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Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
A construction site for a Hong Kong high-rise is engulfed in flames, with firefighters on the scene battling the blaze. Officials say the fire broke out at 11:11pm local time (0311 GMT) in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's world-famous harbourfront. IMAGES
People in Hong Kong gather to light incense sticks at a temple to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. IMAGES
Images from outside a Hong Kong skyscraper - the World Trade Centre - where firefighters are working to rescue some 300 people sheltering on the roof of the building after a fire broke out inside the building located in a bustling shopping district. IMAGES
Hong Kong police fire pepper ball rounds at protesters in the city's commercial district ahead of a debate in the legislature over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. A few hundred protesters chanted slogans during a lunchtime rally in the city's Central district but dispersed when officers fired multiple rounds of irritant-filled pellets, AFP reporters on the scene said. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas to disperse a crowd of pro-democracy protesters. Hong Kong has been hit by a fresh round of demonstrations after China proposed new security law feared to halt the freedoms enjoyed by the city. IMAGES