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  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..This group of women meet every Monday morning for a bathing session which they complete with an extensive lunch...
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  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..The heart of the banya is the parilka, or steamroom, where bathers beat themselves and each other with veniki, bunches of birch leaves..A bather throws more water on the coals to increase the heat..
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  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..The heart of the banya is the parilka, or steamroom, where bathers beat themselves and each other with veniki, bunches of birch leaves..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107721.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..Banya staff in the Sandunovskaya basementwatch an old Soviet film on television while tying birch leaves into veniki, which bathers use to beat themselves with while in the steam room..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107713.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..A businessman arranges a dinner appointment on his mobile phone...
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107746.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..A bather recovers with tea and lemon while watching television..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107730.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..After visiting the steam room, a client is scrubbed by a staff member, known as a "banchik"..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107728.jpg
  • Moacow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..A woman relaxes after the steam room with a cigarette under a hair dryer..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107754.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..The local pensioner drying her hair gets reduced rates for the banya facilities..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107752.jpg
  • Moacow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..A group of former paratroopers now working in banking and security celebrate a birthday with wives and girlfriends in a private area with its own steam room..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107749.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..The cathedral-like changing room is crowded at weekends..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107729.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, December 1996-January 1997..After years of neglect Sandunovskaya Banya, Russia's most famous public bath-house, has been restored to its former spendour. Located close to the Kremlin, the 100 year old baths used to be popular with Communist Party cadres. Today they are a favourite meeting place for Moscow's nouveau riche..After the steam room bathers plunge into the icy waters of the swimming pool..
    russia-sandunovskaya-banya-ru107718.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 17/07/2010..A man drinks beer in a lake in northern Moscow during a prolonged heatwave that has seen temperatures of over 37C, a record for the city. Hundreds of Russians have drowned during the heatwave, most of them in bathing accidents after drinking alcohol.
    russia-moscow-heatwave-ru155426.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 17/07/2010..A sign warning against swimming as Muscovites sunbathe and swim in lakes in northern Moscow during a prolonged heatwave that has seen temperatures of over 37C, a record for the city. Hundreds of Russians have drowned during the heatwave, most of them in bathing accidents after drinking alcohol.
    russia-moscow-heatwave-ru155404.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 17/07/2010..A man drinks beer in a lake in northern Moscow during a prolonged heatwave that has seen temperatures of over 37C, a record for the city. Hundreds of Russians have drowned during the heatwave, most of them in bathing accidents after drinking alcohol.
    russia-moscow-heatwave-ru155423.jpg
  • Barnaul, Altai Region, Siberia, Russia, 24/02/2011..A man bathing in the frozen River Ob in temperatures of around minus 30C.
    russia-siberia-coin-casino-ru169392.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 28/09/2005..The first Millionaire Fair in Moscow at the Crocus City Expo Centre attracted thousands of would-be and existing Russian millionaires to view and purchase a wide range of luxury goods. Models and luxury whirlpools spas on sale at $40,000 each..
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  • Moscow, Russia, 28/09/2005..The first Millionaire Fair in Moscow at the Crocus City Expo Centre attracted thousands of would-be and existing Russian millionaires to view and purchase a wide range of luxury goods. Models and luxury whirlpools spas on sale at $40,000 each..
    russia-moscow-millionaire-fairru1255...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 08/07/2005..Sunbathing at the Pokrovka Bereg Beach Club on the Moscow River.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 08/07/2005..Contest at the Europa Plus beach party at the Pokrovka Bereg Beach Club on the Moscow River.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 08/07/2005..Couple at the Pokrovka Bereg Beach Club on the Moscow River.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 08/07/2005..The Europa Plus beach party at the Pokrovka Bereg Beach Club on the Moscow River.
    russia-moscow-city-summer-ru131888.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A young women enters the water as a man emerges as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108788.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108764.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself as he emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106743.jpg
  • Moscow Russia, 07/08/2011..A contestant and his aircraft crash into the river at at Red Bull Flugtag, when some 100,000 people gathered to watch a variety of homemade makeshift aircraft launched over and into the Moscow river.
