Lunar New Year festivals and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield.

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Wednesday marks the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. In Beijing, throngs of people in down jackets filled a park on a chilly day to ring in the new year.

Prayers, lion dances and firecrackers have marked the Year of the Snake as Lunar New Year festivals got under way around the ...