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)
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 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)
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 attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Monks pray on the eve of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
People perform a lion dance and throw fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Panama City, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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)
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)
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)
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