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  • Moscow Russia, 07/08/2011..A homemade aircraft is launched at Red Bull Flugtag, when some 100,000 people gathered to watch a variety of makeshift aircraft launched over and into the Moscow river.
    moscow-red-bull-flugtag-ru176594.jpg
  • Barnaul, Altai Region, Siberia, Russia, 24/02/2011..A large ice Orthodox cross and ice chapel on the River Ob, remaining from January Epiphany celebrations when believers were baptised by total immersion in the frozen river.
    russia-siberia-coin-casino-ru169403.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself while he emerges from the water as  Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru168019.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..A man gasps from the cold and crosses himself as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167994.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167961.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..Two women gasp from the cold and cross themselves as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167899.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/07/2010..Sunbathers in a Moscow park take cover as Emergency Ministry helicopters suddenly arrive to collect water while fighting a fire that killed two at a nearby art restoration centre.
    russia-helicopter-heatwave-ru155215.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/07/2010..Sunbathers in a Moscow park take cover as Emergency Ministry helicopters suddenly arrive to collect water while fighting a fire that killed two at a nearby art restoration centre.
    russia-helicopter-heatwave-ru155214.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/07/2010..Sunbathers in a Moscow park take cover as Emergency Ministry helicopters suddenly arrive to collect water while fighting a fire that killed two at a nearby art restoration centre.
    russia-helicopter-heatwave-ru155209.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 17/07/2010..Muscovites sunbathing and swimming in lakes in northern Moscow during a prolonged heatwave that has seen temperatures of over 37C, a record for the city.
    russia-moscow-heatwave-ru155416.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Crowds of Russians climb into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147246.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..An Russian woman cries out from the cold after jumping into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations.Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147244.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A Russian woman jumps into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147238.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Two Russian men jump into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147219.jpg
  • St Petersburg, Russia, January 2003..Petersburgers make the most of the city's famous parks and waterways at any time of the year - a winter swimmer, known as a walrus, by the Peter Paul Fortress in -25 C..
    russia-saint-petersburg-ru109512.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 14/07/2006..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-city-summer-ru132292.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-epiphany-baptise-cold-ru12076...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-epiphany-baptise-cold-ru12076...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-epiphany-baptise-cold-ru12072...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-epiphany-baptise-cold-ru12072...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137830.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137828.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..A man cools off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137816.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137797.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Paragliders and unfinished hotels and apartments at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100615.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Advertising for a strip club in front of a construction site at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100600.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..A British woman in front of a MacDonalds restaurant at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100519.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Armed private police patrol on bicycles at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100472.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2007.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Normally all rivers and lakes are frozen at this time of year, and the ceremony takes place on the frozen lake, with the believers being baptised in holes in the ice. However Moscow is experiencing its warmest winter ever, with the temperature plus 3 Celsius today, in contrast to minus 30 during last year's holiday.&#xA;
    russia-moscow-epiphany-baptiseru1352...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2007.&#xA;An Orthodox believer contemplates the weather at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow during Epiphany celebrations. Normally all rivers and lakes are frozen at this time of year, and the ceremony takes place on the frozen lake, with the believers being baptised in holes in the ice. However Moscow is experiencing its warmest winter ever, with the temperature plus 3 Celsius today, in contrast to minus 30 during last year's holiday.&#xA;
    russia-moscow-epiphany-baptiseru1352...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12710...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-moscow-winter-cold-ru127076.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108821.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10108732.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A woman crosses herself in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106595.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..An emergency worker watches as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167986.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2011..Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167951.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..An emergency worker watches as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167928.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman helps her grand-daughter from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167865.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2011..A woman gasps from the cold and crosses herself while emerging from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in eastern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 15C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru167804.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 15/07/2010..Sunbathers in a Moscow park take cover as Emergency Ministry helicopters suddenly arrive to collect water while fighting a fire that killed two at a nearby art restoration centre.
