Lunar New Year 2023 around the world – in pictures
From Indonesia, Panama, Vietnam to Australia, families ring in the year of the rabbit
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 01.42 EST
Denpasar, Indonesia
A Chinese-Indonesian man prays during a Chinese New Year celebrationPhotograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBangkok, Thailand
Young acrobats form a human tower during a performance on the eve of lunar new yearPhotograph: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images
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A couple take a selfie in front of lanterns decoration at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist TemplePhotograph: Annice Lyn/Getty Images
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People watch a firework display to mark the Lunar New Year celebrationsPhotograph: Linh Pham/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSydney, Australia
Members of Siam Classic Dance Studio perform for onlookers at HaymarketPhotograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBali, Indonesia
Bali’s Chinese community perform the dragon dance during Chinese New Year called Ngelawang ceremonyPhotograph: Agung Parameswara/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterTokyo, Japan
People visit Zojoji temple as Tokyo Tower is lit in red to celebrate the Lunar New YearPhotograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWuhan, China
A young boy lets off firecrackers to celebrate the Spring Festival at a community open spacePhotograph: Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterTaipei, Taiwan
People offer food and pray inside a temple during the celebration of the Chinese lunar new yearPhotograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA
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People came out to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New YearPhotograph: Bianca Otero/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
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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 YearPhotograph: Edgar Su/Reuters
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Artists perform the traditional Lion Dance during the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations on January 20, 2023Photograph: Bienvenido Velasco/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPhnom Penh, Cambodia
A person carries a roasted pig at a market ahead of Lunar New Year.Photograph: Cindy Liu/Getty Images
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