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Tuesday, 1 January 2008, 17:32 GMT

In Pictures: New Year's Day Swim

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Swimmers around the world have been braving freezing temperatures to take a dip on New Year's Day. This brave soul took to the waves in Whitley Bay, north east England.

Women in bikinis in the Firth of Forth

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These women took part in Scotland's Loony Dook event and had clearly put some thought into their costumes for the world-famous event.

A swimmer at Malo-les-Bains near Dunkirk, France

A swimmer at Malo-les-Bains near Dunkirk, France

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Swimmers took to the sea at Malo-les-Bains near Dunkirk, France - some of them sporting elaborate costumes.

Two men in the water with an umbrella

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Ice-swimming club the Berlin Seals took its traditional new year dip in sub-zero temperatures in a lake in Germany.

Swimmers in the sea

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Bathers emerge from the sea at Wicklow Harbour, Republic of Ireland, after taking part in a New Year's day charity swim organised by the Blue Dolphins and Wicklow Swimming Club.

A man diving off a bridge

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A man leaps into Italy's Tiber river from Rome's Cavour bridge during the New Year's Day traditional dives.

A man in the sea carrying a Christmas tree

A man in the sea carrying a Christmas tree

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This swimmer plunged into the North Sea in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, and held aloft the belated symbol of a Christmas tree.

Three men in the sea

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People went for a swim under blue skies to celebrate the New Year in the Concha beach of San Sebastian, Spain.

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