All across the world, people are starting the Lunar New Year off by bidding the Dragon adieu and welcoming in the Year of the Snake. It's an all-encompassing celebration that spans across countries, ...

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar. Widely considered to be the most important event in the ...

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, people on a bus were seen holding a dragon puppet during the Lunar New Year celebrations. In New York City, people gathered to watch dancers in lion costumes perform at ...

The calendar is represented by 12 animals, each with unique personality traits, in the following order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon ... Lunar New Year. (Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images ...

Wisps and clouds of smoke rose into the air at Buddhist and Daoist temples around Asia on Wednesday as people lit incense to pray for good luck in the Year of the Snake.

From public parades to traditional dances, here's how countries around the world are celebrating the Year of the Snake.

Elsewhere in the world, processions with colorful dragon figures wove through the air at Lunar New Year events in Moscow and Havana, while people in the Indian city of Kolkata — home to an ...