A winter-swimmer jumps into a river in the Heihe city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Oct 28. Ice-rafts were floating on the river as the temperature in the city dipped to -8 C on Tuesday. But members of a local winter-swimming club still insisted on their daily hour of swimming.
A member of a local winter-swimming club shows an ice block that was pulled out of the river in Heihe city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Oct 28
A winter-swimmer, along with his club members, waves a national flag while standing on a piece of ice in the middle of the river in Heihe city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Oct 28.