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AP PHOTOS: Making art and fun from the ice, snow and freezing cold in Harbin, China

Jan. 09, 2025 02:10 AM EST

HARBIN, China (AP) — People are making the best of the freezing weather in northeast China: Sculptors have finely chiseled ice into elaborate structures resembling landmark castles and temples, and visitors are appreciating the artwork and the excitement of ice slides and other attractions at the...

In freezing temperatures, swimmers in China plunge into a river for health and joy

Jan. 07, 2025 09:06 AM EST

HARBIN, China (AP) — Even as the mercury dropped well below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during a daily ritual in northeast China’s “ice city” of Harbin. The swimmers trained daily throughout the year for this. They first...