Fifteen-year-old sea lion “Leo” uses a brush to write the Chinese characters for wild boar in preparation for the upcoming new year, during a ceremony for assembled journalists and park visitors, at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, December 26, 2018. The Lunar New Year will be celebrated across much of Asia and the world in early February 2019 and this year will mark the Year of the Pig. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)
