Sapporo Snow and Ice Festival begins in Japan
The Sapporo Snow and Ice Festival
Credit: (Takashi Noguchi/AFP/Getty Images)
People admire a large snow sculpture of cartoon characters at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, Feb. 5, 2013.
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