New year swimmers - in pictures

Over 1,000 New Year revellers, many in fancy dress, braved freezing conditions in the River Forth during the annual Loony Dook Swim in South Queensferry, Scotland Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

More swimmers in fancy dress at the Loony Dook swim Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

A member of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals) ice swimmers club takes a dip in the Oranke Lake in Berlin Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Chinese winter swimmers perform a dragon dance on a frozen lake to celebrate the new year in Shenyang Photograph: AP

Maurizio Palmulli of Italy dives into the Tiber river from the Cavour bridge, Rome Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

People take part in a traditional sea swim at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

People take part in a traditional sea swim in nine-degree water in Marseille, southern France Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images

Angela McClements from Ballymena makes a graceful entrance at the traditional New Year's Day swim at Carnlough Harbour, County Antrim Photograph: Pacemaker/Charles McQuillan

People brave cold temperatures to take a swim in the North Sea at Whitley Bay Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/EPA

People take part in the New Year's Day swim in the Geluzis Lake, in Vilnius Photograph: Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images

People enjoy a New Year's Day dip at Whitley Bay in Northumberland Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Thousands celebrate the New Year by jumping into the North Sea at the beach resort of Scheveningen, near The Hague, Netherlands Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Swimmers take to the water for the annual New Year's Day dip in the South Bay, Scarborough Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA