02-09-2009, 06:41 AM
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A boy sits behind Chrysanthemum flowers on display during a five-day long flower show in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri – Reuters photo
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Meanwhile, in London unusually harsh snowfall has already given way to the nascent stirrings of spring – AFP photo.
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Workers in Singapore usher in the Year of the Ox with this fabulous flower sculpture – AP photo.
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People buy flowers at a Lunar New Year fair in Hong Kong. Hong Kong streets are bustling with people shopping for the Lunar New Year celebration but a sharp economic slowdown has left many worried about hardships ahead in the Year of the Ox – AFP photo.
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Local residents walk past a model of an ox decorated with flowers at the Chien Kuo flower market in Taipei on ahead of the Lunar New Year – AFP photo.
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