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The 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride

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Leon Feingold, left, and Patrizia Calvio wait for a train, minus their pants, at the West 4th Street Station during the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in New York. The No Pants Subway Ride is an annual event staged by Improv Everywhere each January in New York City and other locations globally.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York. What began with just seven Improv Everywhere pranksters in 2002 has grown into thousands of brave (and weather-resistant) people in 23 cities worldwide.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York.
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A woman is photographed by straphangers during the 18th annual No Pants subway ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere a New York city based comedy collective.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York.
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A group mingles at 14th street Union Square meeting point during the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere, a New York city based comedy collective.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel in the subway on January 13, 2019 in New York. - The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for riders on the subway train to dress in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face.
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Participants ride the F subway line during the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere, a New York city based comedy collective.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York.
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Participants in the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride transfer between trains at the 51st Street subway station, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in New York. The only two requirements are that participants be willing to take their pants off on the subway and are able to keep a straight face about it. The prank began in 2002 in New York but is now staged in multiple cities around the world.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel through New York City Union Square subway station on Sunday January 13, 2018 in New York.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel in the subway on January 13, 2019 in New York. - The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for riders on the subway train to dress in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face.
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A man stands on the platform of the West 4th, F subway line during the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere, a New York city based comedy collective.
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A participant in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" laughs with a police officers on January 13, 2019 in New York. - The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for subway riders to dress in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face.
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Participants stand on the platform of the west 4th, F subway line as part of the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere, a New York city based comedy collective.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" wait for the subway on January 13, 2019 in New York. - The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for subway riders to dress in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face.
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Participants in the 18th Annual "No Pants Subway Ride" travel in the subway on January 13, 2019 in New York. - The "No Pants Subway Ride" is an annual event started in 2002 by Improv Everywhere in New York, the goal of which is for riders on the subway train to dress in normal winter clothes without pants while keeping a straight face.
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A man rides the F subway line during the 18th annual No Pants subway ride on January 13, 2019 in New York City. 24 cities participate in the annual event arranged by Improv Everywhere a New York city based comedy collective. (Photo by David 'Dee' Delgado/Getty Images)

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By New York Daily News

PUBLISHED: January 13, 2019 at 8:56 p.m. | UPDATED: May 31, 2019 at 11:11 a.m.

Participants took part in the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride on Sunday, January 13, 2019. The annual event is organized by Improv Everywhere each January in New York City.