Chinese lantern, United Kingdom, Europe

Red Gates at the Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine on Mount Inari, Kyoto, Arashiyama, Japan, Asia

Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine and torii gates, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Beautiful red Shinto lanterns at a Shinto Shrine in North Honshu, Japan, Asia

Colourful lamps, Shuitou Village, Kinmen island, Taiwan, Asia

Raohe Street night market, Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia

Raohe Street night market, Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia

China chinese red lanterns and neon signs in macau

The Magic of Lanterns Festival in the Chinese Garden at the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada, North America

Chinese lanterns at the Magic of Lanterns Festival at the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada, North America

Red wooden house with American flag and pumpkin lantern surrounded by trees in fall colours near Litchfield, Connecticut, New England, United States of America, North America

Red lantern at white Chinese style pagoda at the Kek Lok Si temple, Penang Island, Malaysia, Asia

Red and yellow lanterns in front of the standing statue of Kuan Yim, Kuan Yim temple, Penang Island, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Red and yellow lanterns for sale at Chinese lantern shop in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese New Year lanterns, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Chinese New Year lanterns, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Unidentified people celebrating Chinese New Year in January 2025, Bangkok, Thailand

Strait Street, former red light district, at night, Valletta, Malta, Europe

View of busy street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

View of Transamerica Pyramid from Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Chinese men playing traditional game of mahjong in a hotel courtyard decorated with red lanterns during Chinese New Year, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Asia

Lanterns in the Kek Lok Si Temple at Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Red lanterns, China Town, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

View of traditionally decorated street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Chinatown, during Chinese New Year celebrations colourful lanterns decorate the surrounding streets, Soho, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chinese new year. Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese new year, Thean Hou Chinese temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Interior of Itsukushima-jinja Shrine, Miya-Jima Island, Miya-Jima, island of Honshu, Japan, Asia

View of traditionally decorated street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Thean Hou Chinese temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese New Year lights, Macao, China, Asia

Chinese lanterns at Tianhou Temple, Cijin Island, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Asia

Chinese lanterns at Tianhou Temple, Cijin Island, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Asia

Chinese drummer art work composed of Chinese lanterns in Dongsheng, Inner Mongolia, China, Asia

Chinese lanterns in the border city of Heihe in Northern China, Heilongjiang province, China, Asia

Rows of red Chinese lanterns symbolising good fortune for sale in a shop in Fenghuang, China.

Red Chnese lanterns in Furong, China. symbolizing prosperity in Furong, China.

Streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, California,

Streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, California,

Red Chnese lanterns in Furong, China. symbolizing prosperity in Furong, China.

Streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, California,

Red Chnese lanterns in Furong, China. symbolizing prosperity in Furong, China.

Autumn colors

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Nara Prefecture, Japan

Yokohama, Japan

Two guns in atrium with red carpet, German Historical Museum, Zeughaus, Unter den Linden, Berlin center, Berlin, Germany

Red Tower, Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Kriminalhaus Hillesheim, Hillesheim, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Rotes Rathaus, Rathausstrasse, Red town hall, Berlin Mitte, Berlin. Germany

Red lampion, Hoi An, Annam, Vietnam

Street scenery in the evening, Hoi An, Annam, Vietnam

Red lampion, Hoi An, Annam, Vietnam

Street scenery in the evening, Hoi An, Annam, Vietnam

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Boy carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Sunset on the rocky coast with red lantern

Pagoda surrounded by ornate gardens and red lanterns, penang, malaysia

Red Lantern, Hakone Shrine, Shinto Shrine, Hakone, Fuji Hakone Izu National Park, Japan, Asia

Medieval mountain village Poggio Island Elba Tuscany Italy

Street lamp, red electric guitar on the facade of the Max Bar in the historic centre of Tropea, Vibo Valentia, Calabria, South Italy, Europe

Harwich Harbour at dawn, England, Great Britain, Europe

Young woman with red dress on a jetty, Venetian gondolas, in the back church San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Young woman with red dress on a jetty, Venetian gondolas, in the back church San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Red and white wooden houses with flower decorations, housing estate near Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, southern Norway, Scandinavia

Modern residential building in the HafenCity district of Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Lanterns in a side street in the historic old town of Pingyao, Unesco World Heritage Site, Shanxi, China, Asia

Young woman with red dress on a jetty, behind church San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Red brick architectural detail, Place National, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, Europe

Yellow Chinese lantern against red

Facade of a modern office building, detail, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, PublicGround

Low angle view of neon signs lit up at night, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Red Bridge square and Great Canal, Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Zainabu Ramadhani, 19, (yellow and red patterned skirt) her mother Fatma Mziray, age 38, (blue head dress) and Fatma’s sister-in-law Zaitun Hamad, 18, (orange wrap and white top) walk home after gathering firewood near Fatma’s home in Mforo. Mforo is near Moshi, Tanzania. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Mforo, Tanzania a village near Moshi, Tanzania. Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray and her eldest daughter Zainabu Ramadhani, 19 cook lunch in her kitchen house using both a clean cookstove using wood and one using coal. One of her younger daughters, Nasma Ramadhani, age 5 helps out. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, “Cooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. “With the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my children’s studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.” Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. “What makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to school as well as to get food and other family needs.”

Red Lanterns Hanging In Yangshuo

Hostel at Night (Lijiang)

Red Lanterns Hanging In A Tree In Hoi An

Lanterns, Famous In The Village Of Hoi An, Hoi An, Vietnam

A Living Room Chair In Front Of The Fireplace, Yarrow, British Columbia, Canada

Lanterns At The Kek Lok Si Temple, Chinese New Year's In Malaysia Is Celebrated With Paper Lanterns Hung On Ceilings And Walls Throughout Chinese Neighborhoods And Businesses In Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

A Bible, Candle And Mug Sit On The Fireplace Hearth, Yarrow, British Columbia, Canada

Paper Lanterns Illuminated, Tokyo, Japan

White japanese paper lanterns hanging in a street, Kyoto japan

Lanterns, China Town, San Francisco, California, United States Of America

Panxi Restaurant, Lichi Bay, Guangzhou, China

China, Beijing, Decorative lanterns found in the market place.

China, Beijing, Cerimonial Lanterns.

China, Beijing, Decorative lanterns in market place.

Main hall of the Taiwan Confucian Temple, Tainan, Taiwan

Red lanterns on a house by the Moon Pond, Hongcun, Anhui, China

China, Jiangsu, Nanjing, Row of rickshaws with the rickshaw pullers in yellow uniform and hats asleep outside the Fuzi Temple a top tourist spot Fuzi Temple complex tile roofs and red Chinese lanterns in the background.