Celebrating the Epiphany 2019

1. Celebrating the Epiphany

2. Participants take part in the traditional Three Kings swim to celebrate Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

3. A member of the traditional group of "Los Historiantes" pulls a horse during a walk around the neighborhood of San Antonio Abad to celebrate the Three Kings Day holiday in San Salvador, El Salvador January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

4. Men jump in the waters of a lake to catch a wooden crucifix during a celebration of Epiphany Day in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

5. A swan sits in a nest as participants take part in the traditional Three Kings swim to celebrate Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

6. A reveller participates in the traditional celebration Folia de Reis (Kings' party), to celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

7. Michalis Apostolidis, 35, catches a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in Thessaloniki, Greece January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

8. A member of the traditional group of "Los Historiantes" rides a horse during a walk around their neighborhood of San Antonio Abad to celebrate the Three Kings Day holiday in San Salvador, El Salvador January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

9. Men dressed up as Balthasar, Gaspar and Melchior, the Three Wise Men, protect themselves from the wind of a helicopter after arriving in it to participate in the Epiphany parade in Ronda, near Malaga, southern Spain January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

10. Participants take part in the traditional Three Kings swim to celebrate Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

11. Orthodox faithful jump to catch a wooden crucifix during Epiphany day celebrations in the southern suburb of Faliro in Athens, Greece January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

12. Devotees holding religious statues attend a mass in San Francisco Church on Three Kings' Day, or the Feast of the Epiphany, in La Paz, Bolivia, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado

13. Participants arrive for the traditional Three Kings swim to celebrate Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

14. A boy holds a wooden cross as men dance in the icy waters of Tnudzha river during a celebration of Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

15. An Orthodox faithful kisses a cross during a celebration for Orthodox Epiphany Day, on the northern side of ethnically-split Cyprus, in Famagusta, Cyprus January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

16. A participant takes part in the traditional Three Kings swim to celebrate Epiphany at the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny

17. Pope Francis arrives to conduct he Mass for the Feast of Epiphany in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

18. Revellers participate in the traditional celebration Folia de Reis (Kings' party), to celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

19. Men dance in the icy waters of Tnudzha river during a celebration of Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria, January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

20. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I gives presents to Greek Orthodox faithful after they swam into the Golden Horn during the Epiphany day celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey January 6, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

21. Horse riders take part in the traditional Epiphany parade in Madrid, Spain January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Medina