Photos of the Day, Jan. 06, 2011
Bulgarian men perform the traditional Bulgarian "Horo" dance in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer, as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2012. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retreives it will be healthy trough the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images
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Bulgarian men perform the traditional Bulgarian "Horo" dance in the icy winter waters of the Tundzha river in the town of Kalofer, as part of the Epiphany Day celebrations on January 6, 2012. As a tradition, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retreives it will be healthy trough the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
A couple stands on a sand bank as the sun sets in Venice, Los Angeles, California January 5, 2012. Los Angeles hit a high temperature of 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
Fishermen sail on a boat through a frosty fog along the Yenisei River near the village of Ust-Mana, some 30 km (19 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 6, 2012.
REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
A Kashmiri man (R) feeds pigeons as an Indian policemen stands guard during a strike called by Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) in Srinagar January 6, 2012. A strike called by KEA closed shops in Srinagar on Friday to protest against the death of Altaf Ahmad Sood, a Kashmiri student earlier this week, local media reported.
REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Men dressed as "La Befana", an imaginary old woman who is thought to bring gifts to children during the festival of Epiphany, row boats down the Grand Canal in Venice, January 6, 2012. The orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany is observed as the date when the Three Wise Men visited baby Jesus.
REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
A Sadhu or a Hindu ascetic smokes a bidi, a local cigarette hand-rolled with leaf tobacco, inside a makeshift shelter on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata January 6, 2012.
REUTERS/Petr Josek
Polar swimmers swim in 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) cold water during the Three Kings swim in the Vltava River in Prague January 6, 2012.
REUTERS/Hristo Rahnev
Men jump into a lake in an attempt to grab a wooden cross on Epiphany Day in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 6, 2012. According to local custom, the first man to grab the cross, thrown into the water by an Eastern Orthodox priest in the annual event, will be healthy throughout the New Year.
REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
A pedestrian is reflected in a glass wall as he walks towards St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London January 6, 2012.
REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
A bride sits on a wall opposite the Houses of Parliament during a wedding photo shoot in central London January 6, 2012.
Bodo Marks/AFP/Getty Images
Water of the Elbe river floods the fish market in Hamburg, northern Germany, on January 6, 2012. Low-pressure system "Andrea" provoked heavy rainfalls and storms in wide parts of the country.
Emily Wabitsch/AFP/Getty Images
A person sets up a spiral of domino dices on January 6, 2012 in Kefenrod, central Germany. 15-year-old Patrick Sinner and friends try to break the world record by constructing the longest spiral-shaped wall of domino dices.
DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images
Buddhist devotees light butter lamps at the Mahabodhi temple during the sixth day of the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya on January 6, 2012. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama.
GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images
An unnamed Cardinal fell asleep during the Eucharist for the Solemnity of Epiphany lead by Pope Benedict XVI (not pictured) on January 6, 2012 at St Peter's basilica at the Vatican.
TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images
Yokozuna or grand champion of sumo, Hakuho performs the ceremonial entrance into the ring at the Meiji shirne in Tokyo on January 6, 2012. Leaders of the Japan Sumo Association visited the shrine to worship for new year.
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
British National Freestyle Jet Ski Champion, 17 year old Jack Moule, performs stunts in the dock at The London Boat Show at The ExCel Centre on January 6, 2012 in London, England.
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