(2 Jan 2024)
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Scheveningen, Netherlands - 1 January 2024
1. Various of people running to the sea
HEADLINE: Europeans plunge into cold water in New Year tradition
2. Various of people in water
ANNOTATION: Around 10,000 revelers in the Netherlands welcomed in the new year by diving into the freezing waters of the North Sea.
ANNOTATION: Crowds braved icy temperatures and cheered as they ran into the sea in Scheveningen, a coastal town near The Hague.
3. Wide of beach
ANNOTATION: The beach in Scheveningen hosts the country’s largest New Year swimming event in a tradition started by a swim club in 1960.
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Rome, Italy - 1 January 2024
4. Diver Simone Carabella diving into the Tiber river and being helped out of water by firefighters
ANNOTATION: In Italy, three men dove off Rome's Cavour bridge down into the Tiber river, continuing a New Year's Day tradition that goes back decades.
5. People watching the dives
ANNOTATION: The dive from an almost 60 feet height carried a message for the new year.
6. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Simone Carabella, Diver:
"We are strongly against war, we are for peace. The plunge today is for peace. However, the spirit of the tradition of diving into the Tiber is to wish Rome, Italy, and all Italians a happy New Year."
7. Diver Marco Fois diving and swimming towards firefighter boat
ANNOTATION: The New Year's Day Tiber dive started in 1946. It was organized intermittently until 1989 when a group of divers made it an annual event.
STORYLINE:
Around 10,000 revelers in the Netherlands welcomed in the new year by diving into the freezing waters of the North Sea.
Crowds braved icy temperatures and cheered as they ran into the sea in Scheveningen, a coastal town near The Hague.
The beach in Scheveningen hosts the country’s largest New Year swimming event in a tradition started by a swim club in 1960.
In Italy, three men dove off Rome's Cavour bridge down into the Tiber River, continuing a New Year's Day tradition that goes back decades.
The dive from an almost 60 feet height carried a message for the new year.
"We are strongly against war, we are for peace. Today the plunge is for peace,” said diver Simone Carabella.
The New Year's Day Tiber dive started in 1946. It was organized intermittently until 1989 when a group of divers made it an annual event.
AP video shot by Giuseppe Giordano, production by Silvia Stellacci
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