(8 Jan 2026) ASSOCIATED PRESS - Harbin, China - 5 January 2026 1. Various of man breaking through the ice layer on the river 2. Various of man cutting edge on the ice layer 3. Various of people removing the cut ice sheet and smaller shards from the river 4. Various of swimmers jumping into the carved-out swimming pool (part music bed) 5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Sun Pengqi, 75-year-old ice swimmer “It’s an instantaneous thrill when jumping into the water, which is exhilarating and it feels really