People celebrate Lunar New Year across the world

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One of the most important holiday in Lunar calendar, families across Asia, including Vietnam, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines will wish each other good luck and prosperity for the new year.

Here are pictures that show how people prepare and celebrate the New Year:

People walk on a street decorated with Chinese lamps to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand January 26, 2017. (Reuters)

People in China celebrate the 2017 Lunar New Year - Year of the Rooster. Photo: News.cn

Fireworks light up the sky over the Hudson River in the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year in New York, the United States, on Jan. 26, 2017. Photo: News.cn

Light installations at the 2017 Chinese New Year Lantern Festival at Tumbalong Park in Sydney. Picture: Getty

People celebrate  the 2017 Lunar New Year - Year of the Rooster in China Town, NY City. Photo: NYT

People celebrate  the 2017 Lunar New Year - Year of the Rooster in China Town, NY City. Photo: NYT

People celebrate  the 2017 Lunar New Year - Year of the Rooster in China Town, NY City. Photo: NYT

Chinese New Year celebrations in Sydney will turn landmarks including the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge red to usher in the lunar new year

A Buddhist monk cleans a Buddha statue to celebrate Chinese New Year at a temple in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand January 27, 2017. (Reuters)