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Spectators watch as fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A boy runs past an ice sculpture of a castle during a light testing before the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.
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A man takes a photograph using a camera phone as he walks past an ice sculpture on a main street in the northern city of Harbin.
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Ice sculptures are displayed at the annual ice and snow festival in Harbin.
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Spectators watch as fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A workman sweeps in front of a snow sculpture of a large house at a traffic intersection in the northern city of Harbin.
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A man dives backward off a ice block into a pool carved out of the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin. The swimming display is part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.
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A tourist walks by a sculpture of Chinese leader Mao Zedong carved from compacted snow in Harbin.
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Vendors selling beer and food stand in front of ice sculptures as they wait for customers at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Horse-drawn carriages pass in front of ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A man wearing boxing gloves reacts to the crowd before diving into a pool carved out of the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin.
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A visitor sits atop a snow sculpture at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A man stands with his horse and carriage as he waits for visitors in front of a massive ice sculpture at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Ice sculptures are illuminated at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. Fairy tale palaces, towering pagodas, and even an Egyptian Sphynx, all carved from ice, are among the sights at this year's fest as the annual event, now in its 26th year, pulls crowds from across China and even a few visitors from overseas, drawn to the unique visions of an international roster of sculptors who illuminate their creations with multicolored electric lights encased in the translucent ice.
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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Workmen put the finishing touches to an ice sculpture of a castle.
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A workman hangs from a crane as he puts the finishing touches to an ice sculpture for the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Spectators walk near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Spectators stand in front of ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Workmen put the finishing touches to a large snow sculpture at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Workmen put the finishing touches to ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Spectators watch as fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Workmen put finishing touches to a large snow sculpture at a traffic intersection in the northern city of Harbin.
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Two passengers sit aboard a sleigh pulled by a dog and its handler along the frozen Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin.
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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A worker walks on a snow sculpture featuring camels before the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.
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A worker cleans an ice sculpture of pagodas prior to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin,
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Workmen hang from a crane as they put the finishing touches to an ice sculpture.
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A woman slides down an ice slide at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.
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Tourists look at ice sculptures during a light testing before the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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Spectators stand near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A workman walks near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A swimmer wearing gloves quickly gets out of a pool carved into the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin.
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Visitors walk near ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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Workers shape an ice sculpture before the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.
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Spectators walk near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Spectators walk near ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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A worker installs lights on a snow sculpture prior to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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In this Saturday Dec. 25, 2010, photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, visitors enjoy themselves at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin.
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A swimmer reacts after diving into a pool carved out of the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin.
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A worker shapes a snow sculpture before the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin.
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In this Saturday Dec. 25, 2010, photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, visitors enjoy themselves in Harbin.
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Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display, during the official opening of the Harbin International Ice and Snow festival.
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A woman wearing a flotation device looks at another swimmer as she enters a pool carved out of the thick ice covering the Songhua River in the northern city of Harbin.
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The sun sets behind horses attached to carriages in front of ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
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Fireworks explode above ice sculptures during the opening ceremony of the annual Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.
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Spectators watch fireworks explode over ice sculptures at the 12th Harbin Ice and Snow World display.
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is held in Harbin in northeastern’s China’s Heilongjiang province.
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