snowfalls and snowstorms in many parts of the northern hemisphere.
01.jpg12. The contrast of the snow-capped mountains of San Gabriel and green palm trees in Los Angeles.
(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
7. Skier during a training session at the competition «Four Hills» World Cup in ski jumping in Bischofshofen.
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8. Frost on the lashes a horse in a German ski resort of Oberhof.
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9. Fireworks ice sculptures at the opening of the 27th International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China. The festival is held every year, and within it are hundreds of events associated with ice and snow.
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10. South Korean special forces officers wipe the snow during the winter training in Phenchhane.
(Lee Jin-man / Associated Press) (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
11. Snow and ice on the car in Gorman, California. Stretch of highway number 5 was closed in both directions most of the day due to hazardous weather conditions.
(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
13. Snow on the trees along the road Row Road in Shreveport, Louisiana, after the snow storm.
(Douglas Collier / The Shreveport Times) (Douglas Collier / The Shreveport Times)
14. Colored lights illuminate the canopy of icicles on the company's office on the street South Washington Street in El Dorado, Arkansas.
(Michael Orrell / The El Dorado News-Times) (Michael Orrell / The El Dorado News-Times)
15. Davis McCool tries to catch snowflakes language in Oxford, Mississippi. Due to heavy snowfall in the area of Oxford had to close the school and the University of Mississippi.
(Bruce Newman / Oxford Eagle) (Bruce Newman / Oxford Eagle)
16. The man at the center of Asheville, North Carolina, after a heavy rainfall on the Blue Ridge Mountains. Blizzard enveloped the south-eastern part of the country with snow and ice.
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17. Dew on a cobweb in the first cold day in northern India on the outskirts of Jammu.
(Mukesh Gupta / Reuters) (Mukesh Gupta / Reuters)