Millions from across the globe are welcoming the Year of the Tiger, celebrating the Lunar New Year.
INDONESIA - A Man burn incenses for prayer during the Lunar New Year eve, the Year of the Tiger at a temple in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
KUTA, BALI, INDONESIA - 31 JANUARY: Balinese Chinese women perform dragon dance during a Chinese New Year celebration at Vihara Dharmayana on January 31, 2022 in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. Countries around Southeast Asia are set to welcome a lively Chinese New Year, despite implementing strict health protocols as Chinese populations curtail celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first day of the Lunar New Year, on February 1, will usher in the Year of the Tiger. (Photo by Agung Parameswara/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 01: A lion dance is performed as China marks the first day of the Year of the Tiger on February 01, 2022, in Beijing, China. The Lion Dance is a traditional dance often performed to celebrate the Lunar New Year, in order to bring good luck and fortune. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
BANGKOK, THAILAND - JANUARY 31: Thai worshippers pray at Wat Mangkon on January 31, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration officially cancelled all public celebrations during the Chinese Lunar New Year. However, Thai people continue to celebrate on in Bangkok's Chinatown at Chinese temples and Yaowarat Walking Street. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
HONG KONG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 1: Worshippers make offerings of joss sticks and pray at a temple in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday on February 1, 2022, in Hong Kong, China. Current social distancing rules were extended to cover the Lunar New Year because although there was a reported drop in Covid-19 cases to double digits for the first time in a full week, the proportion of untraceable cases had gone up.
CAMBODIA - Devotees light candles and leave offerings at a temple to mark the start of the Lunar New Year in Ta Khmao, Kandal province on February 1, 2022, ushering in the Year of the Tiger. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY - Members of the Chinese community in Mexico perform the traditional Chinese lion dance at a Chinese restaurant in Mexico City, on January 31, 2022, ahead of Lunar New Year on February 1, which marks the start of the Year of the Tiger. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images)
TAIWAN - Local residents pray in front of the Taoist Guandu temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year ushering in the Year of the Tiger in Taipei on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 01: People watch lion dance performance during the Lunar New Year's day in Yokohama Chinatown on February 01, 2022 in Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama Chinatown celebrates the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival based on lunisolar Chinese calendar on February 1st this year, welcoming the Year of Tiger. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
JAPAN - Worshippers burn incense and pray at Ma Zhu Miao temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year's eve of the Tiger in Yokohama's Chinatown area on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)
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