Orthodox Christians brave ice on the Epiphany, Lindsey Vonn wins a Super G, Tiger looses a tooth

An Orthodox Christian man bathes in the Dnieper River for Epiphany on January 19, 2015 in Kiev, Ukraine. The holiday celebrates the baptism of Jesus for Orthodox Christians, who themselves plunge into the icy water to symbolically wash away their sins on a day when it is believed that all water becomes holy. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

A Nepalese child plays among pigeons as they take flight at Durbar Square in Kathmandu on January 19, 2015. Home to the palaces of Malla and Shah kings who ruled over the city, Durbar Square is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. (Prakash Mathema/Getty Images)

A man crosses on a slackline installed over the water during sunset at Apoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Getty Images)

Australia’s Team member Caitlin Ward (C) falls during the UCI Cycling World Cup Women’s Keirin, Final, at Alcides Nieto Patino velodrome, in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Lin Junhong of China Team won the gold medal, Shanne Braspennincx of Netherland Team won the silver, and Melissa Erickson of the USA won bronze in this event. (Luis Robayo/Getty Images)

Models wear creations from Augustin Teboul’s Fall – Winter 2015-2016 collection, as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Britain’s Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge walks past pupils with flags during a visit to formally open Kensington Aldridge Academy in London, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Georgians pray during Epiphany in a cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Orthodox Georgians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19, following the old Julian calendar. Water blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year’s celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)

Christian Orthodox believers swim towards a cross into the cold water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, marking Orthodox Epiphany, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Orthodox Serbs celebrate Epiphany on January 19 , following old Julian calendar, following the traditional of retrieving crosses from rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Rescue workers control a Russian Orthodox believer swimming in the icy water on Epiphany in the Neva River in St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year’s celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Russian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water on Epiphany at a pond in Tyarlevo village outside St. Petersburg, Russia, early Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year’s celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

A Ukrainian woman takes a bath in the waters of lake of Sherbakova Park during the celebration of the Orthodox Epiphany in Donetsk, Ukraine. Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 , following old Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

An Orthodox faithful dips into the icy waters of a lake on January 19, 2015 during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Sretinka, some 40 kms from Bishkek. Among Orthodox Christians, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the day the spirit of God descended upon believers in the shape of a dove during Jesus Christ’s baptism in the river Jordan. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/Getty Images)

Men get out of the ice cold water after plunging into it to mark Epiphany in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers will plunge into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Orthodox believers stand on January 19, 2015 with crosses as they take part in the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Sretinka, some 40 kms from Bishkek. Among Orthodox Christians, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the day the spirit of God descended upon believers in the shape of a dove during Jesus Christ’s baptism in the river Jordan. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/Getty Images)

Orthodox faithfuls dips into the icy waters of a lake on January 19, 2015 during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Sretinka, some 40 kms from Bishkek. Among Orthodox Christians, the feast of Epiphany celebrates the day the spirit of God descended upon believers in the shape of a dove during Jesus Christ’s baptism in the river Jordan. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/Getty Images)

Christian Orthodox priests baptize a pilgrim into the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site in the West Bank by the Jordan River. Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III led the ceremony during which thousands of Orthodox Christians arrived at the place believe to be the place which Jesuss was baptized. (Menahem Kahana/Getty Images)

Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Tiger Woods walks in the finish area of an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Lindsey Vonn won a super-G Monday for her record 63rd World Cup victory and celebrated with an embrace from a surprise visitor ó boyfriend Tiger Woods. The American broke Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. Woods reportedly lost his front tooth when a videographer bumped into him with a camera earlier. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

Lindsey Vonn celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Lindsey Vonn won a super-G Monday for her record 63rd World Cup victory and celebrated with an embrace from a surprise visitor, boyfriend Tiger Woods. The American broke Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

Lindsey Vonn, right, and second placed Anna Fenninger spray sparkling wine on the podium after Vonn clinched an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Lindsey Vonn won a super-G Monday for her record 63rd World Cup victory and celebrated with an embrace from a surprise visitor, boyfriend Tiger Woods. The American broke Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup wins with a flawless run down the Olympia delle Tofane course, finishing 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria.(AP Photo/Armando Trovati)

Members of a family displaced by recent floods belongings as they arrive at M’bwazi Primary School after crossing the flooded Ruo river in the area of Chief Mulolo in Malawi’s southern Nsanje District. Torrential rains have wreaked havoc across half the impoverished southern African country’s 28 districts, washing away homes, crops and livestock and disrupting power supplies. A total of 176 people have been confirmed dead in the floods, with 153 missing and 200,000 homeless, according to official figures. (Getty Images)

Tamborileros” stand wearing their uniforms to practice a few hours before beginning the traditional ‘La Tamborrada’, before the ‘El Dia Grande’, the main day of San Sebastian feasts, in the Basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. From midnight to midnight companies of perfectly uniformed marchers parade through the streets of San Sebastian playing drums and barrels in honor of their patron saint. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Colombia’s Sebastian Molano (L) competes during the UCI Cycling World Cup Men’s Omnium Points Race, at Alcides Nieto Patino velodrome in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Maximilian Beyer of Germany won the gold medal, Jasper De Buyst of Belgium won the silver medal and Gael Suter of Switzerland won the bronze medal in the Men’s Omnium. (Luis Robayo/Getty Images)

Audrey Robichaud of Canada in action during Ladies Moguls training at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships on January 17, 2015 in Kreischberg, Austria (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

People attend a state-organized rally against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed by French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in the Chechen capital Grozny on January 19, 2015. “More than 800,000 people took part in the event in the centre of Grozny,” the ministry said. (Yelena Fitkulina/Getty Images)

Lebanese Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of militant Jihad Mughniyeh during his funeral in a southern Beirut suburb on January 19, 2015. Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement today buried the son of its slain former military commander after an Israeli strike that killed six of its fighters and raised tensions between the longtime foes. (Joseph Eid/Getty Images)

Houthi Shiite Yemeni chant slogans during clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Rebel Shiite Houthis battled soldiers near Yemen’s presidential palace and elsewhere across the capital Monday, despite a claim of a cease-fire being reached to halt the violence, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade march during training in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near Israel-Syria border, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah on Monday prepared to bury six core fighters killed in Syria the day before in what the group described as an Israeli airstrike, including the son of a slain Hezbollah military chief the group’s most prominent figure to die so far in the conflict next door. Although Israel did not confirm or deny the strike, it was a serious blow to Hezbollah, stretched thin and neck-deep in Syria’s civil war where the group’s Shiite fighters are battling alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces. Tehran has confirmed that an Iranian Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi was among the seven killed. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Baboons roam the Ngorongoro Crater, west of Arusha, northern Tanzania, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. According to Tanzanian officials, the crater was formed as a result of a volcanic eruption and collapse three millions years ago and is now one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Ghana’s supporters cheer for their team during the 2015 African Cup of Nations group C football match between Ghana and Senegal in Mongomo on January 19, 2015. (Carl De Souza/Getty Images)

Dalton Hayes wears shackles at the Bay County Jail, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in Panama City, Fla. Hayes, an 18-year-old suspected of committing a string of crimes with his 13-year-old girlfriend, agreed during a court hearing to return to his home state of Kentucky to face charges. (AP Photo/News Herald, Andrew Wardlow)

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