An excited buzz filled the swarming crowd in the shadow of darkness. Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main ...

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings.

Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. Chinese lanterns shaped like animals, insects and plants take over for the ...

First staged in 1990, the annual lantern festival is inspired by traditional ... iridescent and emitting rhythmic, shimmering light into the night sky. The designers said the aim is for the ...

Lanterns representing a brighter future for Japan were released into the night sky to mark the six-month anniversary of the earthquake. Video courtesy of Reuters.

The festival is held to mark Mid-Autumn. Participants hand-write wishes onto the lanterns, most of them are about family and well-being, before launching them into the night sky. The festival ...

Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main lantern burst ... blinding strobe lights. The "light-up" ceremony for the 36th iteration of the major Taiwanese festival was held on ...