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Orthodox believers gather to swim in the icy water on Epiphany at a hole in the form of Orthodox Cross in Dnipro river in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Thousands of Ukrainian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)