Fireworks light up the Beijing sky to ring in the year of the monkey. Photo: AFP
Worshippers crowd in Hong Kong's Wong Tai Sin Temple to make their offerings. Photo: Reuters
There are fireworks across all Chinese cities, like here Dandong on the border with North Korea. Photo: AFP
Devotees place incense sticks in urns in Kwang Im Tho temple in Singapore. Photo: EPA/BBC
A man performs a dragon dance in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon. Photo: AFP
As far afield as Glasgow in Scotland, members of the Chinese community dress in traditional costumes. Photo: Getty/BBC
Even with their temple flooded, these Chinese Indonesians in Surabaya, East Java, came together to pray. Photo: AP
In the Philippines, Manila's Chinatown pulls all stops to put on a great show. Photo: Reuters
A worshipper dressed as a monkey at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Kuala Lumpur's Thean Hou temple in Malaysia is brightly lit with lanterns and decorations. Photo: AFP
A crowd in Brussels curiously inspecting their exotic visitors while a very similar beast entertained the crowds in Kandal, Cambodia. Photo: AFP
A crowd in Brussels curiously inspecting their exotic visitors while a very similar beast entertained the crowds in Kandal, Cambodia. Photo: AFP
No monkeying around - New York rings in the new year in grand style. Photo: AFP
