Pronti al tuffo nel Corno d'oro ad Istanbul, Turchia

Swimmers look toward Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, holding a wooden cross as he arrives for an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany day were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. Bartholomew I threw the cross into the water and swimmers raced to be the first to retrieve it.

(AP/Ibrahim Usta)