Kids learn about the knowledge of monkey during the 2016 Chinese New Year Celebration event at Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto in Toronto, Canada, Feb 6, 2016.
Photo taken on Feb 7, 2016 shows light installations at Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand.
Photo taken on Feb 6, 2016 from Weehawken of New Jersey, the United States, shows the fireworks over Manhattan of New York celebrating the Chinese lunar New Year.
Performers take part in the Chinese New Year Parade in Brussels, Belgium, Feb 6, 2016.
A flash mob featuring a hundred performers in monkey costumes makes an appearance to celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year in Times Square on Manhattan, New York, the United States, Feb 6, 2016.
British Prime Minister David Cameron sent his wishes on Feb 5 to people celebrating the forthcoming Chinese New Year, while Chinese people and local organizations in Britain are preparing to welcome the Year of the Monkey.
With the Chinese Spring Festival holiday season of 2016 approaching, residents in Houston of the U.S. state of Texas, with or without Asian origin, have stepped up their expectations for the annual celebrations starting next Monday.
With many Cambodians having Chinese ancestry, although it is not an official holiday in this Southeast Asian nation, the Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it's sometimes known, is widely celebrated here.
A musical show "My Dream, Chinese New Year 2016" is performed in Mexico to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey.
A Chinese cultural troupe from Hunan province has performed in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival.
Members of the Song and Dance Troupe of Nanchang of China perform to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival, at the Macedonian National Theater in Skopje Feb. 4, 2016.