Snow drop a challenge to the Southern and eastern regions of the earth

As the factories reopen, Beijing's Forbidden City is again shrouded in smog. [EPA]

 

 

Smiles despite the widespread flooding in Jakarta. 

 

 

A dusting of snow cover homes in Homberg, Germany.

 

 

Ice covers a bush as winter bites in Budapest, Hungary.

 

Winter has arrived in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok

 

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  Fog closes in over Phool Nagar, Pakistan [EPA]

    
   

  The storm drain section of the Men's Health Survival Of The Fittest event at Wembley Park, London, England
   
  
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  Testugaku-no-machi walking path in Kyoto, Japan.

Beijing pollution returns to normal following measures to decrease smog during APEC meetings. In truth we are looking at a billboard picture here, but pollution levels have dropped recently.

 

Golf-ball-size hail stones after a severe thunderstorm swept through Brisbane, Australia causing floods and extensive damage to building and cars.  

 

Big waves lash the coast at Rafael de Casanova in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

 

Record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumps up to two metres of snow in less than 24 hours in upstate New York, closing a 160km section of Buffalo county.

 

 

Too wet for to use the brolly, as showers keep pouring across Sri Lanka.