Photos of Lunar New Year celebrations for the Year of the Horse

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People perform a lion dance as fireworks explode during Lunar New Year celebrations in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People perform a lion dance as fireworks explode during Lunar New Year celebrations in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Monks pray on the eve of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Monks pray on the eve of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
An ethnic Chinese Thai lays down candles after praying at the Leng Nuei Yee Chinese temple ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
An ethnic Chinese Thai lays down candles after praying at the Leng Nuei Yee Chinese temple ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A worshiper wears a horse head decoration at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
A worshiper wears a horse head decoration at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
A vendor, right, holds a grilled pig for selling for Lunar New Year celebrations on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, ahead of the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A vendor, right, holds a grilled pig for selling for Lunar New Year celebrations on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, ahead of the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Visitors walk past an illuminated horse lantern display ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Visitors walk past an illuminated horse lantern display ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Lion dancers perform at a market in preparation for the Lunar New Year celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.( AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Lion dancers perform at a market in preparation for the Lunar New Year celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.( AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
People burn joss paper money as offering to ancestors ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Feb 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
People burn joss paper money as offering to ancestors ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Feb 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
People attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
A Chinese worshipper prays during celebrations of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at the Kwan In Thang Temple on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A Chinese worshipper prays during celebrations of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at the Kwan In Thang Temple on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
A woman uses her mobile phone to take photos of a performance during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A woman uses her mobile phone to take photos of a performance during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Local Chinese artists group gather to perform during celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Thuwunna stadium Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Local Chinese artists group gather to perform during celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Thuwunna stadium Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Fire performers carry a dragon during a molten iron fireworks performance known as "fire dragon steel flowers" ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Fire performers carry a dragon during a molten iron fireworks performance known as "fire dragon steel flowers" ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
People wearing South Korean traditional "Hanbok" costume take photos on the eve of the Lunar New Year at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
People wearing South Korean traditional "Hanbok" costume take photos on the eve of the Lunar New Year at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A bird is freed from a cage for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
A bird is freed from a cage for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People hold incense sticks as they pray during the celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Satya Dharma Temple in Denpasar, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
People hold incense sticks as they pray during the celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Satya Dharma Temple in Denpasar, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A dancer carries ceremonial banners before a performance of Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A dancer carries ceremonial banners before a performance of Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Diners watch a lion dance performance on the first day of Lunar New Year in the Chinatown area in Yokohama, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Diners watch a lion dance performance on the first day of Lunar New Year in the Chinatown area in Yokohama, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Rose Chung, MC of the annual Chinese New Year Day celebration, Community Good Fortune Walk, on Grant Avenue, wears a horse costume on the first day of the Chinese New Year, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Rose Chung, MC of the annual Chinese New Year Day celebration, Community Good Fortune Walk, on Grant Avenue, wears a horse costume on the first day of the Chinese New Year, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Visitors light incense and pray during the first day of Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Visitors light incense and pray during the first day of Lunar New Year at Lama Temple in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Diners watch a lion dance performance on the first day of Lunar New Year in the Chinatown area in Yokohama, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Diners watch a lion dance performance on the first day of Lunar New Year in the Chinatown area in Yokohama, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Performers of Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China, gather beside a historic gate before Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Performers of Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China, gather beside a historic gate before Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Pedestrians walk past the Zodiac Wall annoucing this year's Fire Horse during the annual Chinese New Year Day celebration, Community Good Fortune Walk, on Grant Avenue, along Jack Kerouac Alley in Chinatown, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Pedestrians walk past the Zodiac Wall annoucing this year's Fire Horse during the annual Chinese New Year Day celebration, Community Good Fortune Walk, on Grant Avenue, along Jack Kerouac Alley in Chinatown, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
A man braces for the sound of firecrackers as people perform a lion dance to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man braces for the sound of firecrackers as people perform a lion dance to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Panama City, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People perform a dragon dance inside the Yan Wo temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Panama City, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People perform a dragon dance inside the Yan Wo temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Panama City, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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1:08 PM on Monday, February 16

By The Associated Press

People are celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, the day that starts the Year of the Horse.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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