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IMAGE: A member of a local winter swimming club takes part in festive bathing in the icy waters of Boyarskoye lake outside Tomsk, Russia.
Photograph: Taisiya Vorontsova/Reuters
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Photograph: Taisiya Vorontsova/Reuters
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IMAGE: Swimmers leave after the annual Christmas winter swimming competition in the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic.
Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
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Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
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IMAGE: A Christmas Day dip on Brighton beach in southern England.
Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
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