Pull the Kolyada Up the Oak rite. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Alexander and Nikolai Lukashenko pose with the Christmas Tournament Cup. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA
Russia vs Sweden at the 14th Christmas International Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament in Minsk. Maksim Guchek/BelTA
Swans spend winter on Krinitsa water reservoir. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Super full moon in Grodno. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA
Winter chanterelles near Grodno. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA
HC Minsk Dinamo vs HC Yaroslavl Lokomotiv in the KHL action. Andrei Pokumeiko/BelTA
The 30th edition of the international festival of classical music “January Music Nights” in Brest. Pictured: virtuoso pianist from Poland Konstanty Wilenski. Yekaterina Garayeva/BelTA
Festive Christmas service in the convent of the Holy Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA.
Timber products made by the woodworking shop of the Starye Dorogi experimental forestry. Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA
The international Christmas festival of batelika and puppet theaters Nyabyosy. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
First outdoor ice skating rink in Grodno. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA
Christmas fair in Semezhevo. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Valery Lappo, a potter in Ivenets. Ramil Nasibulin/BelTA
Frost patterns on the window of a Belarus tractor. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Galina Pechen, a specialist at Krasny Pischevik confectionery. Oleg Foinitsky/BelTA
Belarusian Winter Swimming Championship “Minsk Open”. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
First 25 tonnes of cucumbers grown at the agricultural company Rudakovo in January 2018. In the photo: vegetable grower Marina Zverkova. Alexander Khitrov/BelTA
Ice swimming to celebrate Epiphany in Tsna Water Reservoir. Gennady Zhinkov/BelTA
Winter season in Logoisk. Andrei Pokumeiko
Women's omnium event at UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Minsk.
Darya Domracheva wins women's mass start gold medal at BMW IBU World Cup 6 Antholz. Denis Kostryuchenko/BelTA
Laser cutting at Belmash plant. Oleg Foinitsky/BelTA
World Snow Day in Silichi. Gennady Zhinkov/BelTA
Winter in the Naliboki wildlife reserve. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
A great tit and a sparrow eat lard. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA
Klara Krizhanskaya attend a rally to commemorate ghetto victims and righteous among the nations. Gennady Zhinkov/BelTA
Gamekeeper Sergei Shvetsov gathers coniferous cones. Leonid Shcheglov/BelTA
Stope miner of OAO Belaruskali Roman Mesnik. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Nikolai Rabkov from Dobrush takes care of his boat in case of a flood. Sergei Kholodilin/BelTA
Winter morning. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Participant of an ice sculptures contest Alexander Logunov. Alexander Khitrov/BelTA
Leader of the MAZ-SPORTavto team Sergei Vyazovich and his son. Oksana Manchuk/BelTA
Marina Morozova made a dough replica of Ellen Jewett's sculpture Tortoise of Burden. Alexander Khitrov/BelTA