Home to Latin America's largest Chinese community, Peru hosts especially colorful New Year celebrations marking the start of the Lunar Year, the Year of the Monkey.
Chinese filmmakers are pouring more money and resources into the modern adaptations of Journey to the West, a novel written by Wu Chengen in the 16th century.
China's box office totaled 3 billion yuan ($461 million) during the six days of the Spring Festival holiday, the highest compared with previous holidays, the film authority said Saturday.
Pictures of three-wheeled electric vehicles, Transformers' Bumblebee, a female farmer holding a shovel, Hulk, villagers mowing a grassland and the Ninja Turtles ... they look a bit strange when put together.
In the Big Apple known as the "melting pot", a spate of festive activities were held at iconic venues across the city and saw a broad participation of local communities.
People visit an indoor park in new year in Harbin,capital city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Feb 12, 2016.
Greeting the God of Wealth is a traditional custom to celebrate Lunar New Year in China.
Lanterns are lit up at Yuyuan Garden for the annual Spring Festival.
Last year, Indonesia recorded some 1.3 million Chinese tourists, but expected to increase the number of Chinese tourists to 2 million by the end of this year.
New York 2016 Chinese Lunar New Year Gala was held in New York on Feb 11, 2016.
People of Huayao Dai ethnic group take part in a parade to celebrate the traditional "Huajie" festival in Jiasa township of Xinping Yi-Dai autonomous county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Feb 11, 2016.
People of Miao ethnic group dance to celebrate the Spring Festival in Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Feb 11, 2016.