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Year of the Sheep

Year of the Sheep

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Year of the Sheep

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Guards at a hotel watch fireworks celebrating the start of the upcoming Chinese New Year in Beijing, China February 18, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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People rush to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 19, 2015. Each year, at the stroke of midnight, hundreds of people vie to be the first to place joss sticks in an urn at the temple to mark an auspicious start to their year. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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Lion and dragon dancers perform as part of festive Chinese New Year celebrations in the shopping district of Bangkok, Thailand February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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People walk under a Chinese lantern display during a Chinese New Year Eve celebration in Chinatown in Manila, Philippines February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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People join the queue to be the first to plant their joss stick of the Lunar New Year at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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A woman hangs a paper crane with her wish written on it during Chinese New Year eve celebrations in Chinatown in Manila, Philippines February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Red lantern decorations are installed on a tree for the upcoming Spring Festival and Lunar New Year celebrations in a temple fair at a park in Beijing February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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A devotee offers joss sticks ahead of the Lunar New Year at Kwan Im Thong Hood temple in Singapore February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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A worker changes light bulbs ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

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Worshippers wearing sheep caps make their first offerings inside Wong Tai Sin Temple, one of the busiest temples in Hong Kong late February 18, 2015, moments before the Lunar New Year. REUTERS/Liau Chung-ren

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Devotees offer joss sticks ahead of the Lunar New Year at Kwan Im Thong Hood temple in Singapore February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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A man runs after lighting firecrackers to celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year in Beijing early February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Women buy clothes ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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A girl, holding a sheep toy, eats at the Temple Fair, which is part of Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing, China February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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A young visitor to a Lunar New Year market admires a soap bubble at Hong Kong's Victoria Park February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A visitor walks in between peach blossoms at a Lunar New Year market at Hong Kong's Victoria Park February 17, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A Chinese Buddhist monk walks under decorations at a temple, ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

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Children look at a light display for Chinese New Year at the Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

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Divers perform a dragon dance at the Shipwreck Habitat of the S.E.A. Aquarium as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Sentosa, Singapore February 14, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

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A woman takes a selfie in front of a Lunar New Year display featuring sheep at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Bobby Yip