A performer stands backstage during a performance in Kunming, Yunnan province December 30, 2014. The show is held to celebrate the coming 2015, which is the year of sheep in Chinese zodiac calendar, according to local media. Picture taken December 30, 2014. (REUTERS)
A performer in a ram costume looks at his phone backstage during a performance in Kunming, Yunnan province December 30, 2014. The show is held to celebrate the upcoming year 2015, which is the year of sheep in Chinese zodiac calendar, according to local media. Picture taken December 30, 2014. (Reuters)
A performer takes a break during a performance in Kunming, Yunnan province December 30, 2014. The show is held to celebrate the coming 2015, which is the year of sheep in Chinese zodiac calendar, according to local media. Picture taken December 30, 2014. (Reuters)
A woman receives a shower of flower petals by shamans performing a ritual, as they offer predictions for the new year at Agua Dulce beach in Lima December 29, 2014. The ritual is an end-of-the-year tradition and the shamans used the chance to ask for world peace and better relations between the US and Cuba for 2015. (Reuters)
Shamans holding a USflag and a poster of Cuba's President Raul Castro, perform a ritual of predictions for the new year at Agua Dulce beach in Lima December 29, 2014. The ritual is an end-of-the-year tradition and the shamans used the chance to ask for world peace and better relations between the US and Cuba for 2015. (Reuters)
A girl interacts with installations resembling sheep, put up as part of celebrations leading to the New Year, in Beijing December 29, 2014. 2015 is the Year of the Sheep, according to the Chinese calendar. (Reuters)
Christoph Kohler (L) and Carola Kohler from Freiburg, Germany, wear novelty hats as they prepare to usher in 2015 on New Year's Eve in Sydney, December 31, 2014. (Reuters)