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Winter snow in Europe and western Asia

Snow may look beautiful, but it has caused plenty of problems in recent days across Europe and western Asia.

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Northern India has seen a weather system bring snow to the Himalayas, including Srinigar [Farooq Khan/EPA-EFE]
Published On 14 Dec 2017
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The early part of the winter in Western Asia has been relatively mild, but there has been some snow in Baikonur, Kazakhstan [Maxim Shipenkor/EPA-EFE]
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Northern Spain has seen significant snowfall very early in the season. This is Cabeza de Manzaneda, Galicia [Brais Lorenzo/EPA-EPA]
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The Balkans, including Sarajevo in Bosnia, have seen heavy snow falling over several days. [Fehim Demir/EPA-EFE]
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Northern Italy has seen heavy snowfall, but rapid thawing has also caused flooding [Alessandro Di Marco/EPA-EFE]
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Snow did not deter these shoppers at this Christmas market in Bremen, Germany [Focke Strangmann/EPA-EFE]
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There is a certain type of Brit who just won''t let snow and sub-zero temperatures get in the way of their morning swim [Justin Tallis/AFP]
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The snow was so heavy that the Ski Cross World Cup was cancelled on Tuesday [Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA-EFE]