TOPSHOT - This photo taken on December 10, 2019 shows a worker cutting in the ice to make blocks on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. - China's annual ice festival in Harbin kicked off on January 5, 2020 with couples lining up for a snow-themed mass wedding, swimmers braving frigid waters and frozen palaces rising from the ground. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)