Photos: Commuters ditch pants for annual ‘No Pants Subway Ride’
Updated On Jan 09, 2018 09:23 AM IST
People in over 60 cities around the world braved the winter chill, as they took part in the 17th annual No Pants Subway Ride. Participants rode on subway lines in all the usual winter gear except their pants all the while keeping a straight face.
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People take part in the annual ‘No Trousers On The Tube Day’ (No Pants Subway Ride) at Liverpool Street Station on January 7, 2018 in London. What started in 2002 as an improve prank with seven participants in New York is now an annual celebration of silliness in over 60 cities around the world. (Ben Stansall / AFP)
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People take part in the 2018 No Pants Subway Ride in Berlin, Germany. Every year since, random passengers board subway cars in the middle of winter, dressed in their usual winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves... the only notable absence --their trousers. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS)
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Men use cash machines at Liverpool Street station as they take part in No Trousers on the Tube day in London. Key to a successful No Pants Subway Ride is behaving as if participants do not know each other. (Dominic Lipinski / AP)
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Participants in the 17th No Pants Subway Ride travel in the New York City subway. Riders must also maintain a straight face during their journeys and not acknowledge their fellow passengers’ lack of pants. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)
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People sing along while a band performs during No Pants Subway Ride in New York City. (Elizabeth Shafiroff / REUTERS)
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An orthodox Hasidic Jewish man looks at a person taking part in No Pants Subway Ride on the Jerusalem light train. The actual date for the event changes year to year and is announced in early December. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
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Participants in the No Pants Subway Ride DC, walk through a Metro station in Washington, DC. The No Pants Subway Ride was started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York. (Andrew caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
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A participant reads a comic book during the 17th No Pants Subway Ride in the New York City subway. Recent No Pants rides have drawn nearly 4,000 participants in New York, with thousands participating globally. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)
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A commuter takes a picture of people as they take part in the annual No Trousers On The Tube Day (No Pants Subway Ride) on the Central line in London. Aimed as light-hearted fun, the event has drawn attention specifically in 2006, when 8 people were handcuffed and arrested by police for disorderly conduct on the subway. (Ben Stansall / AFP)
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People ride a subway train without pants during international No Pants Ride Day in Warsaw, Poland. Similarly, Russia’s first No Pants Day organised in Moscow in 2016 brought investigations on charges of instigating mass public disorder. (Woitek Radwanski / AFP)
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