Photos: Spring Festival celebrations around the world

Chinese New Year

Revelers celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year on February 19, 2015 in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP)
Published February 19, 2015 at 6:34 PM
Updated February 19, 2015 at 6:37 PM

The 2015 Chinese Lunar New Year began on Thursday, February 19, marking the beginning of Spring Festival celebrations around the world. See how people from Asia to Europe to the Americas rang in the Year of the Sheep.