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A young girl wearing rabbit ears dozes off on a bench at a park fair on Friday, Feb. in Beijing, China.
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Ushering in the Year of the Rabbit in China
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Visitors wearing rabbit ear headbands watch a night parade held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong February 3, 2011.
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Performers dressed as rabbits are seen during the night parade in Hong Kong on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 as they celebrate China's lunar new year. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit.
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Worshippers light incense on the first day of Chinese New Year at Wuquanshan temple in Lanzhou, Feb. 3.
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People pray while offering burning incense at a Taoist temple in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 3, 2011, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit.
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China celebrates the Year of the Rabbit
Chinese people celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit, which falls on February 3, 2011. The Chinese Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. See more on the celebrations here.
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Rabbits in little cages wait to be given away as prizes at a temple fair to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit on February 2, 2011.
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A Chinese artist dressed in rabbit costume poses at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit on February 2, 2011 in Beijing, China.
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Residents watch fireworks outside a restaurant on the eve of Chinese new year in Beijing Wednesday, on Feb. 2, 2011.
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Chinese folk artists perform at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit on February 2, 2011 in Beijing, China.
2011: Chinese Year of the Rabbit
In the spirit of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, which officially begins this Thursday, here's a selection of rabbit photos that moved today. See more Year of the Rabbit images on PhotoBlog.
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A rabbit trying to eat food gets stuck to the bottom of a cup during a snow carnival in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 31.
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Customers look at a giant rabbit-shaped decoration made of white roses and lilies for the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival at a shopping mall in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Jan. 31. The Lunar New Year begins on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac.
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A Chinese woman poses with a rabbit ice sculpture on display at an ice and snow festival for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan. 30. In stews, as pets or adorning shop windows, rabbits are ubiquitous as millions of Chinese mark the Lunar New Year, hoping for a more tranquil time ahead as the old Year of the Tiger roars its last.
Biggest human migration in world as Chinese travel for Lunar New Year
The statistics are staggering, from the Associated Press: About 230 million people — more than the entire population of Brazil — are expected to take part in the world's biggest annual human migration. For many, it's the only chance they get to visit home all year.
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A man sits on his luggage in a queue outside Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
The busiest travel days will be Monday and Tuesday, as millions take to the roads, boats, planes and trains to join family for the traditional New Year's Eve "reunion meal." The lunar new year falls on Thursday. Read more.
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Holiday-makers prepare to depart from Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
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Holiday-makers stand on an escalator at Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
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A woman carries a sleeping child to a waiting area at Guangzhou station on Jan. 30.
See how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in Romania.
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A man walks through a tunnel of red lanterns decorating a park for the coming lunar new year in Beijing on January 25, 2011. The "Year of the Rabbit" in the lunar calendar begins in China on February 3.
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Attendants stand beside a lantern during a blessing event at a shopping mall ahead of the Lunar New Year of Rabbit in Hong Kong, Jan. 13. Participants pray for good luck, prosperity and a better year ahead. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the rabbit begins on February 3, 2011.
Attendants at Year of the Rabbit blessing event in Hong Kong
Year of the Rabbit photos have been moving on a daily basis lately. We posted one yesterday of Russian performers rehearsing in Beijing. Here's one from today out of Hong Kong.
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Russian performers dressed as rabbits wait backstage during rehearsals for a Chinese New Year television show at Beijing Television (BTV) studios in the capital on January 11. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit on February 4.
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An eight-year-old sea lion "Leo" writes the word "Rabbit" in Chinese characters as part of a New Year's attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on Jan. 3. February 2011 will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit according to the lunar calender a 12-year cycle followed by China and other parts of Asia.