Lunar New Year prayers and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse
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Dancers in colorful costumes perform Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)People pray at Quan Su pagoda on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)Visitors pose beside decorative horse sculptures at a temple fair during the first day of Lunar New Year, at Lama Temple in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Workers install ornaments during the celebration of the Lunar New Year at a temple in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)A dancer holds the heads of lion dance costumes during Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Visitors stroll a street decorated with a big dragon shaped lantern for their Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, marking the Year of the Horse on the Chinese zodiac, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, at China Town in Yokohama near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Dancers in colorful costumes perform Yingge Dance, a traditional folk dance from southern China during Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)