People ride on a merry-go-round carousel at a Chinese New Year carnival in Singapore Feb 7, 2011. The Lunar New Year began on Feb 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. [Photo/Agencies]
Children perform music atop a snow sculpture of China's Temple of Heaven during a ceremony to mark the start of the 62nd Sapporo snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido Feb 7, 2011. About 250 snow and ice sculptures are exhibited in the one of Japan's popular winter events which is held until Feb 13,2011. [Photo/Agencies]