.
Photograph: Cindy Liu/Getty Images
