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Magic of Winter: Stunning Ice and Snow Sculptures All Over the Globe

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During the winter season, countless countries around the world host festivals displaying magnificent, creative statues crafted from ice and snow.

In Asia, one of the most spectacular such events is the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, which attracts a whopping amount of visitors to China's Heilongjiang Province, where the display takes place. 

However, Russia, the United States, South Korea and European countries are keeping up with China, as they also stun attendees with their annual events showing sculptures of unimaginable beauty designed by talented artists who are given a platform to create and make their craziest ideas a reality. 

© Sputnik / Aleksander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankA Snow Sculpture Made by Artists at XIX Siberia's Festival in Novosibirsk
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A Snow Sculpture Made by Artists at XIX Siberia's Festival in Novosibirsk
© AFP 2023 / STRA dancer competes in front of a dragon snow sculpture during a pole dancing competition in a temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsius in Mohe in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on December 20, 2018. - The region, in the northernmost part of China, sees temperatures as low as -40 C in winter.
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A dancer competes in front of a dragon snow sculpture during a pole dancing competition in a temperature of minus 23 degrees Celsius in Mohe in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on December 20, 2018. - The region, in the northernmost part of China, sees temperatures as low as -40 C in winter.
CC BY-SA 2.0 / Lorie Shaull / Yeti Playground Yeti Playground by Team Yeti, Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
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Yeti Playground by Team Yeti, Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
© AP Photo / Lee Jin-manVisitors tour near the snow sculpture in the shape of the Olympic rings displaying at the Daegwanryung Snow festival in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. South Korea's Pyeongchang is the host city of the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games which will start from February 2018.
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Visitors tour near the snow sculpture in the shape of the Olympic rings displaying at the Daegwanryung Snow festival in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. South Korea's Pyeongchang is the host city of the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games which will start from February 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Steffen Schmidt / dpa A woman takes a selfie in the mouth of a lion snow sculpture "Powerful" by American artists Peter Hermann and Grant Rundbladet at a snow sculpture festival on January 28, 2018 in Bernau, southwestern Germany.
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A woman takes a selfie in the mouth of a lion snow sculpture "Powerful" by American artists Peter Hermann and Grant Rundbladet at a snow sculpture festival on January 28, 2018 in Bernau, southwestern Germany.
© Sputnik / Ilia Timin / Go to the mediabankThe Snow sculptures competition at the International Winter Festival Hyperborea in Karelia.
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The Snow sculptures competition at the International Winter Festival Hyperborea in Karelia.
© AP Photo / Nathan BilowA teammate from Vermont, Brooke Monte puts some finishing touches on his snow sculpture on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, artists work through the night to complete their sculpture at the 24th annual Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships. The event creates a temporary outdoor art gallery in downtown Breckenridge, Colo.
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A teammate from Vermont, Brooke Monte puts some finishing touches on his snow sculpture on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, artists work through the night to complete their sculpture at the 24th annual Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships. The event creates a temporary outdoor art gallery in downtown Breckenridge, Colo.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankThe Contestants of the finals at Miss Snow Universe are posing in front of snow sculptures in Novosibirsk
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The Contestants of the finals at Miss Snow Universe are posing in front of snow sculptures in Novosibirsk
© AFP 2023 / Toshifumi KitamuraVisitors take pictures of a snow statue of US President Donald Trump gesturing Pikotaro's PPAP during the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feburary 10, 2017. The week-long snow festival started on February 6.
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Visitors take pictures of a snow statue of US President Donald Trump gesturing Pikotaro's PPAP during the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feburary 10, 2017. The week-long snow festival started on February 6.
© AFP 2023 / Peter ParksA woman stands in front of a house made of snow at a park in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, 06 January 2007. The city of Harbin is hosting its month-long 23rd International Ice and Snow Festival with snow and ice sculptures on display throughout the city.
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A woman stands in front of a house made of snow at a park in the northern Chinese city of Harbin, 06 January 2007. The city of Harbin is hosting its month-long 23rd International Ice and Snow Festival with snow and ice sculptures on display throughout the city.
© AFP 2023 / Gabrielle Grenz'Failure of the earth conquest', a snow sculpture made by Italians Ivo Piazza and Reiner Kasslatter is pictured on January 17, 2009 as part of the "Shapes in White 2009" competition organized since 1994 in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. Their sculpture won, among 10 on the theme, Alien, with a portrayal of characters from Steven Spielberg's film "ET".
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'Failure of the earth conquest', a snow sculpture made by Italians Ivo Piazza and Reiner Kasslatter is pictured on January 17, 2009 as part of the "Shapes in White 2009" competition organized since 1994 in the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. Their sculpture won, among 10 on the theme, Alien, with a portrayal of characters from Steven Spielberg's film "ET".
© AFP 2023A visitor walks past a pig sculpture made from snow and ice marking the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Pig in Harbin in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2019.
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A visitor walks past a pig sculpture made from snow and ice marking the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Pig in Harbin in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on January 4, 2019.
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