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Manila/Kuta/Bangkok, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- People all over the world are celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.Festivities were marred this year as the world battles to deal with a deadly outbreak of coronavirus.The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO/MADE NAGI/DIEGO AZUBEL).SHOT LIST: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES; KUTA, BALI, INDONESIA; AND BANGKOK, THAILAND.
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