by A.P.
The 37th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China has opened to visitors, featuring frozen towers, palaces and castles.
The festival in Harbin, a city in China’s north-east Heilongjiang province, is one of the biggest of its kind.
It features towering ice and snow structures, and will host activities like sledging, ice hockey, ice football, speed skating and Alpine skiing competitions.
With entry to China restricted because of the coronavirus pandemic, domestic tourists are expected to make up the majority of visitors.