Chinese new year celebrations – in pictures

A boy watches celebrations in Madrid, Spain Photograph: Andrea Comas/Reuters

A performer prepares to take part in a traditional Qing dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, at the Temple of Earth park in Beijing Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Food vendors dressed in imperial costumes offer meat skewers at a park in Beijing Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Street performers dressed as statues of old Beijing characters entertain shoppers in Beijing Photograph: Adrian Bradshaw/EPA

A performer warms her ears with her hands as she takes part in the opening ceremony of a spring festival temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing Photograph: Zheyang Soohoo/Reuters

A woman wearing a traditional costume welcomes visitors to an event in Singapore Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

An actor looks out from his costume before performing in Beijing Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Young performers dressed in dragon costumes play before a performance at a park in Beijing Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

An actor takes part in a Qing dynasty ceremony at the Temple of Earth, in Beijing Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

A vendor wearing a dragon hat reaches for a toy birdcage at a park in Beijing Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Chinese Filipinos light incense at the Seng Guan temple in Binondo, Manila Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images

Actors perform at a park in Beijing Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA

Filipino-Chinese wait for their turn to perform a dragon dance in Manila's Chinatown district Photograph: Bullit Marquez/AP

Indonesian-Chinese workers set up giant joss sticks at a temple in Jakarta Photograph: Bagus Indahono/EPA

Performers in cartoonish dragon-shaped balloon costumes rehearse in Beijing Photograph: Alexander F. Yuan/AP

A large illuminated dragon is seen in Chinatown, Singapore. Photograph: Chris Mcgrath/Getty Images