 | The lights of Seattle's Union Station are a blur as an unidentified dancer with the Mak Fai Kung Fu Club performs the traditional dragon dance to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004, in downtown Seattle's International District. click to open  |
 | Spring Festival 2004 in Paris: Performers take part in the traditional dragon-and-drums Chinese new year parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris. click to open |
 | A Chinese woman, performing at a temple fair in Beijing, puts a snake down her throat and removes it on the third day of Chinese New Year Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004. Thousands have flocked to fairs across the city to celebrate a weeklong holiday which marks the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | Around 40,000 people were expected to gather in central London to celebrate the Lunar New Year, police said as official festivities kicked off to welcome the Chinese Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | A young girl in costume holds burning incense during Chinese New Year celebrations in Trafalgar Square, central London, January 25, 2004. The festivities are to mark the start of 2004 which is the Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | Mayor of London Ken Livingstone makes a speech under a lantern during Chinese New Year celebrations in Trafalgar Square, central London January 25, 2004. The festivities are to mark the start of 2004 which is the Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | A young girl cheers for the dancing dragons in Leicester Square while holding her own toy Chinese dragon as thousands gather in London's West End to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | Celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday Jan. 25, 2004, to mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | Traditional lanterns are displayed near the ancient bell tower in Xi'an, the capital of China's central province of Shaanxi, January 24, 2004, to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Monkey. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2004 in Shenyang: Colorful lights are displayed at the second Shenyang Spring Festival Lights Fair in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province Saturday, Jan. 24, 2004. Some 45 groups of lights are displayed at the fair. click to open |
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