These images capture Lunar New Year celebrations around the world

Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center teacher Yan Huss gives pointers to her Dun Huang dancers before going on stage at the Mall of America, in Bloomington.

Performers with a dragon costume dance during the Lunar New Year parade in London.

Lifei Osborne leads a group of children in a traditional dance during the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont's annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center in Brattleboro.

A woman wears heart stickers with the Chinese flags on her face while attending the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, in Vancouver.

A young performer looks out of a dragon mask ahead of the Lunar New Year parade in London.

Performers with a dragon costume dance during the Lunar New Year parade in London.

Crowds watch the Lunar New Year parade in London.

Visitors wearing face masks walk under a row of decorative lanterns for the Lunar New Year at a tourist shopping street in Beijing,

Children wearing face masks are pulled on an inner tube across the snow at an ice carnival at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday.