Winter wonderlands around the world
The cold, bitter wind and a drop in temperature do not prevent people from having fun in a world of ice and snow. People from China's Northeast jump in front of a rooster-shaped snow sculpture. A runner in Russia has his face covered with frost. A man swims in the freezing water of the Fountain of Warsaw in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The frozen fairy fountain in Italy touches everyone's heart. Or, for those of us at home and on a budget, you can simply dress up your dog and go for a walk.
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A woman poses with a snowman with the Maiden's Tower in the background in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan 10.Yagiz Karahan / Reuters |
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A runner with his face covered in frost competes in the traditional half-marathon amateur competition, part of Orthodox Christmas Day festivities, during which temperatures reached -24 C in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Jan 7.Ilya Naymushin / Reuters |
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A man swims in the partially frozen water of the Fountain of Warsaw in front of the Eiffel Tower on Jan 6 in Paris.Olivier Morin / AFP |
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Competitors riding a traditional horn sled speed down the mountain during the 48th annual horn sled race on Jan 6 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.Thomas Lohnes / Getty Images |
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Bulgarians swim in the icy water of the Black Sea as they celebrate the day of Epiphany in the town of Varna on Jan 6. Eastern Orthodox priests throw a cross into the sea and men must then dive to retrieve it. It is believed that those who jump into the freezing waters will be healthy throughout the year.Nurphoto / Getty Images |
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Citizens welcome the coming of the Year of the Rooster by posing with a 5-meter-high rooster-shaped snow sculpture along the Songhua River in Jilin city, Jilin province, on Jan 4.Wang Mingming / Getty Images |
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(China Daily 02/02/2017 page6)
