Chinese people expect loads of pig-themed decorations and items as the lunar Year of the Pig draws near. This photo taken on Jan 8, 2019 shows a pair of dough figurines of pigs holding couplets to greet people for an auspicious new year.
Exhibits are displayed at the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 7, 2019.
Craftsman Wang Guoqi works on the base of a Ru porcelain pig in Baofeng county, Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, Jan 7, 2019. Wang is an inheritor of Ru porcelain, one of China's "five great kilns" in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
A series of cultural activities will be held in Peru to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival.
People visit the first Winter Lantern Festival in New York on Dec 29, 2018. The monthlong festival was held at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Staten Island from Nov 28 to Jan 6, attracting more than 150,000 people to visit.