George R.R. Martin, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, and other cast and crew of Game of Thrones have faced the winds of winter – or anyway, a bucket of ice water – with the popular charity challenge. HBO’s Game of Thrones gives fans chills in every episode. But as the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research has exploded across the internet, the cast and crew of the shocking show gave themselves goosebumps as they stepped up to get soaked.

In November 2021 Bryan Adams took the pictures for next year’s Pirelli calendar, which features fellow musicians including Cher, Rita Ora, Iggy Pop and the American singer Jennifer Hudson, above, as it depicts a typical day in the life of a touring performer. (Photo by Bryan Adams/Pirelli)

A child with his body and face painted prepares to attend the sacred Ngerebeg ritual at the Tegallalang village in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, 03 April 2024. The sacred Ngerebeg ritual takes place every six months and it is mainly aimed at driving all evil spirits out of the villages. During the ritual, the participants paint their bodies in various colors and patterns to join the procession across the village. (Photo by Made Nagi/EPA/EFE)

Festival goers enjoy Parklife festival at Heaton Park on June 09, 2019 in Manchester, England. The risky outfits are back on day two, but at least everyone's not covered in mud this time as the sun shines over Manchester. (Photo by BackGrid)

A dog has its portrait taken at a pet show in Hong Kong on February 3, 2023. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)

Team Jayco Alula's Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen (L) and Soudal Quick-Step's Belgian rider Tim Merlier (2ndL) crash at the end of the first stage of the Renewi Tour multi-stage cycling race, from Riemst to Bilzen (163,6 km) on August 28, 2024. The five-day race takes place in Belgium and the Netherlands. (Photo by David Pintens/Belga via AFP Photo)

Children eat watermelons to meet the “beginning of autumn” at a kindergarten in Handan, China on August 7, 2015. Chinese tradition to eat watermelons or peaches before that day symbolises “biting away summer”. The solar term ‘beginning of autumn’ falls on 8 August this year. (Photo by Xinhua/REX Shutterstock)

A photo taken on August 21, 2017 shows girls passing in front of a building with a display of the Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin Order in Volgograd, Russia. Volgograd Arena will host several cames of the FIFA World Cup 2018. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP Photo)