Thousands of people filled Trafalgar Square in London to celebrate Year of the Dragon.

Trafalgar Square is around the corner from London's Chinatown district.
The festivities to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, which officially started on January 23, included a dramatic firecracker display and performers from Britain and China, while acrobats dressed in elaborate dragon outfits leapt from podiums to a backdrop of heavy percussion.
"It's an amazing occasion and we've never seen a crowd quite as big as this in all the years that we've been doing it. I think it shows the way the world economy is going," Johnson said at the event.
"London is a global city; you've got more Chinese students here in London contributing to the London economy than any other city in the world and I think they love it because it's a safe city.
"The point of this kind of event is to celebrate the Chinese New Year but also to intensify those links between London and China."
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A billion-plus Asians welcomed the Year of the Dragon on January 23 with a cacophony of fireworks, hoping the mightiest sign in the Chinese zodiac would usher in the wealth and power it represents.
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Source-AFP