People around Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, Feb. 17, the start of the Year of the Horse.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors:
A worshiper wears a horse head decoration at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Monks pray on the eve of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A vendor, right, holds a grilled pig for selling for Lunar New Year celebrations on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, ahead of the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Lion dancers perform at a market in preparation for the Lunar New Year celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.( AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People attend the Lunar New Year festival at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
People burn joss paper money as an offering to ancestors ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Horse in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Feb 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
A woman uses her mobile phone to take photos of a performance during the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Local Chinese artists group gather to perform during celebration of the Lunar New Year of the Horse at Thuwunna stadium Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Fire performers carry a dragon during a molten iron fireworks performance known as “fire dragon steel flowers” ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at an amusement park on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
People wearing South Korean traditional “Hanbok” costume take photos on the eve of the Lunar New Year at the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
