Miss Chinatown USA Jasmine Lee holds a piglet while ushering in the Chinese New Year on February 5th, 2019, in San Francisco, California. San Francisco city officials held opening ceremonies to usher in the Chinese New Year and the month-long celebration of the Year of the Pig.
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Nowruz, which starts on the vernal equinox and marks the Iranian New Year, is celebrated by more than 300 million people in diverse communities across the world.
A Chilean demonstrator clashes with riot police during a May Day rally in Santiago, Chile, on May 1st, 2019.
Crowds of people pack the streets as they leave McMahons Point after viewing the midnight fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia.
Workers march during a rally outside of the City and County of San Francisco Human Resources office on March 7th, 2019, in San Francisco, California.
People visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., for Martin Luther King Day on January 21st, 2019.
Coal miners from Poland's Pniowek coal mine carry a painting of Saint Barbara on Barbórka, their annual day of tribute to Barbara, from the mine to their local church on December 4th, 2018, in Pawlowice, near Wodzislaw Slaski, Poland.