    russia-helicopter-heatwave-ru155216.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..A man in Orthodox robes crosses himself after diving into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147290.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147276.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2010..An old woman cries from the cold after jumping into a frozen lake during overnight Orthodox Epiphany celebrations. Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrated Epiphany at Svyatoye Ozero, or Holy Lake, in Moscow's eastern Kosino district. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 24C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru147232.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 14/07/2006..A young couple kiss in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-city-summer-ru132333.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 14/07/2006..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-city-summer-ru132309.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 14/07/2006..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-city-summer-ru132284.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 31/12/2005..Russians celebrate the lengthy New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays. Members of the Moscow Winter Swimmers Club, known colloquially by Russians as "Walruses", mark New Year with a swim in a frozen Moscow lake.
    russia-moscow-new-year-ru126871.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137798.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 20/05/2007..Teenagers cool off in fountains on Manezh Square by the Kremlin during a heatwave.
    russia-moscow-summer-heat-ru137795.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Paragliders and unfinished hotels and apartments at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100602.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Temporary souvenir kiosks in front of unfinished apartments at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100572.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..A newspaper seller with foreign publications at the start of the summer tourist season at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100566.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Armed private police patrol on bicycles at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100561.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Holidaymakers at the start of the summer tourist season at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100555.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Holidaymakers at the start of the summer tourist season at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100553.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Holidaymakers at the start of the summer tourist season at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100533.jpg
  • Sunny Beach, Nesebar, Bulgaria..Holidaymakers in front of an unfinished apartment and hotel complex at Sunny Beach, the largest holiday resort in the Balkans, and a popular destination for cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100497.jpg
  • Elenite, Bulgaria..Tourists on water slides surrounded by resort construction at the north end of Sunny Beach, the largest resort area in the Balkans, and popular with cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100260.jpg
  • Elenite, Bulgaria..Tourists on water slides surrounded by resort construction at the north end of Sunny Beach, the largest resort area in the Balkans, and popular with cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100253.jpg
  • Elenite, Bulgaria..Tourists on water slides surrounded by resort construction at the north end of Sunny Beach, the largest resort area in the Balkans, and popular with cheap foreign package tours. Rapid overdevelopment of the Back Sea coast has led to widespread environmental destruction, and many properties lie uncompleted or empty.
    bulgaria-black-sea-tourists-bg100248.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2007.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Normally all rivers and lakes are frozen at this time of year, and the ceremony takes place on the frozen lake, with the believers being baptised in holes in the ice. However Moscow is experiencing its warmest winter ever, with the temperature plus 3 Celsius today, in contrast to minus 30 during last year's holiday.&#xA;
    russia-moscow-epiphany-baptiseru1352...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2007.&#xA;Two Orthodox believers make the sign of the cross while celebrating Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Normally all rivers and lakes are frozen at this time of year, and the ceremony takes place on the frozen lake, with the believers being baptised in holes in the ice. However Moscow is experiencing its warmest winter ever, with the temperature plus 3 Celsius today, in contrast to minus 30 during last year's holiday.&#xA;
    russia-moscow-epiphany-baptiseru1352...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12710...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12706...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2005.&#xA;Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River through ice holes cut in the shape of a cross.
    russia-religion-baptise-cold-ru12065...jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-moscow-winter-cold-ru127085.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 19/01/2006..Russian priests and Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany at Serebryany Bor in northern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing Moscow River in temperatures of minus 30C.
    russia-moscow-winter-cold-ru127080.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
A woman is helped from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2016.<br />
An Emergency Situations worker carves an ice cross on a frozen lake in preparation for Orthodox Christian believers celebrating Epiphany in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 11C.
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  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A priest dips a cross in the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C
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  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A woman crosses herself as she emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106657.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A priest with a cross made of blocks of ice as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106582.jpg
  • Moscow, Russia, 18/01/2014.<br />
A man emerges from the water as Orthodox Christian believers celebrate Epiphany at a lake in southern Moscow. Priests blessed the waters and followers baptised themselves by total immersion in the freezing lake in temperatures of minus 18C.
    russia-orthodox-epiphany-ru10106635.jpg
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