Two couples wearing traditional Chinese costume (L) and Western-style wedding attire (R) kiss after a wedding ceremony in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, as they celebrate the double-bill Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year.
A boy approaches Members of the Philippines' Chinese community performing a traditional lion dance on the streets in China Town in Manila.
Members of the Yau Kung Mun martial arts group perform a lion dance in Sydney's Chinatown district as part of Lunar New Year celebrations.
Lion dance performers jump on poles at Singapore's first casino at Resorts World Sentosa, which opened in conjunction with the the first day of the Year of the Tiger.
A man carrys a child wearing a tiger costume on his shoulders at a New Year fair in Hong Kong's Victoria park.
Taiwanese in Taipei pray and burn incense at a Taoist temple for good fortune on the first day of the Lunar new year.
Filipinos throng the streets of China Town in Manila to watch a traditional lion dance performance during Lunar New Year celebrations.
Members of the San Diego Chargers cheerleading group take part in a Chinese New Year parade dress rehearsal in Hong Kong.
Cloth tigers for sale on display at the Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing as vendors hope to cash in during the Lunar New Year festivities.
People burn incense to celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year at Dongyue Miao, the Taoist Temple of the Eastern Peak, in Beijing.
A man prepares charcoal for hotpots outside a restaurant where lanterns are displayed for the Lunar New Year in Shanghai.
Fireworks explode over traffic as Chinese welcome in the Lunar New Year outside their apartments in Beijing.
Artists perform a lion dance during the opening ceremony for the Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing to usher in the Year of the Tiger.
Indonesia ethnic-Chinese hold bundles of burning incense as they worship during Lunar New Year rituals at a temple in the China town area of Jakarta.
Taiwanese people pray and burn incense at a Taoist temple in Taipei to mark the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Members of the Chinese community perform a traditional dragon dance in the street of China Town in Manila during Lunar New Year celebrations.
Six Chinese couples kiss as they celebrate both Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year on the Sydney Harbour Bridge overlooking the Opera House (back) at dawn.
Children in tiger costumes dance during a performance at a Lunar New Year fair in Beijing. Chinese people around the world ushered in the Year of the Tiger on February 14 this year.
