A worker takes a rest while giving the last touches to an ice replica of Rome's Colosseum ahead of the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Photo: Reuters
Visitors look at ice sculptures during a light-up rehearsal ahead of the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters
A couple shares an embrace in front of an ice sculpture at the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Photo: Reuters
Tourists visit the ice buildings on display at the Grand Ice and Snow World during the 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China. Photo: Getty Images
Tourists sit on a horse-drawn carriage in front of ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin. Photo: Reuters
Tourists visit the ice buildings on display at the Grand Ice and Snow World during the 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China. Photo: Getty Images
Tourists visit the ice buildings on display at the Grand Ice and Snow World during the 30th Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival. Photo: Getty Images
A woman stands in front of an ice sculpture at the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters
Visitors jump for a picture in front of a large snow sculpture at the Harbin International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters
Visitors pose with a snow sculpture of rubber duck during the opening of the 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province of China. Photo: Getty Images
A giant snow sculpture on display at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, as part of the 15th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. As China's most famous and popular winter attraction, the festival has drawn a combined 28.5 million visitors in the past two years. Photo: AFP
Visitors are silhouetted against lighted ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters
A waiter stands next to a thermometer indicating a minus 10 degrees reading at the Ice Palace in Shangri-La Hotel in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The Ice Palace, which is built by ice bricks, is open annually from December to February and attracts visitors during the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. The temperatures inside the ice building is maintained about minus 10 degrees and it consists of a bar and hot pot restaurant. Photo: Reuters
A waitress pours liquor into ice cups on an ice counter at the Ice Palace in Shangri-La Hotel in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. The Ice Palace, which is built by ice bricks, is open annually from December to February and attracts visitors during the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. The temperatures inside the ice building is maintained around minus 10 degrees and it consists of bar and hot pot restaurant. Photo: Reuters
Swimmers climb out of a pool carved into the thick ice covering the Songhua River during the Harbin Ice Swimming Competition in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. According to organisers, about 700 swimmers across China took part in the event on the official launch day of the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Photo: Reuters
Chinese swimmers make their way up from the pool carved up from the frozen Songhua river, as they take part in an ice swimming competition, as part of the 15th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, north-east China's Heilongjiang province. Photo: AFP
Swimmers dive into a pool carved into the thick ice covering the Songhua River during the Harbin Ice Swimming Competition in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: Reuters