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A child plays on her scooter under decorations put up ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year at Ditan Park, Beijing on February 2nd 2016. Chinese people around the world will celebrate the start of the Year of the Monkey on February 8th. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong
Lanterns are checked at a factory in Boai county, Henan province on January 19th 2016, in preparation for Chinese Lunar New Year. New Year’s Day is on February 8th and 2016 is a year of the Monkey (a Red or Fire Monkey). Previous Monkey years are 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004. Characteristics of people born in Monkey years include quick wits, intelligence and charisma, along with curiosity, mischieviousness and a fondness for practical jokes. Credit: Reuters/China Daily
People gather to watch the sun rise on New Year’s Day at a beach along Tokyo Bay on January 1st 2016. Credit: AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno
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