Participant of the Danube winter swim making their way with their float down the river Danube in Neuburg an der Donau, southern Germany, on Saturday. More than 1,700 people braved the frigid waters of the River Danube for Europe’s biggest winter swim carnival, a colourful German tradition now in its 42nd year.

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