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                                                                                                          31 Jan 2014 - 11:56am

                                                                                                          In pictures: Lunar New Year

                                                                                                          The world welcomes the beginning of the Lunar New Year.
                                                                                                          31 Jan 2014 - 11:56 AM  UPDATED 31 Jan 2014 - 12:50 PM
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                                                                                                          Performers do the horse dance on the eve of the Lunar New Year at a park fair in Beijing, China. (AAP)
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                                                                                                          Worshippers wait to burn incense and pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year. (Getty)
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                                                                                                          A worshipper puts a giant incense into an incense holder in the Pat Heung Temple in Hong Kong, China. (AAP)
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                                                                                                          Cai Sen Ye (God of Fortune) gives Ang Pao to worshippers at the Hong San Ko Tee Temple during Lunar New Year celebrations in Surabaya, Indonesia. (Getty)
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                                                                                                          A Chinese Dragon poses in front of the London Eye in England. (Getty)
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                                                                                                          Fireworks explode in the streets of Shanghai on the eve of the Lunar New Year. (AAP)
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                                                                                                          Young cultural ambassadors from Beijing dressed in traditional clothes pose for pictures in London's Chinatown. (Getty)
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                                                                                                          Visitors watch divers performing an underwater dragon dance at the Southeast Asia Aquarium of the Marine Life Park in Resort World Sentosa in Singapore. (AAP)
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                                                                                                          Residents light sparklers outside their homes minutes after midnight in Beijing, China. (AAP)
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                                                                                                          Horse toys are seen at a game area of the Spring Festival Temple Fair in Beijing, China. (Getty)
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