A winter festival featuring about 30 ice sculptures has been drawing many tourists to a hot spring resort in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido.
The annual Ice Fall Festival got underway on Saturday in the Sounkyo hot spring resort in the town of Kamikawa.
In Slovenia, two hundred and forty ice sculptors working in teams carved out 30 new creations on Saturday.
Families visiting the 31st King Matjaž Castles festival at Črna na Koroškem near the Austrian border enjoyed lots of natural snow and a chance to socialise without COVID-19 restrictions.
