epa03049183 Visitors ride a horse-drawn carriage at the International Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held in Harbin, China’s northern Heilongjiang province, 05 January 2012. The annual three-month long festival will officially open on 06 January. The festival attracts visitors from all over China as well as a number of foreign guests who brave below zero temperatures to see colorful large ice and snow sculptures, ride horse-drawn carriages and enjoy a number of winter activities set up on the sidelines of the festival. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL