
A woman prepares to bath in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 19, 2026. (Str/Xinhua)

A woman bathes in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 19, 2026. (Str/Xinhua)

A man bathes in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 19, 2026. (Str/Xinhua)

A man bathes in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 19, 2026. (Str/Xinhua)

A man bathes in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 19, 2026. (Str/Xinhua)

A man takes a dip in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

A woman takes a dip in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

A man takes a dip in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

People take a dip in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

Two men take a dip in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)

A boy prepares to bathe in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

A man bathes in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

People bathe in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

People bathe in the icy water during the Orthodox Epiphany celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 19, 2026. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)



