Heavy snowfall blankets countries across Europe in the harshest winter the continent has endured in decades.
From Moscow to Rome, Europe has seen record-breaking low temperatures for the past week.
The cold snap has killed more than 200 people, hitting the homeless and elderly particularly hard. The continent’s energy consumption has come under strain, as Russia curtails its gas deliveries to compensate its rising domestic need for heating.
The blizzards have caused transport chaos and left many people stranded, in both rural and urban areas.
Bus passengers in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday, as temperatures plunged to -32.5 degrees Celsius in some parts of Eastern Europe.
Snow fell exceptionally in Rome, forcing the closure of some leading tourist sites for safety reasons.
A tow truck employee comes to the rescue of a car which lost control along on an icy road in Merignies, northern France.
People stroll past the frozen shore in the Black Sea harbour of Constanta. More than 56 trains were cancelled on Friday in Romania due to the heavy blizzards.
The first snow this winter in Paris came on Saturday night, closing some tourist sites including the towers of the Notre Dame cathedral. Temperatures in France dropped exceptionally, to as low at minus six degrees Celsius.
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